India's Ankita Bhakat, Preeti, Vakilraj Dindor and Gurwinder Singh advanced to the third round in their respective events at the Archery World Cup Stage II here Wednesday. The lowest ranked Indian in the qualification, Gurwinder (44th) created an upset of sorts in the men's compound event when he eliminated his teammate Lovejot Singh (21st) by a slender two-point margin (145-143)."

He will take on Danie Oosthuizen of Australia in the third round. 2017 Youth World Championship bronze medalist Ankita defeated Elena Osipova of Russia 7-3 to set up a third round clash against 10th seed Xiaoqing Long of China in the women's recurve individual event. Her teammated Preeti also remained in the medal hunt, ousting teammate Sangeeta 6-2 in second round.