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Pakistan shooter Gulfam, badminton star Mahoor lose opening ties - Newspaper


PAKISTAN’S Mahoor Shahzad hits a shot against Akane Yamaguchi of Japan during their women’s singles badminton group-stage match at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on Saturday. AFP
LAHORE: Pakistan’s campaign at the Tokyo Olympics was off to an ordinary start on Saturday as shooter Gulfam Joseph failed to qualify in the 10M Air Pistol competition while invitational place entrant Mahoor Shahzad was beaten by world number four Yamaguchi Akane of Japan in her opening match of the badminton event.
Gulfam finished ninth in 10M Air Pistol Olympic Qualification. As per rules, the first eight shooters were to enter the finals but Joseph was unlucky on the day as he was tied with No. 7 and No. 8 with the same score of 578/600 and was edged out. ....

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Pakistan's Mahoor Shahzad loses badminton opener in Tokyo


Shuttler beaten 21-3 and 21-8 by Japan s Akane Yamaguchi
Pakistani badminton player Mahoor Shahzad kicked-off country s 2020 Olympic campaign with a 21-3 and 21-8 defeat against world number five Akane Yamaguchi in Tokyo on Saturday.
Mahoor was outplayed by the Japanese opponent in the best of three games, round one match in just 23 minutes. Yamaguchi took only 10 minutes to win the first game 21-3.
However, Mahoor showed some resistance in the second game, but only to lose that too by a score of 21-8.
The dominance of Mahoor s Japanese opponent can be measured by the fact that the Pakistani shuttler was unable to win two consecutive points throughout the match. Meanwhile, Yamaguchi scored eight consecutive points in the first game and seven on the trot in the second game. ....

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