Paris Olympics Day 7 Highlights: Lakshya Sen enters historic semi-finals; top-seeded Novak Djokovic in final

12:30 PM: Shooting - Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan in women's skeet qualification day 1.

01:00 PM: Shooting (medal event) - Manu Bhaker in the women's 25m pistol final.

01:52 PM: Archery - Deepika Kumari vs Michelle Kroppen (Germany) in women's individual round of 16 clash.

02:05 PM: Archery - Bhajan Kaur vs Diananda Choirunisa (Indonesia) in the women's individual round of 16 clash.

03:45 PM: Sailing - Vishnu Saravanan in men's dinghy race 5 and 6.

05:55 PM: Sailing - Nethra Kumanan in women's dinghy race 5 and 6.

12:02 AM: Boxing - Nishant Dev vs Marco Verde (Mexico) in the men's 71kg quarter-final.

Chasing his dream gold, the 24-time grand slam winner Novak Djokovic enters the men's singles final.

The legendary Serbian defeats the star Italian Lorenzo Musetti in the second semi-final fixture 6-4, 6-2. 

Djokovic will face the current world no.3 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the final on August 4. 

Tajinderpal Singh Toor fouls his second attempt and registered a poor throw of 18.05m in his final attempt.

He finished last among 29 contenders and has been eliminated from the qualification round.

India's day 7 events end. 

Tajinderpal Singh Toor registers an 18.05m finish in his first attempt and is 25th in the standings.

Two more attempts to decide the finalists.

The top 12 finishers will secure final qualification. 

Two-time Asian Games gold medalist Tajinderpal Singh Toor will feature in the men's shot put qualification event next.

The qualification event will start at 23:40 pm IST.

Parul Chaudhary, India's fastest-ever 5000m runner, and Ankita both fail to qualify for the the finals of women's 5000m heats event.

Ankita finishes 20th with a 16:19.38s finish and Parul clocks 15:10.68s to finish 14th.

India's challenge in women's 5000m heat ends.  

Lakshya beats Chou Tien Chen in the men's singles quarterfinals and progresses to the semis. He is the first Indian man to reach into the semifinals of badminton at the Olympics. What an achievement

Lakshya Sen reaches 16 points and is now only 5 points away from semi-final berth. He leads 16-11.

Lakshya has a four-point lead going into the break in third game. He is 11-7 up

Brilliant phase from Lakshya. He takes the second game 21-15 to bring this back level

Lakshya is leading by a close margin of 11-10 at the break in this second game.

The second game is now on. Lakshya has an early 3-1 lead

Chou Tien Chen takes the first game. This was a thriller. Lakshya saved one game point but could not save the other. A powerful smash by Chou and he takes it 21-19

Lakshya is leading. He is 17-15 up

He recovered and led after trailing 3-5 but then Chou Tien Chen pulled back som points to lead 11-9 at the halfway in this game 1

Lakshya is trailing 3-5 early in the first game

The game is about to begin. Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien Chen for a place in the semifinals. Let me tell you, no Indian man has ever reached the semifinals of an Olympic Games in badminton - neither in a team nor in a singles event. Lakshya stands on the verge of history.

Lakshya Sen will be in action next in men's singles QF. He faces CHOU TIEN CHEN of Chinese Taipie

India lose to USA in the bronze medal match. The Indian duo of Ankita and Dhiraj lose the final set and go down 2-6 in the match.

India are alive in this one. They win the third set. USA still 4-2. India need to win the last one too.

USA take the second set too. They lead 4-0. India stare down the barrel. They need to win the remaining two

USA win the first set. They take it 38-37

USA are starting first.

The archers are out in the middle.

The India vs USA bronze medal match is coming up now. We are minutes away from the start

Germany have edged past the USA in the other semifinal and it will be India vs USA in the bronze medal match at 7:54 PM. Stay tuned for the medal matches now

Germany and USA are playing the other semifinal. The winner will face South Korea in the final, the other will face India for the bronze medal

India go down in this one. They gave it a good run but the Koreans bounced back after losing the first set. Korea win 6-2

The third one goes to the Koreans. 38-36 in the third set. Korea lead by 4-2. No more errors now. India need to win this anyhow

38 from the defending champions and they bounce back in this game. 38-35 to the Koreans and they take the set. India 2-2 Korea

India win the first set 38-36. They lead 2-0 in this match. First to win 5 points will win. 

Indian archers Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will be in action next in the semifinal of the mixed team event in archery against Korea's Lim Sihyeon and Kim Woojin.

India's hockey has created history!!! They beat Australia for the first time at the Olympics since 1972.

Australia get a penalty stroke and convert it. They trail 2-3, five-plus minutes to go

Indian archery team is in semis now. They beat Spain 5-3.

Spain have pulled it level 3-3. It goes into the final set

The archery event is underway too and the Indian mixed team has won the opening set 2-0.

Harmanpreet Singh scores on penalty stroke and India are now 3-1 up.

India are 2-1 up against Australia at the halftime.

India are doing well against Australia. They are pressing well and are defending the penalty corners well too. 

Manu is into the final of the 25m air pistol too. She finishes second with 590-24x. Manu is into her third final in Paris. A hat-trick of medals is in her sights now

India have doubled their lead. Harmanpreet scores from penalty corner. It's happening!

Abhishek scores. Yet another from the field and it's Abhishek again. India lead Australia 1-0

She follows it up with 98 in the second series. Manu is in 2nd

Manu shoots 100 in her first series. She is in 2nd

The hockey action is underway. Here's India's XI:

Sreejesh, Harmanpreet, Jarmanpreet, Amit, Sumit, Shamsher, Hardik, Manpreet, Abhishek, Mandeep and Gurjant. 

Subs: Sanjay, Vivek, Rajkumar, Sukhjeet and Lalit. 

Hockey action is nearly 5 minutes away from now. India will face mighty Australia

Manu Bhaker's rapid-fire stage is about to kick off!

Esha has shot 97, 96 and 97 in the rapid series and her total score of it is 290. Esha is 15th currently and it looks like she won't be in the final as the top 8 will qualify.

Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh are set to feature in the 25m air pistol rapid fire round now. The round is scheduled for 3:30 PM. After precision, Manu is in 3rd place, while Esha is in 10th. The top 8 qualify for the final

Esha Singh will begin her rapid series at 3:30 PM whereas Manu will be in action next at 4:45 PM

Manu Bhaker takes the third spot whereas Esha Singh drops down to 10th after the end of the third series

Manu fires five straight 10s in the third series and is currently 10th

Manu Bhaker finishes the first precision series with a total of 97. She is 12th at the moment.

Tulika may get a chance to compete in the repechage round later today if Ortiz goes into the final

Tulika Maan of India loses to  Cuba's Idalys Ortiz

Spain defeated China 6-2 in the round of 16

India will face Spain in the quarterfinal

India will face either Spain or China in the quarters

India are through to the quarters after beating Indonesia 5-1

Manu Bhaker will be in action from 2 PM onwards

Esha nails a perfect 100 in her third series. 

Esha ends the second series with a total score of 96. Her total right now is 191 and is occupying the 13th spot.

Esha accumulates 95 in her first precision series and finds herself in 12th place. 

Esha Singh begins the precision round with 38/40 in her first four shots.

Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh are in action in the 25m Pistol Women's Qualification Precision. 

Ankita Bhakat and Dhiraj Bommadevara will be up against Indonesia's Diananda Choirunsima and Arif Pangestu in a mixed team round of 16 match

Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh in women's 25m pistol precision qualification and Anant Jeet Singh Naruka to compete in men's skeet qualification day 1

Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar will be in action in the men's individual round 2

 Nikhat Zareen lost to the top seed Wu Yu of China

1. Sat-Chi lost to Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the quarters
2. HS Prannoy lost to Lakshya Sen in the round of 16
3. PV Sindhu lost to He Bing Jiao in the round of 16

Swapnil Kusale claimed bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3P. Sift Kaur Samra and Anjum Moudgil failed to qualify in the medal event.

India will be in action against Australia in its final group-stage game.

Let's look at India's campaign thus far:
 

1. India 3-2 New Zealand
2. India 1-1 Argentina
3. India 2-1 Belgium

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