India, Sept. 29 -- A day after a Korean upset an Indian in their stronger discipline, an Indian archer returned the favour to a Korean in their dominant suit.

Neeraj Chauhan, in his first Asian Games, stunned South Korea's Kim Je-deok, a three-time Olympic medallist, 6-4 to storm into the quarter-finals of the men's individual recurve event at Aichi-Nagoya on Tuesday.

Dhiraj Bommadevara, the World Cup Finals champion and qualification topper who appears in fine form as India's best recurve hope, will join him in the last eight to fight for a medal. In the women's individual section, India's 17-year-old Kumkum Mohod booked her place in the quarter-finals after breezing past Bangladesh's 14-year-old Saima Salahuddin 6-0, while Kirti lost ...