India, Nov. 7 -- India's lone archer Gatha Khadake made a confident start to her campaign at the Youth Olympics, cruising into the pre-quarterfinals of the women's recurve under-18 event with a straight-set 6-0 win over Ivory Coast's Sita Sore on Saturday.

The third-seeded Gatha was in complete control throughout the first-round contest, winning 28-21, 28-24, 28-19 to wrap up the match without dropping a sweat.

The 16-year-old was consistent across all three sets, scoring 28 points each time and dropping just two points from her six arrows in every set. Sore struggled to keep pace, managing scores of 21, 24 and 19. Gatha opened with two 9s and a 10 to take the first set 28-21. She followed it up with two 9s and an X in the second to ext...