2016 Olympics: Vikas and Sania-Rohan bring cheer to India

Rio de Janeiro - Vikas defeated Onder Sipal of Turkey 3-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the men's Middleweight (75kg) category; Sania and Bopanna beat Andy Murray and Heather Watson of Britain in straight sets

Boxer Vikas Krishan Yadav and tennis stars Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna brought some much needed cheer as the Indian contingent continued their flop show.
Vikas defeated Onder Sipal of Turkey 3-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the men's Middleweight (75kg) category on Friday.
Vikas, who is just one win away from a medal, will face Bektemir Melikuziev of Uzbekistan for a berth in the last four stage.
Sania and Bopanna meanwhile, entered the semifinals of the mixed doubles tennis event by defeating Andy Murray and Heather Watson of Britain in straight sets.
The Indians won their quarterfinal match 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and seven minutes at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
The fourth seeded Indian duo dominated their British opponents with both Sania and Bopanna coming with some fine work at the net and excellent returns of serve.
Sania and Bopanna, who now need just one win to ensure a medal, are expected to face a tough challenge in their next match as they will take on the US team of Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram for a place in the final.
Indian shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan also stayed in the hunt for a medal after he produced a creditable performance to finish 10th in the qualification round of the men's Skeet event.
Khan had scores of 24, 25 and 23 in the three rounds to amass a total of 72 points at the Shotgun Range of the Olympic Shooting Centre here.
The 40-year-old from Bulandshar district of Uttar Pradesh has a strong chance of qualifying for the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, rower Dattu Bhokanal gave a spirited performance and qualified for Final C after finishing second in men's singles sculls semifinal C/D 2.
The 25-year-old from the Indian Army, who had taken up the sport just four years ago, put in a time of 7:19.02 minutes - far from his best - but lead the race throughout only to lose out in the very final second.
Bhokanal, who is competing in his maiden Olympics, will now fight for a world ranking between 13 and 18.
Bhokanal, who set his Olympic best in the quarter-final with a 6:59.89 minutes, took 1:44.88 minute to cover his first 500 metres before completing the 1000m mark in 3:37.00 minutes.
He was leading till the 1500m mark, covering it in 5:30.35 minutes before the Hungarian overtook him with only a handful of meters left in the race.
But the rest of the day was mostly disappointing for Indian fans with shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa crashing out of the preliminary stages of the women's doubles event while archer Atanu Das went down fighting.
Shooters Gagan Narang and Gurpreet Singh and shot putter Vikas Gowda also added to India's woes.