DHAKA, May 9, 2022 (BSS)- Country's ace archer Ruman Sana booked the spot of
final in the recurve men's individual event in the ongoing Asia Cup World
Ranking tournament stage-2 as he thumped his Uzbekistan rival Sadikov
Amirkhan) by straight 6-0 set points in the semifinal held today (Monday) in
Sulaymaniyah, Iraq.

Ruman will meet his Indian rival Chauhan Mrinal in the final of this event
scheduled to be held on Wednesday (May 11).

On way the semifinal, Ruman Sana beat his compatriot Hakim Ahmed Rubel by 6-2
set points in the quarterfinal.

On the other hand, Hakim Ahmed Rubel reached pre quarterfinal beating his
Pakistan rival Tayyab Muhammad by 6-0 set points in the round of sixteen and
ensured the quarterfinal spot defeating his Uzbek rival Chen Yao Yuy by 7-1
set points, but he eventually lost the his compatriot Ruman Sana by 2-6 set
points in the quarterfinal.

In the compound women's individual event, Shamoly Roy confirmed the spot of
last four defeating her Indian rival Swami Aditi Gopichand 143-139 in the
quarterfinal. However she could not cross the last four hurdle as she lost to
her Indian rival Chaudhary Sakshi 140-143 in the semifinal while Suma Biswas
failed to reach the final after losing to her Indian rival Kaur Parmeet 137-
146 in the semifinal.

Suma will play against her compatriot Shamoly Roy in the bronze deciding
match in the event tomorrow (Tuesday).

Earlier on Sunday last, the archers of Bangladesh secured three medals by
reaching finals of the three events and now Bangladesh has the opportunity to
win four medals in the tournament.

On Sunday last, Bangladesh archery team featuring Ruman Sana Hakim Ahmed
Rubel and Abdur Rahman Alif reached final in the recurve men's team event
eliminating Iran by 5-4 set points in the semifinal while in the recurve
women's team event, Bangladesh women's archery team comprising Nasrin Akter,
Diya Siddique and Beauty Roy set the final clash with India defeating
Uzbekistan by 5-1 sets in the semifinal.

In the compound men's team event, Bangladesh archery team featuring Mohammad
Ashikuzzaman, Newaz Ahmed Rakib and Mithu Rahman set the final clash with
India after beating Kazakhstan 231-228 in the semifinal.