Gold Coast (Australia) April 10 (IANS) India s Krishna Xalxo and the women s pair of Lovely Choubey and Rupa Rani Tirkey had mixed fortunes in their respective lawn bowls events at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Tuesday.
In men s singles sectional play Krishna lost 18-21 to Jamaican Andrew Newell in a round 4 tie at the Broadbeach here.
Krishna squandered a bright start to lose the plot later on even as the Jamaican right bounced back to emerge victorious.
Earlier Krishna started the day thrashing Fiji s Arun Kumar 21-11 in round 3.
Krishna got off to an agressive start and continued his momentum right through the match even as the Fijian missed his first two shots before making a futile effort to match the Indian.
Meanwhile in women s pairs sectional play Lovely and Rupa lost narrowly 14-15 to Northern Ireland duo of Catherine Beattie and Sandra Bailie in a round 3 match.
Earlier on Tuesday the Indian pair beat Jersey s Rachel Macdonald and Christine Grimes 22-12 in round 2.
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