PV Sindhu beat Japanese Nozomi Okuhara 21-19 21-10; Aditi Ashok, T-3rd, shared the lead for a time on a four-under Day 2, Babita Kumari loses her pre-Quarter bout against Greek.

Welcome to The Hindu's coverage of Day 13 of the Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro.

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Watch Sindhu's family rejoice her win:

PM Narendra Modi tweets

Superb performance >@PvSindhu1. You make India proud! Best of luck for the finals. >#Rio2016 >pic.twitter.com/kXwqodB3K7 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) >August 18, 2016

Aditi Ashok,18 years old Indian woman golfer is competing for the gold at Rio2016

All the best >@aditigolf >pic.twitter.com/G8f3wTthOZ — Narendra Mahajan (@narendramahajan) >August 18, 2016

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0430 hrs: Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has been ousted from Olympics as the CAS slapped him with a four-year ban, while hearing into the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal against the clean chit given to him in a dope scandal by NADA.

0340 hrs: Argentina beats Belguim 4-2 in men's hockey final. Well deserved gold medal!

2120 hrs: And Sindhu has smashed, screamed and stormed her way into the Women's badminton final with a 21-19, 21-10 victory over the 6th-ranked Nozomi Okuhara. She becomes the first Indian woman to reach an Olympics final in Badminton, where she will meet Spaniard Carolina Marin at 1930 hrs on Friday for the Gold. > Read more

2118 hrs: Sindhu is on one here, smashes forehand and backhand one after the other, as she widens the gap, at 17-10. She is now cruising to the victory, her assured Silver.

2114 hrs: Sindhu is leading 11-10 midway in the second game.

2108 hrs: Sindhu is turning it back up as she draws level at 7-7. She is thinking in cross-court smashes to take advantage of Okuhara's limited court coverage. Sindhu's a bit like the BFG on the court compared to the Japanese.

2104 hrs: Okuhara takes the lead 5-3 with a string of unforced errors from Sindhu. She is really working extra hard, scurrying and sprinting to cover the same ground that Sindhu simply lopes across.

Sindhu's smashes are to die for! — Daughter of Poseidon (@FedfanTejal) >August 18, 2016

2102 hrs: Sindhu has taken the early lead in the second game too, at 3-1.

2057 hrs: Sindhu takes the opening game 21-19 as Okuhara pushes long.

2054 hrs: Okuhara holding her own and staying close to Sindhu with hard-working pushes and smashes. But Sindhu has 3 gamepoints, leading 20-18

2043 hrs: Aditi Ashok has a poor finish as she bogies the final hole, par 5. She slips back to T-3rd at -6 after 36 holes. Well played today, 4-under for the day; she has set the stage for the next two days by staying on course thus far.

2041 hrs: Sindhu goes into the halfway timeout with a five-point lead at 11-6.

Sindhu in CSK colors. Match in the bag. Chill. — ABVan (@ABVan) >August 18, 2016

2036 hrs: Sindhu is moving well and challenging the really-quite-diminutive Okuhara with changes in angles and dropping it long into corners. Leads 8-5.

2032 hrs: Sindhu is pumped up, getting her first challenge in really early, as she cuts low and Okuhara leaves it. She wins the challenge, and leads 4-1 in the first game.

2027 hrs: And now, PV Sindhu is warming up for her semifinal clash against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara.

2025 hrs: Meanwhile, Aditi pars the 17th, stays in the co-leader spot.

>#Rio2016 >#Golf

Aditi Ashok Stays at -7. Still holding on to the lead — Sporting India (@SportingIndian) >August 18, 2016

2023 hrs: And Britain's Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge have beaten China's Hong Wei and Chai Biao 21-18 19-21 21-10.

2018 hrs: British pair Ellis and Langridge are heading towards that Bronze after all, one point away with 10 match points now.

India's Aditi Ashok joint leader at this stage. >https://t.co/gANBqWkPvQ — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) >August 18, 2016

2008 hrs: And Aditi Ashok is really blazing the course now, as she birdies the 16th and joins Minjee Lee on -7, as co-leader.

18 years old



Ranked 462 in world



Currently tied for lead Rd 2 >#riogolf



Say hello to Aditi Ashok >#IND >pic.twitter.com/NgEe4tyKxv — Mike McAllister (@PGATOUR_mikemc) >August 18, 2016

1953 hrs: Meanwhile in the Men's Doubles Badminton Bronze-medal match, China has equalised, winning the second game against Great Britain. It goes into the decider now. Great fightback by the Chinese. And this means a further delay in PV Sindhu's match, of course. We just bring you the news, don't shoot us.

And birdie it is! On 15th. Goes -3 for the round. -6 overall and jumps up the leaderboard. One behind leader >@minjeegolf now. >#IND >#Golf — Olympic Golf TeamIND (@OlympicGolf_IND) >August 18, 2016

Here's what the women's golf leaderboard looks like at this point...

1956 hrs: Aditi Ashok has birdied the 15th hole, moving back to -6, and one stroke behind the leader Minjee Lee.

1944 hrs: Aditi slips to joint 3rd place on the leaderboard after bogeying the 12th. After 14 holes, she stands at T-3 with -5. That's three-under-par for the day. Australia's Minjee Lee is at the top at -7.

Awesome is the word !!! An 18 year old Indian girl tied 2nd in Olympic Golf . Wow !!! >#Rio2016 >#AditiAshok >https://t.co/yPdw1TyDvX — Jitender Dabas (@dabas_jeetu) >August 18, 2016

1927 hrs: Meanwhile, Aditi is having a great Day 2 in women's golf. She is now Tied 2nd, after 11 holes, just one shot behind the leader.

1922 hrs: Looks like young Aditi has caught the attention of the women's golf great Annika Sorenstam!

Well played babita, No worries.. u gave ur best >#BabitaKumari — pankaj chaturvedi (@Panky135) >August 18, 2016

1921 hrs: Babita is unable to get her own going. She loses to Greek wrestler Maria Prevolaralki 1-5.

1915 hrs: Babita is not doing too well. Trailing 0-3 after 3 minutes in the first period. She was repeatedly on the mat, and escaped as Prevolaraki was unable to complete the single-leg hold.

1909 hrs: Soon, Babita Kumari will enter the ring for her pre-Quarterfinal wrestling bout against Greece's Maria Prevolaraki.

1905 hrs: Aditi Ashok is Tied 2nd after 11 holes. She completed the front nine with Six-under.

1900 hrs: Carolina Marin enters the Women's Singles Badminton final after defeating Li Xuerui 21-14 21-16.

1630 hrs: Aditi Ashok seems in good nick now. Begins promisingly with a birdie on the first.

Birdie

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Today, Bengalurian 18-year-old Aditi Ashok will hope to make progress, after ending the first round at seventh place, in Round 2 of Women's golf. Babita Kumari will lock shoulders in the Women's 53-kg Freestyle Wrestling. PV Sindhu faces off against the world no.6, Japanese Nozomi Okuhara. Follow live updates below:

Woof, what a hot day India had yesterday. Kidambi Srikanth, the Guntur-based medal hopeful in badminton, was taken down by a superior player in Chinese Lin Dan. Vinesh Phogat overcame injury to enter the Women's 48-kg Freestyle Wrestling semifinal, but was overwhelmed by a second freak tear in the leg that forced her to forfeit the match and her medal hopes. But Sakshi Malik, the grappler from Rohtak, raised her hand up and secured the season's first medal for India, winning the Bronze in the 58-kg category. While Bengalurian golfer Aditi Ashok, the youngest in the fray, ended her first round of golf at seventh place.