The Indian duo of Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar entered the semi-finals with a 154-143 win over Indonesia's Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferellyin and Ken Swagumilang in the mixed team compound open archery quarterfinals at the Paris Paralympics, on Monday.
The top seeds in the mixed compound open event, Sheetal and Rakesh, displayed fine form heading towards the semi-final where they will meet Iran's Fatemeh Hemmati and Hadi Nori.
The Iranian duo prevailed over Brazil's Jane Karla Gogel and Reinaldo Vagner Charao Ferreira 153-151 in their quarterfinal clash.
The Indians sealed the win with a perfect 40 in the fourth and final end.
Sheetal, 17, was born in 2007 with phocomelia, a rare congenital disorder leading to underdeveloped limbs. The condition resulted in her arms not fully forming.
39-year-old Rakesh suffered a spinal cord injury in 2009, leaving him wheelchair-bound for life, which plunged him into depression and even forced him to contemplate taking his own life.
On Sunday, Rakesh lost to China's He Zihao by one point in the men's compound open category bronze medal match.
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