Incheon, Sep 26 (IANS): The Indian women's recurve team beat Chinese Taipei to reach the semi-finals of the 17th Asian Games archery event at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field here Friday.
The Indian trio of Deepika Kumari, L. Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi had blanked Uzbekistan 6-0 in the elimination round before a nervy 5-4 shoot-off win over Chinese Taipei.
India will take on hosts South Korea in the semifinals later in the day.
The Indian archers started off brightly, winning the first set 51-49 to take a two-point lead.
Chinese Taipei struck back immediately by taking the next set 56-54 to draw the tie at 2-2.
A narrow 53-52 third set win restored India's two point lead but once again the Taipei archers brought the scores on level terms, 4-4, by winning the fourth and the final set to send the clash into the decider.
In the shoot-off, where all the competitors get a shot each, India held their nerves to record a 26-24 win to secure a semi-final berth.