In Tennis, the pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna and the duo of Leander Paes and Vishnu Vardhan advanced to the second round of the men's doubles event. While Bhupathi and Bopanna overcame Max Mirnyi and Alexander Bury of Belarus 7-6, 6-7, 8-6, Paes and Vardhan got the better of Jean Julien Rojer and Robin Haase of the Netherlands 7-6, 4-6, 6-2. India's challenge in the singles section ended with Vishnu Vardhan's defeat against Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia in the opening round.In Men's hockey, India went down 2-3 against the formidable Netherlands in their opening Group B match. At half-time the winners led 2-nil.In Boxing, Sumit Sangwan crashed out of the Games after a heart-wrenching opening round loss to Yamaguchi Falcao Florentino of Brazil in the men's light heavyweight category. In the individual events of women's archery, Bombayla Devi made an exit after losing to Aida Roman of Mexico.