Amidst all the gloom surrounding the Indian olympic dream, with most of the medal hopes bowing out of the competition, Boxing, Tennis and Hockey brought some joy to the Indian contingent. Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna managed to beat Britain's Andy Murray and Heather Watson with remarkable ease to storm into the mixed doubles semifinals with a 6-4 6-4 win in just 67 minutes. One more victory will ensure India a silver medal and a defeat in the semifinals would give Sania and Bopanna a chance to fight for the bronze. The men's hockey team played out a 2-2 draw against Canada while other individual participants exited the Games. The men's hockey team, already assured of a berth in the quarter finals, led twice against lowly Canada before allowing their rivals to bounce back and earn a 2-2 draw in their concluding pool game.

Boxer Vikas Krishan entered the quarter-finals in men's middleweight (75 kg) category. Vikas then stood a win away from an elusive Olympic medal as he outclassed Turkey's Sipal Onder 3-0 to make the quarterfinals of men's 75kg middleweight boxing. The day commenced with Atanu Das letting slip chances in his men's individual recurve pre-quarterfinal to bow out of contention and draw curtains on India's disappointing campaign in archery in the Olympics this time. Sprinter Dutee Chand and Muhammed Anas Yahiya, and long jumper Ankit Sharma failed to go past their heats/qualifying match. In the men's 50m rifle prone qualification at the Olympic Shooting Centre, Narang and Chain Singh were eliminated with final positions of 13th and 36th respectively.