Yankton: Indian Archer Abhishek Verma lost to silver-winner Braden Gellenthien of the USA in his first-round match at World Cup Final here on Thursday.
The 2014 Asian Games gold-medallist Verma, who qualified after winning the third stage of the World Cup in Paris, had won a silver in the 2015 edition.
In his previous World Cup Final appearance in 2018, Verma had clinched an individual bronze and a silver with Jyothi Surekha Vennam in mixed pair event.
All eyes would now be on the star couple of Deepika Kumari and Atanu Das who will begin their respective campaigns later on the day.
The duo would look to start afresh in the two-day World Cup Final.
Deepika will start against 23-year-old Russian Svetlana Gomboeva. For Das, this will be his first World Cup Final appearance.
