Deepika took the first set with two solid 10s and a 9 but the Dutch woman fought back to win the second. Moving forward to last set, Roeffen scored a 6 giving Kumari a lead forward, and her husband an opportunity to get extremely happy and pleased about her performance.

Deepika, who had failed to impress in the Indian archery team's disappointing campaign a few days ago, faces Quinty Roeffen of the Netherlands in her next match later in the day.

Deepika, who embraced motherhood in December 2022 and returned to win the Asia Cup gold in Baghdad in February this year, may have to overcome two more Korean rivals in her bid to win a first World Cup individual gold medal since the Paris Stage 3 in June 2021.