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Atanu Das will next meet Takaharu Furukawa of Japan on Saturday for a place in the quarterfinals of the individual competition.
The Indian number one had earlier seen off a tough challenge from Chinese Taipei's Deng Yu-Cheng in a five-setter to move into round two.
Debutant boxer Pooja Rani (75kg) won her easy opening bout without a fuss to enter the last-eight stage.
Following the early exit of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and Tarundeep Rai also crashed out in the round-of-32 stage of the men's individual event in Tokyo 2020 in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Indian medal hopes P V Sindhu and Deepika Kumari will be in action on Wednesday.
Veteran paddler A Sharath Kamal turned back the clock to make the next round and fencer C A Bhavani Devi showed some spark in her debut but India's Olympic campaign on day 3 of the competitions was littered with disappointments.
The Indian team of Atanu Das, Pravin Jadhav and the seasoned Tarundeep Rai had defeated Kazakhstan 6-2 in a close encounter to enter the last eight.
The story of Mirabai Chanu, the country's first medal winner in Tokyo Olympics, is one that should provide inspiration and motivation to aspiring athletes.
Keralite swimmer Sajan Prakash will compete in men's 200m butterfly heats.
World No. 1 Deepika failed to notch up a single perfect 10 from eight arrows while Olympic debutant Jadhav misfired a six in the crucial fourth set after drilling in three perfect 10s.