Jhano Hansdah and Bheigyabati Chanu were the only Indians to taste victory on yet another miserable day for the country's archers at the World Cup (Stage I) in Porec, Croatia [ Images ].

India's [ Images ] compound archers failed to lift the sagging spirits of the 21-member contingent after a trite display in the elimination round.

Only veterans Hansdah and Chanu won matches in the first round of action.

Former national champion Hansdah eased into the pre-quarter-finals, where she was beaten by fourth seeded American Erika Anschutz 140-144.

Bheigyabati won her first round against Erika Anear of Australia [ Images ], but fell to 10th seed Marcella Tonioli of Italy [ Images ] 134-139 in the next round.

National champion Namita Yadav, ranked 19, failed to get past 46th-ranked Anne Lantee of Finland, losing 128-136 in the second round after getting a bye in the first.

Gagandeep Kaur, occupying 26th position after the ranking round, got a first round bye but was beaten by 39-placed Viktoria Balzhanova of Russia [ Images ] 132-136.

The men's compound archers fared even worse.

Reigning Asian champion Isaiah Rajender Sanam, ranked 60, lost to 53-ranked Swiss Gregoire Fumeaux 137-139.

Commonwealth Games [ Images ] team gold medallists C Srither, Ch. Jignas and Ritul Chatterjee stumbled in the first round.

Srither lost to much lower-ranked Croat Vladimir Bartol 141-143, Jignas fell to Italian Pieto Greco 138-139 and Chatterjee was upstaged by 42nd placed Belgian Sam Kyritsoglou 138-142.

Even in the newly introduced mixed team events, the Indians failed to make a mark.

Having qualified as fourth seeds, recurve archers Rahul Banerjee and Deepika Kumari were defeated by the 13-ranked Polish team of Piotr Piatek and Justyna Mospinek 137-140 in the first round of the 16-team knockout competition.

Srither and Namita too went out in the opening round, losing to the Iranian pair of Amir Kazenpoor and Parsamehr Mahtab 143-145.