Denmark’s Tanja Jensen managed a personal best score to finish top of the women’s compound qualification standings on the first day of the second stage of the 2019 Archery World Cup in Shanghai ©World Archery

Denmark’s Tanja Jensen managed a personal best to finish top of the women’s compound qualification standings on the first day of the second stage of the Archery World Cup in Shanghai.

The 23-year-old, ranked eighth in the world, scored 703 points out of a possible 720 for the 72-arrow 50-metres ranking round at the Chinese city’s Yuanshen Stadium.

She had arrived in Shanghai only five hours before the start of qualification after spending the weekend competing at an event in Redding in the United States.

World number one Yesim Boston of Turkey was tied with Jensen on 643 points with six arrows left to shoot.

The Dane finished with a perfect 60 points, while Boston, shooting at her first international event of the season, had to settle for 59.

Slovenia’s Toja Ellison finished third with 698 points.

"I knew it was really close with other girls going into the last end, so I was like 'okay, just shoot really good shots and they should hit the middle'," Jensen said.

"I came straight from a tournament in California, went straight to the hotel, took a shower, had lunch and then came here, so it feels awesome."

In men's compound qualification, the US's Matt Sullivan came out on top at only his second Archery World Cup event.

The 40-year-old, who made his Archery World Cup debut in Medellín in Colombia last month, scored 712 points out of a possible 720.

The United States' Matt Sullivan was the best performer in men's compound qualification ©World Archery
The United States' Matt Sullivan was the best performer in men's compound qualification ©World Archery

Two points behind him in second place was South Korea's Choi Yong-hee.

Reigning Archery World Cup champion Kris Schaff of the US ranked third with 709 points.

South Korea's Kim Jong-ho posted the same total but had less 10s than Schaff – 61 to the American's 62. 

Lee Woo-seok led a South Korean one-two in men's recurve qualification with 688 points.

Compatriot Kim Woo-jin was the runner-up with 683 points, while the Netherlands' Sjef van den Berg and the US's Brady Ellison ranked third and fourth, respectively, on 679.

In women's recurve qualification, South Koreans occupied the top three places with Choi Mi-sun first on 680 points, Olympic champion Chang Hye-jin second on 671 and Kang Chae-young third on 669.

The combined score of Lee and Choi, 1,368, raised the mixed team recurve ranking round record by four points.

"I hadn’t realised we’d broken the world record," Choi said. 

"It’s good to break it – I’m happy – but this is just the start of the competition. 

"The eliminations are more important."