Sanju, Saneh and Bhateri Move to Semis; Mansi Loses After Promising Start

A tenacious Sanju Devi (62kg) and a assured Saneh (72kg) entered the semifinals of the junior wrestling world championships whereas Bhateri additionally joined them within the last-four stage, benefiting from a beneficial draw, right here on Thursday. She could not look athletic however Sanju was fast together with her strikes and reflexes as she beat Germany’s Lusia Schrel 5-2 and then erased a 0-3 deficit to edge previous Croatia’s Iva Geric 4-3 within the quarterfinals.

Saneh hardly had any downside in dispatching Kseniya Patapovich of Belarus 6-2 in her opening spherical and remained untroubled in opposition to Mongolia’s Tsogzolmaa Dorjsuren, profitable 7-0. Saneh’s four-pointer on a double-leg assault stood out.

In different matches involving Indian women, Pinki (53kg) made a promising begin to lead 5-4 and 7-6 with a terrific four-point throw however Turkey’s Emine Cakmak by no means seemed in a jittery as she pulled off well timed take-down strikes to snatch the bout with a 12-7 scoreline. Mansi, competing in 57kg class, started with a assured 16-4 win over American Claire Marie Dicugno however was outplayed by Turkey’s Elvira Kamaloglu 1-9 within the quarterfinals.