ROHTAK: Former world champion
L Sarita Devi
(60kg) and Asian silver-medallist
Sonia Lather
(57kg) advanced to the semi-finals after clinching facile quarter-final wins at the
National Women's Boxing Championships
, on Wednesday.
Representing the All India Police, Sarita out-punched Arunachal Pradesh's Aquillia Dupak in the first round itself to make the medal rounds.
Railway Sports Promotion Board's Sonia, on the other hand, defeated Uttarakhand's Kamla Bisht 5-0.
Among other prominent names, former junior world champion
Nikhat Zareen (51kg) sailed past Chattisgarh's Abha to be assured of her second successive medal.
Also entering the semi-finals was RSPB's Pavitra (60kg), a former world championships quarter-finalist, got the better of Manipur's Chaoba Devi.
Former World Championships silver-medallist
Sarju Bala Devi
(48kg), competing for Manipur, was also among those entering the medal rounds. She beat Madhya Pradesh's Deepa Kumari 5-0.
Asian Championships quarter-finalist Shiksha (54kg), however, bowed out of the competition. The RSPB-boxer was upstaged by Punjab's Shavinder Kaur Sidhu in a unanimous verdict.
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