New Delhi: India began their campaign on a reasonably good note as Aastha Pahwa (69 kg) entered the quarter-finals while Shashi Chopra made the last-16 stage after winning their respective opening bouts at the Aiba women’s youth world championships in Guwahati on Monday.
However, Vanlalhriat-puii (60kg) bowed out after losing her opening round bout.
In her opening round contest, which was also the pre-quarterfinal, Aastha defeated Melis Yonuzova of Bulgaria.
Earlier, Shashi defeated Uzbekistan’s Durdona-khon Rakhmatova in a unanimous verdict while Vanlalhriatpuii went down to South Korea’s Im Aeji in a split verdict in her opening bout.
Shashi was in action in the first session and grabbed the early advantage by taking the lead in launching attacks. The following two rounds played on a similar script as Shashi got the judges’ unanimous nod.
The gold medallist from Balkan youth international championship next faces Chinese Taipei’s Lin Li Wei-Yi, who got a first round bye. In the evening session, Vanlalhriatpuii, also a reigning national champion, was up against a quick-moving and aggressive Aeji.
