Vinesh Phogat in action (Courtesy: India Today)
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India s Vinesh Phogat defeated Sweden s Sofia Mattsson by 7-1
Vinesh Phogat will face Vanesa Kaladzinskaya of Belarus in the quarter-final
India s strong medal contender Vinesh Phogat knocked out Rio Olympics bronze-medallist Sofia Mattsson of Sweden to progress to women s 53kg quarter-finals, displaying the art of turning defence into attack,on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Indian wrestler walked out with a commanding 7-1 win over the Swede, whom she had beaten at the 2019 World Championship as well. Vinesh will face Belarus Vanesa Kaladzinskaya, the reigning European champion, in the last-eight stage.
Every time Mattsson initiated a right-leg attack, Vinesh produced a splendid counter to score points.
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Last Updated at 9:34 am | Source: PTI
Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia make confident starts, win by technical superiority to make quarters Outlook August 04, 2021 09:34 IST Ravi Dahiya, Deepak Punia make confident starts, win by technical superiority to make quarters outlookindia.com 1970-01-01T05:30:00+0530
(Eds: Adds Anshu Malik and Deepak Punia s results) Chiba (Japan), Aug 4 (PTI) Indian wrestlers Ravi Dahiya and Deepak Punia began their Olympics campaigns with technical superiority victories, reaching the men s freestyle 57kg and 86kg quarterfinals respectively with ease, here on Wednesday. The 19-year-old Anshu Malik though lost the women s 57kg opener to European champion Irina Kurachikina of Belarus 2-8.