Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain made a profitable begin to her marketing campaign as she and Sakshi Chaudhary moved to the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Championships with dominant victories in New Delhi on Monday. Both Sakshi (54kg) and Lovlina (75kg) notched equivalent 5-0 unanimous determination wins respectively. While Lovlina out-punched Mexico’s Vanessa Ortiz, Sakshi received the higher of Zhazira Urakbayeva of Kazakhstan to progress to the final eight stage.

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Lovlina begins with a win

Into the Quarterfinals

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But essentially the most electrifying Indian efficiency of the day was displayed by Preeti (54kg). The teen although finally misplaced her bout to final 12 months’s 52kg silver medallist Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas by a 4-3 verdict, the bout was so shut {that a} evaluate needed to be taken.

Preeti entered the event on the again of a variety row, the place her place within the facet was questioned as she did not win the National Championships.

However, the 19-year-old justified her place within the Indian workforce together with her fearless efficiency.

The tenacious Preeti confirmed aggression in opposition to a extra skilled opponent to take the primary spherical 4-1.

She fought toe to toe with Jutamas as each pugilists linked punches however the the Thai was in a position to edge the Indian and took the remaining two rounds with the ultimate end result being determined by a bout evaluate.

“I learned a lot from this bout, the competitor was also good. I need to work harder. I was aggressive in the first round and I should have continued that and I should have dominated the bout,” Preeti said.

Competing in her new 75kg category, Lovlina, who received a first round bye, won her opening encounter to walk one step closer to a medal.

The two-time World Championship bronze medallist looked a little defensive against her stocky opponent.

The Indian, who was considerably taller than her Mexican opponent, was forced to play from a distance as Ortiz capitalised on every opportunity to move forward and attack.

The result was that Lovlina wasn’t able to connect a lot of the punches as she seemed nervous moving ahead.

“It was my first bout, the boxer was shorter than me. I used to be not in a position to observe by technique to the T. I’m not very pleased with this efficiency, I may have completed higher. She was coming forward so I used to be pressured to maneuver again,” Lovlina said after her bout.

“It is my first World Championships on this weight class. It shall be troublesome as the opposite boxers are already competing on this weight class. We must see methods to play with which opponent. I believe I can do higher.” Sakshi, the 2021 Asian Championship bronze medallist, utilised her height and long reach to her advantage. She would punch Urakbayeva and step back quickly, not letting her opponent counter-attack.

The Indian danced around the ring, playing with aggression and released a number of punches to emerge victorious.

“I performed significantly better than I anticipated. She is an effective boxer so I believed it will be a 19-20 struggle however the technique labored for me and I used to be in a position to dominate,” Sakshi said after the bout.