India Open: All Indian boxers advance to next round

20-year-oldboxer from Haryana Sachin Siwach defeated his Argentine opponent Ramon NicanorQuiroga as all seven Indians in fray advanced to the next round on the Day 1 ofIndian Open boxing tournament in Guwahati on Monday.

Earlier,Assam Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya attended the opening ceremonyof the grand tournament.

An action packed Day 1 of #IndiaOpenBoxing 2019 comes to an end.

Let's take a recap 📷 of today's grand opening ceremony which was graced by the presence of Hon'bl Min of Education #SiddharthaBhattacharya BFI Sec #JayKowli & Organising Chairman #LakhyaKonwar#PunchMeinHainDum pic.twitter.com/tzODZG9cHY

— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) May 20, 2019

Apart from Siwach, Ex-world championship silver medalist Sonia Lather defeated Chandra Kala Thapa by 5-0 to reach the quarterfinals in the women's 57kg. Manisha Maun defeated Phillipines' Nesthy Petecio 4-1 in the 57kg category.

On the other hand, Preeti Beniwal outclassed her Nepalese opponent Sangita Sunar by 5-0 in women's 60kg. Similarly, Shahshi Chopra too had an easy outing against Bhutan's Tandin Choden as she defeated Choden by 5-0.

India's 🇮🇳 #SoniaLather continues the win streak with a confident and dominating 5-0 win in the 57 kg prelims. Well done girl! 👏👏#PunchMeinHainDum #boxing pic.twitter.com/eHHqAC5eQs

— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) May 20, 2019

Besides, Jyoti Gulia and Anamakia also made the quarterfinals with easy wins over their respective opponents.