Vidhi further extended India's winning momentum on the third day of the continental tournament when she pulled off an equally dominant win in the quarter-finals.However, it was curtains for Tamanna, who gave her all during an intense junior girls 66kg last-eight contest against Ka'akhstan's Aruzhan Zhangabayeva but ended up with a loss by split 4-1 decision.Having assured of at least bronze medals, Yakshika and Vidhi will now take on Kazakhstan's Shakhnaz Tairzhan and Hangoma Isoeva of Tajikistan respectively in their semi-finals on Tuesday.Later on Friday night,'the country's five boxers -- Harish Saini (63kg), Jackson Singh Laishram (70kg), Dev Pratap Singh (75kg), Rishabh Singh Shikharwar (80kg) and Gaurav Mhaske (+81kg) -- will look to secure themselves medals in the junior boys' category as they will fight in their respective quarter-finals matches. In the youth men's match, played on Thursday night, the last edition's silver medallist Vanshaj made his way into the 63.5kg quarter-finals with an easy win by unanimous decision against the local boy Abdallah Almharat.The ongoing championships, where both the age groups of men and women - youth and junior - are being played together, has been witnessing a strong competition in presence of 352 boxers from 21 countries including India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The finals will be played on March 13 and 14.
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