Greater Noida: Punjab Royals’ Anita upset Asian Championships gold medallist Navjot Kaur in the women’s 62kg category to clinch the match against UP Dangal and move to top of the table in the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) Season 4 here on Monday.
UP’s Jitender clinched the last bout of the evening against Punjab’s Amit Dhanker 10-9 in the men’s 74 kg category in a closely fought encounter to ensure his team too makes it to the last four stage on technical superiority.
Punjab, with eight points after this win, moves to the top of the table and will again take on fourth placed UP Dangal in the semis while second placed Haryana Hammers will lock horns with third placed Delhi Sultans in the other semi-final.
Haryana player Anita, who is making a comeback to wrestling after childbirth, gave her all against the technically superior Navjot to win the bout by scoring the last point and clinch the tie for the defending champions.
Earlier, UP Dangal’s 2018 Asian Games silver medallist Giorgi Sakandelidze came from behind to get the better of Punjab Royals’ 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Korey Jarvis 4-2 in the men’s 125 kg super heavyweight category to help his team take an early lead. Anju then took down world champion Vanesa Kaladzinskaya easily. (IANS)
