, Commonwealth Games medal-winning duo of Gaurav Solanki (52kg) and Naman Tanwar (91kg) have entered the quarterfinals of the 70th Strandja Memorial Tournament with contrasting wins in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Solanki, taking to the ring within 24 hours of his first-round win, defeated Kazakhstan’s Anvar Muzaparov 3-2 in a hard-fought contest last night. The 19-year-old Tanwar got the better of Poland’s Michal Soczynski 5-0 in a dominating performance.
Solanki faces Uzbekistan’s Fayzov Khudonyazar in the last-eight stage. Tanwar, on the other hand, will be up against Ukraine’s Serhii Horskov.