Vinesh Phogat scored a dominating 12-2 win over Seema as helped Mumbai Maharathi stop Haryana Hammers’ winning streak with a 4-3 win in the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) Season 4, in Greater Noida on Thursday, at the Gautam Buddha University Indoor Stadium.
#PWL4: @MumbaiMaharathi vs @haryanahammers: @MumbaiMaharathi’s @Phogat_Vinesh was on a roll today! @Phogat_Vinesh displayed some terrific wrestling and thrashed @haryanahammers #Seema 12-2. A look at all the stats!@NewsX @SPN_Action @wrestling #MatLePanga pic.twitter.com/m4co9bIzSR
— Pro Wrestling League (@Official_PWL) January 24, 2019
The 24-year-old Asian Games gold medalist faced enough resistance but finally won the women’s 53kg contest by technical superiority. But the Laureus Award nominee clinched it 12-2 to win the tie with one bout remaining.
Other matches: Mumbai Maharathi vs Haryana Hammers
In the 57kg men’s bout the world U23 championships silver medalist Ravi Kumar of Haryana beat the European U23 champion Ibragim Ilyasov 13-9.
Earlier, Harphool gave Mumbai Maharathi an early lead, beating Rajneesh 5-2 in an evenly contested bout in the 65kg category.
#PWL4: What a match and a stunning start to the third and last leg of the #ProWrestlingLeague season 4. @MumbaiMaharathi proved to be a heavy competitor for the @haryanahammers who had their first defeat of the season & lost the match 3-4 @SPN_Action @NewsX @wrestling #MatLePanga pic.twitter.com/riWi3mw8S8
— Pro Wrestling League (@Official_PWL) January 24, 2019
European championships bronze medalist Tatyana Omelchenko did it even for Haryana in the next bout beating Shilpi Yadav of Mumbai 16-0 in a one-sided match in the women’s 62kg category.
World championships bronze medalist Ali Shabanov took the Hammers to 2-1after beating Deepak Punia 4-3 in an edge-of-the-seat thriller in the 86kg category.
The European championships silver medalist Hungarian Zseneth Nemeth made it 2-2 for Mumbai, beating 2018 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Kiran 6-4 in the women’s 76kg category.
Russia’s Baitseev Vladisiav beat Haryana’s Ukrainian wrestler Aleksander Khotsianivski 6-2 in the 125 kg category.
Results:
65kgM: Harphool (Mumbai Maharathi) bt Rajneesh (Haryana Hammers)
62kgF: Shilpi Yadav (Mumbai Maharathi) lost to Tatyana Omelchenko (Haryana Hammers) 86kgM: Deepak Punia (Mumbai Maharathi) lost to Ali Shabanov (Haryana Hammers) 76kgF: Zseneth Nemeth (Mumbai Maharathi) bt Kiran (Haryana Hammers)
125kgM: Baitseev Vladisiav (Mumbai Maharathi) bt Khotsianivski Aleksander (Haryana Hammers)
53kgF: Vinesh Phogat (Mumbai Maharathi) bt Seema (Haryana Hammers)
57kgM: Ibragim Ilyasov (Mumbai Maharathi) lost Ravi Kumar (Haryana Hammers)
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