New Delhi, Mar 4 (PTI) Indian boxers Yakshika (52kg) and Vidhi (57kg) entered the junior girls' semi-finals with comprehensive victories at the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Friday.

While Yakshika outperformed Nepal's Swostika Tiruwa, Vidhi blanked Uzbekistan's Odinakhon Ismoilova.

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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.

However, it was curtains for Tamanna, who gave her all during an intense junior girls 66kg last-eight contest against Kazakhstan's Aruzhan Zhangabayeva but ended up with a 1-4 loss.

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Later tonight, country's five boxer -- 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 bout, last edition's silver medallist Vanshaj made his way into the 63.5kg quarter-finals with an easy unanimous win against the local boy Abdallah Almharat.

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