BRIDGETOWN (Barbados), Sept 16 (PTI) - MC Mary Kom (48kg) remained firmly on course for a historic fifth successive gold by advancing to the semifinals along with Kavita (+81kg) to assure India of two medals in the sixth Women's World Championships here.
Mary Kom beat Lynsey Holdaway from Wales 9-2 in the quarterfinal to set up a clash with Alice Appari of the Philippines, whom she had beaten in their only face off six years ago.
The mother-of-two from Manipur took a narrow 2-1 lead in the opening round and built on it in the next two rounds to be 6-2 ahead by the third round. In the final round, Mary Kom launched an all-out attack to seal the issue in her favour.
"It was not all that tough for me. I had never faced her before but didn't have to slog too much."
