India's star woman boxer and two-time world champion Nikhat Zareen has made a great start to the Elite Women's Boxing Tournament. Nikhat started her campaign with a stunning 4-1 win against Uttar Pradesh's Rashi Sharma in the 48-51kg category on Saturday.

Haryana's Anjali caused the big upset of the day by defeating World Championship bronze medallist Manisha Moun in the 57-60kg category at the Saroornagar Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad. Other notable results on the opening day of the tournament included 2023 world champion Neetu (Haryana)'s 5-0 win over Rajni Singh (UP) in the 45-48kg category. Telangana's Yaashi Sharma defeated K Monisha (Tamil Nadu) by the same margin in the 60-65kg category.

Laxmi (TOPS) registered a stunning 5-0 win against Ragini (Uttar Pradesh) in the 51-54kg bout. The gold and silver medallists in each of the 10 weight categories will be selected for the Elite National Camp to be held in Patiala.