Commonwealth Games 2018: Wrestling Women's Freestyle 62 kg Nordic, Sakshi Malik carries India's hopes, Live Updates

The action commences very soon at the Carrara Sports Arena 1 - Mat B

Updated: 14 April 2018 12:44 IST - Published: 14 April 2018 12:26 IST

That's all from Sakshi Malik's final match in the Women's Freestyle 62kg Nordic event.

Malik does brilliantly at the death to defend against the gut wrench and wins by a single point

Score:
Sakshi Malik 6-5 Tayla Ford

Sakshi foils a takedown attempt by Tayla Ford but Ford does well to take back control in the final seconds of the match.

Final minute of the bout as Ford manages to get one technical point.

After a prolonged lock, Sakshi turns around and gets another two points with the takedown.

Score 6-2

Just under two minutes left in the bout.

Malik starts strong and takes control on the mat with a swift move to mount her back and scores two points.

The second round is underway

End of Round 1:

Sakshi Malik 2-2 Tayla Ford

Ford goes for a double leg takedown but Malik turns it and takes back control to get two points. She goes in for the gut wrench but is unable to lock it in.

Score 2-2

Tayla Ford is unsuccessful in pinning Malik down. Great persistance from the Indian wrestler.

Ford has taken Sakshi down and tries to pin her down but somehow she is holding on. Two points for the Kiwi so far.

The bout is underway as both the wrestlers try to bring each other down.

Hello and welcome to the final match action from the Women's Freestyle 62kg Nordic event.

Sakshi Malik will face off against New Zealander Tayla Ford.

Second loss on the trot for Sakshi Malik. She will next take on New Zealand's Tayla Ford later in the day.

In an overzealous attempt to take Adeniyi down, she gives up the back control scores two to win the bout.

Score: Malik 3-6 Adeniyi

With just 40 seconds to go, Malik scores a takedown taking the control of the back but fails to score a point.

Adeniyi does well to score two with a takedown and takes Sakshi out of bounds. She is in the lead at 3-4 now

Sakshi takes her out of bounds and scores one point to take the lead with two minutes to go.

Malik trying to take Adeniyi down but she is showing good defence and keeping Malik at bay.

Round 2 is underway!

End of Round 1:

Score : Malik 2-2 Adeniyi

Adeniyi again manages to take Malik out of bound and scores one to tie the match up at 1-1 as we reach the end of the first round.

The two wrestlers do well to keep it standing as the Nigerian Adeniyi is defending well against the takedown attempts of Malik.

Malik is taken out of bounds by the Nigerian who scores one point.

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