Chennai, Oct. 2 -- Asian and Commonwealth Games gold medalist Amit Phangal (Services) eased through to the next round of the Elite Men's competition at the BFI Cup 2025 on Thursday, following a dominant 5:0 win over Punjab's Sparsh Kumar.

Meanwhile, the Elite Women's section was marked by strong wins for former World Championships silver medalist Manju Rani (Railways), as well as Youth World Champions Ankushita Boro (Assam) and Arundhati Choudary (Services), as action continued at the Vellore Institute of Technology, according to a press release from BFI.

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