Olympics-Wrestling-Japan's Susaki cruises into semis, India's Punia advances

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Wrestling - Freestyle - Women's 50kg - Quarterfinal - Makuhari Messe Hall A, Chiba, Japan - August 6, 2021. Lucia Yamileth Yepez Guzman of Ecuador in action against Yui Susaki of Japan. REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Japan's Yui Susaki stormed into the women's Olympic freestyle flyweight semi-finals with two commanding victories by technical superiority without conceding a point on Friday, wrapping up both bouts in the first period.

Susaki, Japan's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, first beat Mongolia's Namuuntsetseg Tsogt-Ochir before dominating Lucia Guzman of Ecuador, starting the bout with a four-point throw to leave Guzman searching for answers.