<p class="title">The debutant duo of Gaurav Solanki (52kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) advanced to the quarterfinals, continuing Indian boxers' fine preliminary run at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Solanki eased past Ghana's Akimos Annang Ampiah 5-0, Kaushik staved off some early resistance from Trinidad and Tobago's Michael Alexander to win 4-0.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Solanki was the first to take the ring and was quite a dominant force against a rather timid opponent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the Indian was modest in victory and lauded his opponent. He will next face Papua New Guinea's Charles Keama in the last-eight stage on April 11.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He was a bit of a challenge as he was very fast," Solanki said after his bout.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also advancing to the quarters was Kaushik, who was a shade rusty to start with but got into his groove quickly enough for a comfortable win in the end.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kaushik has a tough one lined up in the quarterfinals as he will be squaring off against England's European Championships bronze-medallist Calum French.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian boxers have so far been assured of one medal courtesy M C Mary Kom.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five-time world champion advanced to the semifinals after winning her preliminary bout on Sunday.</p>
<p class="title">The debutant duo of Gaurav Solanki (52kg) and Manish Kaushik (60kg) advanced to the quarterfinals, continuing Indian boxers' fine preliminary run at the Commonwealth Games here on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While Solanki eased past Ghana's Akimos Annang Ampiah 5-0, Kaushik staved off some early resistance from Trinidad and Tobago's Michael Alexander to win 4-0.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Solanki was the first to take the ring and was quite a dominant force against a rather timid opponent.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the Indian was modest in victory and lauded his opponent. He will next face Papua New Guinea's Charles Keama in the last-eight stage on April 11.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"He was a bit of a challenge as he was very fast," Solanki said after his bout.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Also advancing to the quarters was Kaushik, who was a shade rusty to start with but got into his groove quickly enough for a comfortable win in the end.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kaushik has a tough one lined up in the quarterfinals as he will be squaring off against England's European Championships bronze-medallist Calum French.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Indian boxers have so far been assured of one medal courtesy M C Mary Kom.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The five-time world champion advanced to the semifinals after winning her preliminary bout on Sunday.</p>