<p>India's trailblazing fencer Bhavani Devi was off to a confident start on her Olympic debut as she demolished the challenge of Nadia Ben Azizi 15-3 to advance to the second round of the women's individual sabre event at the Tokyo Games, here on Monday.</p>.<p>Chennai's Bhavani, the first Indian to qualify for the Olympics, was aggressive from the beginning and took advantage of Azizi's open stance that allowed her score points quickly.</p>.<p>The 27-year-old Bhavani did not concede a single point in the first three-minute period and raced to a commanding 8-0 lead.</p>.<p>Nadia managed some touches in the second period but the Indian kept building her lead to win the contest in six minutes and 14 seconds.</p>.<p>The fencer who touches the 15 point-mark first, is declared winner.</p>.<p>Bhavani now has a tough second round opponent in Frenchwoman Manon Brunet, a semifinalist at the Rio Olympics.</p>
<p>India's trailblazing fencer Bhavani Devi was off to a confident start on her Olympic debut as she demolished the challenge of Nadia Ben Azizi 15-3 to advance to the second round of the women's individual sabre event at the Tokyo Games, here on Monday.</p>.<p>Chennai's Bhavani, the first Indian to qualify for the Olympics, was aggressive from the beginning and took advantage of Azizi's open stance that allowed her score points quickly.</p>.<p>The 27-year-old Bhavani did not concede a single point in the first three-minute period and raced to a commanding 8-0 lead.</p>.<p>Nadia managed some touches in the second period but the Indian kept building her lead to win the contest in six minutes and 14 seconds.</p>.<p>The fencer who touches the 15 point-mark first, is declared winner.</p>.<p>Bhavani now has a tough second round opponent in Frenchwoman Manon Brunet, a semifinalist at the Rio Olympics.</p>