India boxer Sumit (75kg) entered the last-4 of Thailand Open with a comfortable win over Timur Nurseitov in Phuket on Tuesday. Sumit, who had received a bye in the opening round, looked in good touch throughout the bout. He notched a 5-0 win against Kazakhstan’s Nurseitov in the quarter-final clash.

Sumit became the fourth Indian to enter the last-four stage. Monika (48kg), Ashish Kumar (81kg) and Manisha (57kg) are already through to the semis.

However, it was curtains for Gaurav Chauhan (91kg), who went down 1-4 to 2018 Youth Olympics champion Aibek Oralbay of Kazakhstan in the quarters.

Six Indian pugilists will be seen in action on Wednesday. While Bhagyabati Kachari (75kg), Amit Panghal (52kg) and Rohit Mor (57kg) will play in quarter final, Govind Sahani (48), Varinder Singh (60kg) and Ashish Kumar (81kg) will fight for a place in the final.

In the last edition of the tournament, the Indian contingent had won eight medals, including one gold, four silver and three bronze.