Aichi-Nagoya, Oct. 1 -- Nitesh Siwach stormed into the men's Greco-Roman 97kg final with a dominant 9-0 victory over Mongolia's Gankhuyag Ganbaatar, while Mansi Ahlawat's gold medal hopes were dashed after a 0-6 semifinal defeat to Japan's two-time world champion Nonoka Ozaki at the Asian Games here on Thursday.

Nitesh, who won silver at the Asian Championships earlier this year, produced another commanding performance against the Hangzhou Asian Games bronze medallist to assure India of its second wrestling medal at the Aichi-Nagoya Games, according to ESPN.

The Indian had earlier defeated Turkmenistan's Amanberdi Agamammedov 7-1 in the quarterfinals, racing to a 7-0 lead in the opening period before completing the victory.

Nitesh will...