Deepak Punia suffered a 10-0 loss in the semifinals of the men's freestyle 86kg category against USA's David Taylor in the Tokyo Olympics at the Makuhari Messe Hall A.

Taylor defeated Punia and will now contest for either silver or gold on August 5. Punia was nowhere in the contest and Taylor made light work of the match, and he easily wrapped up the game. Earlier, India grappler Ravi Kumar Dahiya stormed into the finals of the men's freestyle 57kg category at the Tokyo Olympics after defeating Kazakhstan's Nurislam Sanayev in the semi-finals at Makuhari Messe Hall A, Mat B. The Indian wrestler won by fall.