Kisenosato survived a scare and squeezed out his second win of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday, while fellow yokozuna Hakuho and Harumafuji kept their perfect record intact after three days.
Kisenosato was on the back foot throughout against No. 1 maegashira Chiyonokuni (1-2), who handed yokozuna Kakuryu his second defeat a day earlier.
After charging low, Chiyonokuni didn't give Kisenosato time to breathe and had the yokozuna teetering by a foot on the straw bales at Ryogoku Kokugikan.