Indian Junior Open Squash Championship: Day 3 produces upsets

The third day of the 4^th Indian Junior Open Squash Championship being held at the Indian Squash Academy, Chennai witnessed a series of upsets.

In the Boys under 19, Rishi Tandon from Tamil Nadu defeated Ma Tsz Hei from Hong Kong in a enthralling 5 games. Losing the first game tamely Rishi fought back to level the match with a lot of running to all corners of the courts. Ma Tsz Hei once again took charge winning the 3^rd game.

Rishi used his supreme skill to win the 4^th game convincingly and clawed his way from 3-7 in the 5^th game to win the match 6-11, 13-11, 4-11, 11-2 &11-8. Shashi Pandey, ranked 5/8, from Jindal Squash Academy in Maharashtra, defeated 3/4 seed Deepak Mishra 11-7, 14-12, 11-3. Except for the 2^ndgame, Deepak seemed not to have an answer to Shashi’s aggressive play.

In the Boys under 15, unseeded Krish Kapur from West Bengal defeated 9/16 Vikas Mehra from Tamil Nadu to enter his first semi final in the major squash event.

In the Girls under 15, 5/8 seed Ashita Pranay Bhengra from Tamil Nadu fought her way from down 1 game to 2, to win a very tense encounter against Jui Kalgutkar seeded 3/4 from Maharashtra.

In the Boys under 13, Rahil Peris seeded 9/16 from Goa defeated Shankaran Partiban from Tamil Nadu in straight games. In the Girls Under 13, Akansha Rao from Maharashtra defeated her state mate Diya Joukani in other 5 set encounter.

Top seeds in the under 19 category Kush Kumar and Anaka Alankamony won the matches convincingly.

Tomorrow, the Semi Finals starts from 1230 hrs.

Today’s results:

Boys U11 QF

Veer Chotrani (1), Mah, def. Prithivi Singh, Chd, 11-2 11-5 11-8 .

Advait Adik (3/4), Mah, def. Druv Vazirani (5/8), Mah, 11-4 11-8 11-4 .

S Navaneeth Prabhu (3/4), TN, def. Neel Joshi (5/8), Mah, 11-5 4-11 14-12 8-11 11-6 .

Yash Fadte (2), Goa, def. Tanay Punjabi (5/8), Mah, 11-4 11-7 11-3 .

Boys U13 QF

Chaitanya Shah (1), Mah, def. Abdur Rehman, Delhi, 11-6 11-8 11-3 .

Rahil G Peris (9/16), Goa, def. Shankaran Parthiban (3/4), TN, 11-9 11-4 11-7 .

Tushar Shahani (3/4), Mah, def. Kunal Singh (9/16), Raj, 11-5 11-2 11-5 .

Utkarsh Baheti (5/8), Raj, def. Aryan Parekh (2), Mah, 15-13 13-11 11-6 .

Boys U15 QF

Ranjit Singh (1), UP, def. Junaid Muzaffar Thoker (9/16), Delhi, 11-9 11-6 11-4 .

Krish Kapur, WB, def. Vikas Mehra (9/16), TN, 9-11 15-13 11-7 11-5 .

Robin Mann (3/4), Delhi, def. Adhitya Raghavan (5/8), TN, 11-8 11-9 11-6 .

Velavan Senthilkumar (2), TN, def. Aryaman Adik (5/8), Mah, 11-6 11-1 11-2 .

Boys U17 QF

Yuen Tsun Hei (1), , def. Yohan Pandole (5/8), Mah, 11-9 11-2 11-3 .

Madhav Dhingra (3/4), Mah, def. Sandeep Ramachandran (5/8), TN, 11-5 7-11 11-4 11-5 .

Vijay Kumar Meena (3/4), TN, def. Abhimanyu Shah (9/16), Mah, 11-8 11-9 11-6 .

Lau Tsz Kwan (2), , def. Ranvijay Singh (9/16), TN, 11-7 4-11 13-11 13-11 .

Boys U19 QF

Kush Kumar (1), TN, def. Rahil Fazelbhoy (9/16), Mah, 11-8 11-1 11-8 .

Shashi Pandey (5/8), Mah, def. Deepak Mishra (3/4), TN, 11-7 14-12 11-3 .

Divij Singh Kadan (5/8), Delhi, def. A Madhana Ranjan, TN, 11-1 11-0 11-1 .

Rishi Tandon (5/8), TN, def. Ma Tsz Hei (2), , 6-11 13-11 4-11 11-2 11-8 .

Girls U11 QF

Megha Bhatia (1), Delhi, def. Janiya Singh, Chd, 11-5 11-9 11-7 .

Ananya Dabke (3/4), Mah, def. J.S. Krithica, TN, 11-6 7-11 11-7 11-9 .

Samita S (3/4), TN, def. Aaryaa Ogale, Mah, 11-6 11-1 11-7 .

Avani Nagar (2), Mah, def. Anannya Morey, Mah, 11-2 11-6 11-4 .

Girls U13 QF

Nikita Joshi (1), Mah, def. Shrishti Nagar (5/8), Mah, 11-2 11-3 11-1 .

Aakanksha Rao (5/8), Mah, def. Diya Joukani (3/4), Mah, 11-3 7-11 3-11 11-6 12-10 .

Sneha Sivakumar (3/4), , def. Adwiteya Kasliwal, MP, 11-5 11-2 11-4 .

Koel Shankar (2), Mah, def. Aditi Raheja (5/8), Mah, 11-5 11-3 11-0 .

Girls U15 QF

Mihiliya Methsarani (1), , def. Nehaarika Balamurukan (5/8), TN, 11-9 11-3 11-8 .

Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (5/8), TN, def. Jui Kalgutkar (3/4), Mah, 8-11 12-10 5-11 11-9 12-10 .

Aishwarya Bhattacharya (3/4), Mah, def. Akanksha Salunkhe (5/8), Goa, 11-9 13-11 11-8 .

Ho Ka Wing (2), , def. Shamika Reddy (5/8), TN, 11-4 11-7 11-5 .

Girls U17 QF

Lakshya Ragavendran (1), TN, def. Likhitta Dugar, TN, 11-5 11-2 11-1 .

Tanvi Khanna (3/4), Delhi, def. Mayuri N (5/8), TN, 4-11 11-6 11-7 11-6 .

Harshit Kaur Jawanda (3/4), Delhi, def. Anandita Gupta (5/8), MP, 11-3 11-5 11-6 .

Chan Ho Ching (2), , def. Lakshmi Shruti (5/8), TN, 11-4 11-1 11-2 .

Girls U19 QF

Anaka Alankamony (1), TN, def. Vrishrutyi Sahni, Del, 11-4 11-2 11-6 .

Urwashi Joshi, Mah, def. Sachika Ingale (3/4), Delhi, 6-11 11-8 4-11 11-8 11-7 .

Aparajitha Balamurukan (3/4), TN, def. Dulakshi Kalhara Elikewela, , 11-3 11-2 11-6 .

Enora Villard (2), , def. Saai Meera, TN, 11-13 12-10 11-2 11-5 .