Salem Open: Vijay Kumar and Priyal Jain progress to the semifinals

Vijay Kumar and Priyal Jain won in straight games

Top seeds Vijay Kumar and Priyal Jain, both of Tamil Nadu, breezed into the semi-final of the respective sections in the U-19 category in the ongoing Salem Squash Open 2015 being held here.

This SRFI sanctioned two-star tournament had attracted over 230 entries from various parts of the country in nine age categories (U-11 to 19 except girls U- 17) in the boys and girls section as also men (over and below 35 years). After the hectic schedules in the initial phase competition tightened as the last eight stage was reached in each category.

Following are the results:

Quarterfinals:

Boys:

U-19: Vijay Kumar ( TN) bt J. Kishore (TN), 11-1 11-4 11-3;

Suraj Prathik Kumar (UP) bt N. Aravindan (TN) 11-0 11-2 11-1;

Rishi Dev Asokan (TN) w/o Ashish Patel (UP);

Aran Thawani (Mah) bt Jinesh Surana (TN) 13-11 11-7 8-11 12-10;

(U-17) Vikas Mehra (TN) bt Sesanth Varadhan (TN) 11-5 11-8 11-1;

Akash Ashokumar (TN) bt Cholarajan Nagaraj (TN) 11-13 4-11 11-8 11-5 17-15;

Rahul Baitha (Mah), bt Pintoo Rai (Mah) 10-12 11-9 11-5 4-11 11-4;

R A Charaniyaselvan (TN) bt S. Prathik (TN) 11-4 11-5 11-5;

(U-15): Tejas Chawla (Del) bt Tarun Mammen (Ker) 12-10 11-4 11-2;

Shri Hari Srinivasan (TN) bt R Kishore Arvind (TN) 4-11 11-8 9-11 11-8 11-7;

G.Yashwanth Raghav G (TN) bt Ashwin Kandath (Del) 11-2 11-8 11-5;

Gowtham Karthick (TN) bt Gautam Nagpal (Del) 8-11 6-11 11-8 11-5 11-3 (U-13):

Shreemann Raghavan (TN) bt Adhil Mohammed Syed (TN) 10-12 11-6 7-11 11-4 11-3;

Athrva Yadav (Del) bt Shubham Sehgal (UP) 13-11 11-7 8-11 11-13 11-9;

Nikhil Jason (TN) bt Aaryaman Jaising (Mah) 11-4 11-9 11-4;

Kanhav Nanavati (TN) bt Ethan Chen (TN) 11-6 11-1 11-3: (U-11):

Ansh Tripathi (TN) bt P.R. Sandhesh (TN) 11-3 11-0 11-2;

Rohan Arya Gondi (AP) bt Arnav Tevatia (Mah) 11-6 11-5 5-11 3-11 11-7;

Sharan Punjabi (Mah) bt S. Sudesh (TN) 11-0 11-1 11-2;

Mohamed Farhan Farook (TN) bt Siddharth Subramanian Arulkumaran (TN) 11-1 11-0 11-1.

Girls:

U-19:

Priyal Jain (TN) bt K. Anthonisha (TN) 11-2 11-6 11-3;

Amita Gondi (AP) w/o Niranjanaadevi Somasundaram (TN);

Kiruttigha Murugesan (TN) bt Narmatha Sree Su (TN) 11-0 11-0 11-1 ;

Nehaarika Balamurukan (TN) bt B. Niranjana (TN) 11-0 11-2 11-2;

(U-15): Samita Sivakumar (TN) bt S.P.Moni Rhithikka (TN) 11-3 11-3 11-6;

Rathika Suthanthira Seelan (TN) bt Aadhyalakshmi Raja (TN) 11-3 11-8 11-3;

Thulasimathi Murugesan (TN) bt R. Shreya (TN) 11-1 11-2 11-2;

Darshana Vasudevan (TN) bt Aariya Patel (Mah) 11-5 5-11 11-7 11-4;

(U-13): J.S. Krithica (TN) bt Sowndaria Senthilnathan (TN) 11-2 11-0 11-3;

Amira Singh (Del) N Mounisha (TN) 11-4 11-3 8-11 6-11 11-2;

Diksha Aurobindo (TN) bt Snehal Jain (TN) 11-8 11-7 11-1;

Abhisheka Shannon (TN) bt Sara Leila Rizvi (Del) 11-2 11-4 11-1 ;

(U-11):

R.Pooja Arthi (TN) bt Shameena Riaz (TN) 11-3 11-5 11-2;

V. Harini (TN) bt Rhea Madhuvanthi (TN) 11-1 11-5 11-3;

S Akshaya Sri (TN) bt Unnati Tripathi (TN) 11-8 11-3 11-1;

Gitanjali Vasudevan (TN) bt Sharon Jeffy Doss (TN) 11-1 11-1 11-0 .

Men:

(below 35) :

Parthiban Ayyapan (TN) bt Balaji Sugabanan (TN) 11-6 11-6 11-7;

Desappan Ravi (TN) bt Sudharsannam Iyyandurai (TN) 11-9 11-8 6-11 2-11 12-10;

Murukesh Mani (TN) bt Ramzy Mahadeva (TN) 11-7 11-1 11-1;

Abhay Singh (TN) Javed Mohammad (TN) 11-3 11-6 11-3:

(Over 35):

Hari Om Tripathi (TN) bt Karthik Sivam (TN) 11-3 11-4 11-6;

John Jimmy Vellanikaran (Ker) w/o Sashi Kumar (TN);

Satheesh Asok (Ker) bt Ar Sanath Kumar (TN) 11-7 11-5 11-3;

S. Shivakumar (TN) w/o Ranjit Pasricha, Ktk)