Results of Indian players on Day 1 of the World Junior Squash Championships

Velavan Senthilkumar is through to the third round

It was a disappointing day for Indian juniors on the first day of the World Junior Squash Championships in Eindhoven.

Seven Indian players had made it into the second round with relative ease, but couldn’t carry on their momentum later in the evening.

Velevan Senthilkumar and Harshit Kaur Jawanda are the only two Indians remaining in the tournament in singles category.

The results:

Boys:

Round 1

Aishwary Singh w/o Nilo Vidal (Spain);

Vikas Mehra beat Essa Mohammad (Kuwait) 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9;

Adithya Raghavan beat Thijs Van Der Pluijm (Netherlands) 11-6, 11-3, 11-3

Round 2

Luke Jones (Australia) beat Aishwary Singh 11-8,11-8,11-7;

Velavan Senthilkumar beat Justin Wesson (South Africa) 16-14, 11-3, 11-4;

Benjamin Aubert (France) beat Vikas Mehra 11-4,9-11,11-2,11-9;

Ryunosuke Tsukue(Japan) beat Sandeep Ramachandran 9-11,11-6,9-11,13-11,11-2;

Girls:

Round 1

Sunayna Kuruvilla beat Victoria Leow (Aus) 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, 11-4;

Jui Kalgutkar beat Kato Verwilt (Belgium) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1;

Nikita Joshi beat Annika Engstrom (Sweden) 11-9, 11-3, 11-4;

Akanksha Salunkhe beat Kuzivakwashe Madungwe (Zimbabwe) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0.

Round 2

Laura Tovar (Bogota) beat Sunayna Kuruvilla 11-2,9-11,11-3,11-5;

Hania El Hammamy (Egypt) beat Jui Kalgutkar 11-0,11-4,11-6;

Nazihah Hanis Abdul (Malaysia) beat Nikita Joshi 11-9, 11-8,11-7;

Ka Wing Ho (Hong Kong) beat Adya Advani 11-6, 11-8, 11-0;

Harshit Kaur Jawanda beat Nadia Hubbard (Australia) 11-8,11-1,11-7;

Choi Uen Shan (Hong Kong) beat Akanksha Salunkhe 11-4,9-11,11-2,11-6