Anannya Morey continued with her superb winning streak to clinch a second title within a month by clinching the girls’ under-19 crown in the Indian Squash Professional (ISP) organised Rs one lakh prize-money Otters Club – ISP Classic Squash tournament, and played at the Otters Club courts, Bandra. This is the 120th tournament to be conducted by ISP.
Winners of the different events are seen in a jubilant mood as they hold aloft their trophies
In a repeat of last month’s NSCI-ISP final, the second-seeded Anannya once again dished out a strong, domineering performance to quash the aspirations of top-seeded Aryaa Ogale coasting to a fluent 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 triumph to walk away with the top honours.
There were no such problems for Aryaman Adik, the top seed in the boys’ under-19 event as went on to sideline joint 3rd-4th seed Tushar Shahani 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5 in the final.
Aryaman’s younger brother Advait completed a grand double for the family by winning the boys’ under-15 title. The number one seed Advait easy prevailed over Suraj Chand winning by a quick 11-8, 11-5, 11-3 margin in the final.
Rahul Baitha, the top seed, won the boys’ under-17 title defeating Neel Joshi 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 in the final.
In the final for Professionals, second seed Rohit Kadam recovered after the loss of the first game to put it across top seed Sanjay Pawar posting a 6-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-2.
Final Results – Mix U -9: 3-4-Anshuman Jaising bt 3-4-Dhruv Khanna 11-3 11-1 11-4.
Girls’ under-11: 2-Jiya Chotrani bt 3-4-Aaryaa Belsare 9-11 11-5 11-4 11-6.
Girls’ under-19: 2-Anannya Morey bt Aryaa Ogale 11-9 11-7 11-4.
Boys’ under-11: 1-Sharan Punjabi bt 2-Aditya Chandani 11-5 11-7 11-7.
Boys’ under-13: 3-4-Mohit Bhatt bt Yuvraj Wadhwani 11-5 6-11 11-4 11-6.
Boys’ under-15: 1-Advait Adik bt Suraj Chand 11-8 11-5 11-3.
Boys’ under-17: 1-Rahul Baitha bt Neel Joshi 8-11 11-7 11-5 11-9.
Boys’ under-19: 1-Aryaman Adik bt 3-4-Tushar Shahani 11-6 8-11 11-6 11-5.
Professionals: 2-Rohit Kadam bt 1-Sanjay Pawar 6-11 12-10 12-10 11-2.