Maharashtra’s Zahaan Heeramaneck had to bring out his best to quell the spirited challenge of statemate Chandan Kahar 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 14-12 to advance into the boys under-17 pre-quarterfinals of the 6th JSW –All India Sunil Verma Memorial Open Squash Tournament held At JSW Squash Courts, at Vasind today.
In another closely fought tie, Uttar Pradesh’s Shreshth Gupta dropped the first game before he turned the tables on Maharashtra’s Ajay Deshmukh 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8 in the boys under-19 singles.
Results:
Boys U-19 (Round of 32): Suraj Chand (Mah) bt Shanay Dharod (Mah) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2; Avinash Yadav (Mah)bt Eashan Murali (Mah) 11-1, 11-4, 11-1; Shreshth Gupta ( UP) bt Ajay Deshmukh ( (Mah) 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-8.
Boys U-17 (Round of 32): Rahul Dharra (Mah) bt Shreyansh Agrawal (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-0; Udit Sharma (Mah) bt Avinash Sahani (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5; Shanay Sanghavi (Mah) bt Lakhendar Rathore (Mah) 11-7, 11-1, 11-6; Zahaan Heeramaneck (Mah) bt Chandan Kahar (Mah) 10-12, 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 14-12.
Boys U-15 (Round of 32): Soham Mehta (Mah) bt Pranit Dua, (Mah) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Ahaan Bhansali (Mah) bt Akshat Mandot (Mah) 11-0, 11-3, 11-4; Om Semwal (Mah) bt Kabir Mehra (Mah) 11-0, 11-6, 11-3; Raunak Singh (Mah) bt Nikhil Shrivastav Mah) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; Aaryan Agarwal (Mah) bt Krish Khandelwal (Mah) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9; Mihit Mahale (Mah) bt Aditya Belwalkar (Mah) 11-8, 14-12, 11-4; Mohit Bhatt (Mah) bt Rohan Arya Gondi (TL) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4; Shreyas Mehta (Mah) bt Tanul Bomia Mah) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Anush Kar (TN) bt Bhagwan Das (Mah) 4-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-9; Aaryaman Jaising (Mah) bt Gautam Chand (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5;Sunny Yadav (Mah)bt Nathan J Ruskin (TN) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; Arin Khot (Mah) bt Dhruv Sampat (Mah) 11-7, 11-1, 11-3.