Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Kumar thrashed favourite Ranjit Singh in straight games (.11-4, 11-3, 11-3) to make the title round in the 7th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Championship held in the JSW Squash Academy, at Vasind (Thane) today. It perhaps was most inglorious exit for the off-colour top seed, who just could not getting going. Vijay now faces second seeded Jamal Sakib who outplayed Ashish Keskar in straight games.
However, for the hosts, it was quite a fruitful outings as five of their players make the title round. Urwashi Joshi, the women’s outplayed Aakaanksha Gupta 11-6, 11-3, 11-3, while Rahul Biatha, the boys under-19 top seed, had to battle hard before he overcame Delhi’s Tejas Chawla 5-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3. Andhe now will meet his academy-mate Suraj Chand for the title. Even in the boys under-17 and under-15 finals, they have Deepak Mandal and Om Semwal in the fray.
Amira Singh (Delhi), Girls under-17 top seed proved cut above the rest in the 7th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Championship.
The, Delhi’s sisters, Amira Singh, the under 17 top seed, and her younger sister Anahat, the under-11 top seed, have inched closer to made their respective finals with consummate ease..
RESULTS (Semifinals):
WOMEN: (1)- Urvashi Joshi bt Aakanksha Rao 11-6, 11-3, 11-3; (2)- Sanika Choudhary bt (3/4)- Taanaya Parekh 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.
MEN: (5/8)- Vijay Kumar (TN) bt (1) – Ranjit Singh 11-4, 11-3, 11-3; (2)- Jamal Sakib bt (5/8)- Ashish Keskar 11-3, 11-4, 10-12, 11-8.
BOYS U-19: (1)-Rahul Baitha bt Tejas Chawla (DL) 5-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3; (5/8)-Suraj Chand bt (5/8)-Jaideep Singh Sethi (DL) 11-3, 11-8, 11-3.
(Quarterfinals):
BOYS U-17: (1)- Deepak Mandal bt (3/4)- Mohit Bhatt 11-6, 11-7, 13-11; (5/8)- Kishore Arvind bt (2) Shreemann Raghavan 11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9; Krish Shah bt (5/8)- Avinash Sahani 11-9, 11-3, 11-9; (3/4)- Atharav Yadav bt (5/8) – Aakash Gupta 8-11, 13-11,6-11,11-5, 11-6.
GIRLS U-17: (1) Amira Singh bt (3/4)- Aryaa Ogale 11-3, 11-9, 11-7; (2)- Ananya Morey bt (3/4)- Avani Nagar 10-12, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8; Yuvna Gupta bt Anushka Rawat 11-1, 11-5, 11-7; Anjali Semwal bt (5/8)- Sunita Patel 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9.
BOYS U-15: (5/8)-Om Semwal bt Uday Pandey 11-5, 11-4, 11-6; (2)- Rutva Samant bt Yuvraj Wadhwani 12-10, 11-7, 12-10; (3/4)-Jeh Pandole bt (5/8)- Aaryan Agarwal 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; (3/4)-Aaryaman Jaising (5/8)-Sunny Yadav 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7.
GIRLS U-15: (1)-Aasya Patel bt (3/4)- Tagyaa Prekh 11-5, 12-10, 11-7; (2)- Pooja Aarthi R bt (5/8)- Sanya Jaggi 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; (5/8)- Sakshi Karnani bt Prini Jain 11-6, 11-7, 11-9; (3/4)- Sonya Bajaj bt Skandha Dogra 11-3, 11-3, 11-2.
BOYS U-13: (1)-Arihant Ks (TN) bt (5/8)- Aditya Chandani 11-8, 7-11, 12-10, 11-4; (5/8)-Siddhant Rewari bt (2)-Ayaan Vaziralli 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7; (5/8)- Bhav Makhija bt (3/4)- Vivaan Bhatia 11-9, 11-9, 11-8; (3/4)- Adhish Kancharla bt (5/8)-Meyyappan L (TN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3.
GIRLS U-13: (1)-Khushboo bt (3/4) -Kriyaa J 11-8, 11-7, 11-4; (2)- Aleya Masant bt (5/8)-Niya Jain 11-1, 11-1, 11-0; (5/8)- Tisha Jasani bt (5/8)- Nirupama Dubey 7-11, 13-11, 11-9, 13-11; (3/4)- Ipsa Mishra bt (2)-Akanksha Gupta 12-14, 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5.
BOYS U-11: (1) Anshuman Jaising bt (5/8)-Varun Shah 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9; (5/8)-Rachit Shah bt Suresh Gupta –retd; (3/4)-Arjun Morey bt Dushant Dhar Dubey 11-3, 11-3, 13-11; (2) Subhash Choudhary (RJ) bt Hriday Rajani 11-3, 11-4, 15-13.
GIRLS U- 11: (1)-Anahat Singh (DL) bt (3/4)- Pia Singh 11-3, 11-3, 11-2;
Aelina bt Diva Shah – retd; (5/8)- Samairah Raj Bhandare (GA) bt (5/8)-Vyomika Khandelwal 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2.