Tamil Nadu’s Vijay Kumar, after toppling topseed Ranjit Singh in the semifinal, maintained his momentum to pack off the second seed Jamal Sakib 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 with a commanding display of power and guile to clinch the men’s final in the 7th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Championship held in the JSW Squash Academy, at Vasind (Thane) today. For the Tamil stalwart, it was perhaps his best performance, as he outplayed most of his rivals and that too without dropping any game.
All the winners of the 7th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Championship pose with their trophies.
As for the hosts, apart from Urwashi Joshi winning the women’s crown, their juniors – both boys and girls – cantered away with most of the finals. Their boys under-19 top seed Rahul Baitha defeated his JSW Academy mate Suraj Chand (11-9, 11-8, 11-7) and under-17 top seed Deepak Mandal produced his best,while quelling the challenge of Tamil Nadu’s Kishore Arvind 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11. 11-8. However, Om Sernwal had to settle for the runners-up prize in the boys under-15 final, losing to Rutva Sawant, also from Maharashtra.
The, Delhi’s sisters, Amira Singh, the under 17 top seed, and her younger sister Anahat, the under-11 top seed, proved to be the cut above the rest, while winning their respective finals in straight games. In the only final that did not figure a player from Maharashtra was the girls under-15 contest, which was won by MP’s top seed Aasya Patel, who dropped a game before scoring over Tamil Nadu’s Pooja Arthi R 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 for the coveted title.
Results : All finals:
Women : (1)-Urwashi Joshi (MH) bt (2)-Sanika Choudhari (MH ) 11-7, 11-8 ,14-12 .
Men: (5/8) – Vijay Kumar (TN) bt (2)- Jamal Sakib (UP) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 .
Boys U-19: (1)-Rahul Baitha (MH) bt (3/4)- Suraj Chand (MH) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 .
Boys U-17: (1)-Deepak Mandal (MH) bt (5/8)-R Kishore Arvind (TN) 9-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11. 11-8.
Girls U-17: (1)-Amira Singh ( DL) bt (2)- Anannya Morey ( MH) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 .
Boys U-15: (2)-Rutva Samant (MH) bt (5/8)-Om Semwal (MH) 11-5, 12-10, 11-9.
Girls U-15: (1)-Aasya Patel ( MP) bt (2)- Pooja Arthi R (TN), 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10.
Boys U-13: (1)- Arihant Ks (TN) bt (5/8)-Siddhant Rewari (MH) 4-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6.
Girls U-13: (2)- Aleya Masand (MH) bt (1)-Khushboo (UP) 11-8, 12-14, 7-11, 11-2, 11-9 .
Boys U-11: (1)- Anshuman Jaising (MH) bt (5/8)-Rachit Shah (MH) 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8.
Girls U-11: (1)-Anahat Singh (DL) bt (3/4)-Ipsa Mishra (MH) 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 .
Men (+35): (1)-Amitpal Kohli (MH) bt (2)-Abheek Datta (MH) 11-9, 11-2, 11-9 .
Men(+45): (1)-Jehangir Surti (MH) bt (5/8)-Joyson Bothello (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8.
Pro: (3/4)- Dharmender Wenwal ( DL) bt (3/4)- Chetan Singh Rathore (RJ) 11-9, 14-12, 10-12, 11-3 .