Top seed Paarth Ambani of Maharashtra braved Injury to take down his unseeded state mate Prakash Aujhi 11-1, 11-3, 11-7 and advance to the 2nd round of the boys U-15 category at the Bombay Gymkhana Western Slam (Junior ) organised under the aegis of SRFI and Maharashtra Squash Rackets Association, sponsored by JSW, Raheja Corp, Shoppers Stop, Indospace Logistics and played at the Bombay Gymkhana Squash Courts on Thursday.
Paarth Ambani
Paarth, who was fresh from a tournament win last week was raring to go despite a fracture in the left hand which he picked up in the previous tournament. Despite being at a slight disadvantage, Paarth made short work of the unseeded Prakash on his way to an 11-1, 11-3, 11-7 straight games victory. In another match, Unseeded Abhinav Mehta of Maharashtra fought hard to overcome Aryaman Roy of Delhi who is seeded in the [17/32] category. Abhinav was going head to head with Aryaman right from the 1st game but Aryaman kept his cool to take the game by a close 11-9 margin. Later, Abhinav bounced back to dominate Aryaman and take the 2nd game 11-3 to level the scores. Abhinav who had grown in confidence after his 2nd game victory launched an attack on Aryaman taking the 3rd and 4th game 11-2, 11-5 to secure a dominating victory over a higher-ranked opponent.
In the Boy’s U-17 Category, It was a day of upsets with as many as 4 unseeded players rallying to beat their higher-ranked opponents and carve a place in the 2nd round. Aryan Lunkad of Maharashtra dominated his statemate Krushna Darvada who is seeded [17/32] 11-9, 11-7, 11-4 while Vishnu Darvada and Arjun Shigavan fought hard to defeat Aditya Raj and Siddharth to advance to the 2nd round.
Results Boy’s U-15
Paarth Ambani [1] bt Prakash Aujhi 11-1, 11-3, 11-7; Rutva Samant [2] bt Abhyuday Singh 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Aarav Gill [5/8] bt Manit Rao 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; Abhinav Mehta bt Aryaman Roy [17/32] 9-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Raju Shingava bt Krish Dembla [17/32] 12-10, 11-7, 11-5; Vishal Bais [17/32] bt Varun Shah 11-1, 11-1, 11-3; Hunarpal Kohli [9/16] bt Naman Pushp 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Adhish Kancharla [9/16] bt Arriaan Joshi 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
Results Boys U-17
Aryan Lunkad bt Krushna Darvada [17/32] 11-9, 11-7, 11-4; Vishnu Darvada bt Aditya Raj [17/32]
4-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Ansh Khetan [17/32] bt Pravin Nirguda 11-4, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5; Arjun Shigavan bt Siddharth A [17/32] 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7; Hussain Alzaatari bt Krish Bathija [17/32] 11-1, 11-6, 11-1; Pratinav Deb [17/32] bt Udit Rao 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Manav Mody [17/32] bt Arjun Saxena 11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 11-2.