Maharashtra’s Pradeep Choudhary was made to fight by Services’ Yashraj Yadav (MP) before advancing to men’s last 16 in the 8th Jsw Sunil Verma Memorial Junior & Senior Open Squash Championships, held at Jindal Squash Academy, Vasind (Thane).Pradeep triumphed 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2. However, Maharashtra top two seeds, Abhishek Pradhan and Abhishek Agarwal sailed into the next round without any hiccups. Pradan routed Services’ Ajit Sharma 11-5, 11-4, 11-1 and Agarwal hardly faced much opposition before he defeated Delhi’s Mukul Yadav 11-7, 11-7, 11-1.
Results:
MEN (Round of 32): (1)-Abhishek Pradhan ( MH) bt Ajit Sharma ( SER) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1; Anshul Goyal (MH) bt Vicky Gagat (MH) 11-3, 11-2, 11-4; Ashish Keskar (SER) bt Anurag Iyengar (KA) 11-1, 11-0, 11-0; Rahul Baitha (MH) bt Yashraj Yadav (MP) 12-10, 11-6, 11-3; Pradeep Chaudhary ( MH) bt Rounak Yadav (SER) 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-2; Mehul Kumar (SER) bt Atul Kumar Yadav (UP) 12-10, 13-11, 1-11, 11-3; (3/4)- Ranjit Singh (SER) bt Mithun AP (KA) 11-3, 11-2, 11-4; Rutvik Rau ( MH) bt Puneet Pareek (MH) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5; Aishwary Singh ( MH) bt Suhail Abbas (Air Force) 11-2, 11-2, 11-1; Naveen Jangra (SER) bt Arjun Singh (MH) 11-9, 11-1, 11-5; Ravi Dixit ( SER) bt Akhilesh Kumar Yadav (SER) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; (2)-Abhishek Agarwal (MH) bt Mukul Yadav (DL) 11-7, 11-7, 11-1.
BOYS U-15: (Round of 32): (2)- Rachit Kumar Shailya (UP) bt Neel Maheshwari (MH) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6; Kabir Taraporewala (MH) bt Amit Gupta (MH) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3; Ranbir Minocha (MH) bt Pranav Nair (MH) 11-8 11-6 11-1; Meyyappan L (TN) bt Ayaan Kedia (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Bhagwan Das (MH) bt Vishal Bais (MH) 9-11, 12-10, 11-3, 11-5; (3/4) – Devay Mehta (MH) bt Vansh Wadhawan (MH) 11-0, 11-2, 11-2; Krish Dembla (MH) bt Pravin Sanap (MH) 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-5; Hunarpal Kohli (MH) bt Harsh Bhanushali (MH) 11-911-211-3; Dhairya Shah ( MH) bt Neil Malaney (MH) 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 .