Yash Fadte of Goa had a satisfying day, winning both his matches in the men’s and boys’ under-19 round of 16 matches in the 76th CCI Western Indian Squash Open 2019, played at the CCI courts and Bombay Gymkhana courts on Sunday.
Goa’s Yash Fadte had a successful day winning both his men’s and boy’s under-19 pre-quarter-final matches in the 76th CCI Western Indian Squash Open 2019
The joint 3/4-seed Yash Fadte sidelined Maharashtra’s Anshul Goyal coasting to a comfortable 11-5, 11-2, 11-7 victory to advance to the quarter-final round of the men’s competition. In the boys’ under-19 last 16 encounter, the defending champion and top-seeded Goan youngster had a much relaxed time against Raghvendra Baghel of Madhya Pradesh and dropped just six points as he breezed to a 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 victory.
Meanwhile, men’s top seed Rahul Baitha of Maharashtra staved off the spirited challenge from Mehul Kumar of Services before clinching a 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-2 win to move into last eight round.
The second-seeded men’s player Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi also progressed to the quarter-final defeating Telengana’s Ashray Ohri in straight games at 11-6, 11-4, 11-7.
In interesting and well-contested boys’ under-15 pre-quarter-final matches, Aditya Chandani and Adhish Kancharla, both of Maharashtra recorded hard-fought wins to advance to the quarter-finals. Aditya Chandani worked hard to overcome Ayaan Vaziralli of Maharashtra in five-tough games at 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, while Adhish recovered after trailing 1-2 to come through against compatriot Vishal Bais by a 11-8, 9-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5 score line.
Results –
Girls’ Under-19 (round 16): Rewa Bharma (MH) w/o Joshika Premkumar (TN); 3/4-Aishwarya Khubchandani (MH) bt Anushka Rawat (GA) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6; Avani Nagar (MH) w/o Barkha Seth (MH); Saumya Raj (KA) bt Shruti Mane (MH) 8-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-5.
Boys’ Under-15 (round 16): 1-Rutva Samant (MH) bt Vivaan Bhatia (MH) 11-1, 11-8, 11-5; Aditya Chandani (MH) bt Ayaan Vaziralli (MH) 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8; Abhay S Vasudev (TN) bt Tanish Vaidya (MH) 6-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-9; 3/4-Sharan Punjabi (MH) bt Bhav Makhija (MP) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; 3/4-Vivaan Shah (MH) bt Ranbir Minocha (MH) 11-8, 12-10, 11-2; Nishkal Dwivedi (UK) bt Naresh Shingva, (MH) 11-4, 11-3, 11-0; Adhish Kancharla (MH) bt Vishal Bais (MH) 11-8, 9-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5; 2-Krishna Mishra (MP) bt Lakshya Motial (MH) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6.
Boys’ Under-17 (round 16): 1-Arnaav Sareen (MH) bt Maanas B.K. (TN) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Raunak Singh (MH) bt Jeh Pandole (MH) 11-8, 12-10, 11-2; Kulvir Sharma (RJ) bt Ahaan Bhansali (MH) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7; 3/4-Tanay Punjabi (MH) bt Arin Khot (MH) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4; 3/4-Shreyas Mehta (MH) bt Aditya Bhandari (UK) 11-4, 11-1, 11-4; Arman Darukhanawalla (MH) bt Sunny Yadav (MH) 11-7, 11-4, 4-11, 14-12; Jay Vaknalli (MH) bt Aakash Gupta (MH) 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; 2-Mohit Bhatt (MH) bt Aaryan Agarwal (MH) 11-1, 11-3, 11-1.
Boys’ Under-19 (round 16): 1-Yash Fadte (GA) bt Raghvendra Baghel (MP) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4; Avinash Sahani (MH) bt Krish Shah (MH) 11-9, 3-11, 11-7, 6-11, 12-10; R. Kishore Arvind (TN) bt Laxman Sakharam Pokale (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2; Navaneeth Prabhu S. (TN) bt Rohan Potdar (MH) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2; 3/4-Neel Joshi (MH) bt Sadashiv Shingawa (MH) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3; Deepak Mandal (MH) bt Vishal Rajbhar (MH) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; Kanhav Nanavati (TN) bt Tarun Mammen (KA) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8;
Men’s – (round 16): 1-Rahul Baitha (MH) bt Mehul Kumar (SR) 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 11-2; 3/4-Yash Fadte (GA) bt Anshul Goyal (MH) 11-5, 11-2, 11-7; Neel Joshi (MH) bt Rushabh Vora (MH) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2; 2-Gaurav Nandrajog (DL) bt Ashray Ohri (TS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7.