Maharashtra’s Tisha Jasani overcame the spirited challenge of statemate Antara Rakshit 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10 to enter the girls under-13 quarterfinals in the 6th JSW –All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Open Tournament held at JSW Squash Courts, here today. Tisha after going up 2-0 was in for a surprise as Antara fought back tellingly to win the next two to take the tie to the wire. Even in the decider both fought hard before Tisha prevailed over extra points.
However, in the boys under-15, top seeded Paarth Ambani sailed into the quarterfinals with a comprehensive 11-5, 11-3, 12-10 win over Soham Mehta, also from Maharashtra. While in the boys under-17, top seeded Diwakar Singh, from Uttar Pradesh was stretched by Rahul Dharra before making the last eight grade with a 11-3, 6-11, 11-1, 11-6 win.
Boys U-17: (Pre-quarterfinals): (1) Diwakar Singh (UP) bt Rahul Dharra (MH) 11-3, 6-11, 11-1, 11-6; Vishal Rajbhar (MH) bt Shaurya Verma (DL) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; Deepak Mandal (MH) bt Shanay Sanghavi (MH)11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Neel Joshi (MH) bt Rohan Padhye (MH)11-9, 11-2, 11-5; Araash Mehta (MH) bt Yash Salunkhe (GA)11-3, 11-9, 12-10; (2)Sankalp Anand (DL) bt Zahaan Heeramaneck (MH) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6.
Girls U-15 (Pre-quarterfinals): (1) Gurlin Kaur (DL) bt Karina Baitha (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-1; (2) Sarah Vethekar (MH) bt Himadri Chauhan (MP) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3; Aanchal Rathor (GA) bt Archita Singh (MH)11-8, 11-6, 11-9; Tanishka Jain (MH) bt Prini Jain (MH) 11-0, 11-1, 11-5; Anjali Semwal (MH) bt Tanishka Singh (GA) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Anushka Rawat (GA) bt Saniya Jaggi (MH) 11-7, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8.
Boys U-15: (Pre-quarterfinals): (1) Paarth Ambani (MH) bt Soham Mehta (MH) 11-5, 11-3, 12-10; Om Semwal (MH) bt Ahaan Bhansali (MH) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; Raunak Singh (MH) bt Aaryan Agarwal (MH)11-3, 11-7, 11-5; Mohit Bhatt (MH) bt Mihit Mahale ( MH) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3; Shreyas Mehta (MH) bt Anush Kar (TN) 11-0, 11-2, 11-3; Adhil Mohammed Syed (TN)Uday Pandey (MH) 11-2, 11-5, 11-2; Aaryaman Jaising (MH) bt Sunny Yadav (MH)11-6, 11-5, 11-5; (2)Aakash Gupta (MH) bt Arin Khot (MH)11-4, 11-3, 11-4.
Girls U-13 (Pre-quarterfinals): Tisha Jasani (MH) bt Antara Rakshit (MH) 11-3, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10; Aleya Masand (MH) bt Neelam Rathore (MH)11-3, 11-4, 11-0; Aaryaa Belsare (MH) bt Khushi Jaspal (MH) 11-5, 11-3, 11-1; Sharon Jeffy Doss (TN) bt Niya Jain (MH)11-2, 11-1, 11-4; Hinal Nimse (MH) bt Anneisha Shah (MH)11-7, 11-3, 11-8.
BoysU-13 (Pre-quarterfinals): (1) Yuvraj Wadhwani (MH) bt Aarav Gill (PB) 11-9, 11-1, 11-4; Vivaan Shah (MH) bt Ayaan Vaziralli (MH) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; Aditya Chandani ( MH) bt Vivaan Bhatia (MH) 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7; Sharan Pbi (MH) bt Tavneet Singh Mundra (MP) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5; Krishna Mishra ( MP) bt Dhairya Shah ( MH) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Abhishek Paswan (MH) bt Siddhant Rewari (MH) 11-4, 11-3, 6-11, 11-4; Ansh Tripathi (UK) bt Aryan Shah (MH) 11-0 11-2 11-1.