Anuj Unadkat, the boys under-19 second seed, sweated out in a tensely fought tie before he rallied from 1-2 to overcome the spirited challenge of Raja Yadav to advance into the pre-quarterfinals with a 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7 victory in the 7th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Championship held in the JSW Squash Academy, at Vasind (Thane) today While Vivaan Jaikishan, placed in 3-4 seeding, too, has to give his best against Yohann Panchha before he rallied 10-12, 11-5, 10-12, 7-11, 12-10 to join Unadkar in the quarters.
Prini Jain , down 0-2 and trailing mid-day in the third, stopped Tanishka Singh to take the next three games (9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-2) to enter the girls under-15 pre-quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Antara Rakshit came from behind to pack off Tanya Ahuja 7-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 in the girls under-13.
Results: WOMEN: (5/8): Bhavana Goyal bt Aakansha Yadav 11-1, 11-3, 11-1; (3/4)- Jaya Pandey bt Mona Chauhan 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-3; Sparshi Mattas bt (5/8)- Pratapati Saklunke 11-6, 11-5, 11-8; Aakansha Rao bt (5/8)- Oma Choudhary 11-7, 11-2,. 11-2; Chayanka Changkokoti bt Livingrose Mokhesush 11-1, 11-4, 11-4.
BOYS U-19: Arashi Mehta bt (5/8)- Arjun Singh 11-7, 9-11, 11-1, 11-9; (5/8)- Shlok Sahey bt Tarun Mammen 11-3, 7-11, 11-2, 11-9; Tejas Chawla bt Avinash Yadav 11-9, 11-6, 11-4; (3/4)- Vivaan Jaikishan bt Yohann Ponchha 10-12, 11-5, 10-12, 7-11, 12-10; Suraj Singh Chand bt Ajay Deshmukh 11-3. 11-5, 11-6; (5/8)- Jaideep Singh Sethi bt Shlok Makhija 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-2; (2)- Anuj Unadkat bt Raja Yadav 7-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.
MEN (Pre-quarterfinals): (1) – Ranjit Singh bt Awdesh Yadav 11-7, 11-4, 11-5; Pradeep Choudhary bt Ronak Yadav 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4; Shashi Pandey bt Paramveer Singh 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11; Ashish Keskar bt Sandeep Singh 11-4, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6; 8-11, Sandeep Paswan bt Parminder Kumar 8-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-6; Ajit Sharma bt Puneet Parekh 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8.
G IRLS U-15:Prini Jain bt Tanishka Singh 9-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-2. Girls U-13: (5/8)- Antara Rakshit bt Tanya Ahuja 7-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7.
BOYS U-13 : Bhav Makhija bt Ekambir Singh 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4. BOYS U-11: (5/8)- Hriday Rajani bt Ishan Dabke 8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5.