Maharashtra’s Shant Hingorani produced a remarkable fightback to overcome Haryana’s Vairaj Singh snatch a tense 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8 and 11-2 win in a Boys’ under-17 round of 32 match of the 78th CCI-Western India Slam Squash Championship 2023, organized by the Cricket Club of India (CCI) under the auspices of the SRFI (Squash Rackets Federation of India) at the CCI squash courts on Tuesday.
In another well-contested boys under-17 encounter, Ritwik Singh Bundela of Rajasthan gallantly fought back to overcome Karnataka’s Adit Kabade posting a 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7 and 11-8 win.
Meanwhile, Varun Shah and Ishaan Dabke, both players who train at the CCI courts easily won their boys’ under-15 round of 32 matches. Second seed Varun outplayed Dhanvin Shroff of Maharashtra charging to an11-2, 11-5 and 11-1. On the side court, the joint 3/4-seed Ishaan got the better of another Maharashtra lad Rishabh Goyal romping to an 11-7, 11-3 and 11-2 victory.
The boys’ under-15 top seed Subhash Choudhary of Rajasthan dropped just three games in getting past Maharashtra’s Kiaan Shah 11-1, 11-1 and 11-1 and second seed Varun Shah of England defeated Dhanvin Shroff 11-2, 11-5, 11-1 to advance to the last 16.
Meanwhile, West Bengal’s Vir Beri enjoyed smooth sailing and cruised past Maharashtra’s Siddharth Chaudhari with a 11-5, 11-5 and 11-7 verdict in a boys’ under-15 round of 32 match.
Amaira Mehta, who also plays at the CCI courts, was another youngster who succeeded in winning her girls’ under-15 round of 32 match. The energetic Amaira prevailed over her Maharashtra colleague Miraya Dalmia winning in three games at 11-8, 11-4 and 11-6.
Goa’s Asrit Pasricha and Maharashtra’s Tara Bhandare registered fluent victories in girls’ under-13 encounters. Asrit outplayed Maharashtra’s Anika Jalan breezing to a 11-6, 12-10 and 11-5 victory, while Tara was in full flow and tamed Misha Nc cruising to a 11-4, 11-0 and 11-2 victory without much ado.
Results – Girls U-11 (Round 32): Alekha Jalan (USA) bt Aalia Chamaria (MH) 11-2, 11-3, 11-0; Samayra Jain (MH) bt Spruha Wairagade (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Navya Naik (MH) bt Sahasra Vignesh (KA) 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6; Simran Sanghvi (MH) bt Samairaa Gandhi (MH) 11-6, 11-13, 11-5, 11-7; Jerusha Jebindran (TN) bt Aarna Rao (MH) 11-4,11-5, 11-2.
Boys’ U-11 (Round 32): 1-Abhyuday Arora (DL) bt Vedant Shinde 11-4, 11-2, 11-1; Vedant Parekh (MH) bt Adhiraj Anand (MH) 11-5, 11-9, 11-2; Tilak Vir Kapoor (MH) bt Vivaan Chadha (AUS) 11-2, 11-9, 11-1; Veer Shringi (RJ) bt Nirmaan Chamaria (MH) 11-2, 11-7, 11-2; 3/ 4-Viaan Khemani (HR) bt Aarush Sanghvi (MH) 11-3, 11-1, 11-7; 3/ 4-Amarya Bajaj (DL) bt Ishaan Goenka (MH) 11-2, 11-3, 11-5; Aaron Arambhan (MH) bt Siddharth Mamania (ENG) 11-6, 11-6, 11-6; Krishiv Mittal (MH) bt Kabir Chawla (TN) 11-1, 11-5, 11-7; Rohan Khurana (DL) bt Mikhail Mehta (MH) 11-4, 14-12, 11-3.
Girls’ U-13 (Round 32): Asrit Pasricha (GA) bt Anika Jalan (MH) 11-6, 12-10, 11-5;Tara Bhandare (MH) bt Misha Nc (MH) 11-4, 11-0, 11-2; Devki Anand (MH) bt Anisha Murthy (MH) 11-7, 11-4, 16-14; Trisha Shah (MH) bt Aaravi Raina (MH) 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9; Raayisha Naik (MH) bt Aaliya Moorjani (MH) 11-7, 11-2, 11-3; Dhriti Sharma (MH) bt Alia Gupta (MH) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4.
Girls’ U-15 (Round 32): Amaira Mehta (MH) bt Miraya Dalmia (MH) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6;Nimrit Pasricha (GA) bt Riya Gupta (MH) 11-2, 11-1, 11-2; Aadya Budhia (JH) bt Adya Nayak (MH) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Kuhu Parakh (MH) bt Kimaayra Jain (MH) 11-9, 11-9, 11-3; Anoushka Johri (HR) bt Naisha Singhi (MH) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Evana Gada (MH) bt Tejomayee Nikam (MH) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; Prithika Deb (MH) bt Sanaya Mody (USA) 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; Vanya Gupta (MP) bt Myra Jhawar (MH) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.
Boys’ U-15 (Round 32): 1-Subhash Choudhary (RJ) bt Kiaan Shah (MH) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Ayaan Dalal (MH) bt Saksham Bansal (MH) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Mihir Bopana (TN) bt Samar Kazmi (MH) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4; Shayon Roy (MH) bt Ansh Somani (MH) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6; Vir Beri (WB) bt Siddharth Chaudhari (MH) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7; 3/ 4-Purav Rambhia (MH) bt Hridaan Shah (MH) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1; 3/ 4-Ishaan Dabke (MH) bt Rishabh Goyal (MH) 11-7, 11-3, 11-2; Reyansh Kulshreshtha (CG) bt Parth Tiwari (KA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Agastya Bansal (MH) bt Yohaan Marda (UK) 11-1, 11-0, 11-2; Saharsh Shahra (MP) bt Kavish Bhasin (MH) 11-0, 11-2, 11-2; avanpal Kohli (MH) bt Shivenudeshi Udeshi (MH) 11-4, 9-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3; Arnav Dharia (MH) bt Aditya Mayur (MH) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2; 2-Varun Shah (ENG) bt Dhanvin Shroff (MH) 11-2, 11-5, 11-1.
Boys’ U-17 (Round 32): Neil Paswan (MH) bt Aakash Chand (MH) 11-9, 11-7, 11-4; Ayush Verma (MH) bt Dhruv Khanna (MH) 11-5, 12-10, 11-5; Jyotirmay Bhadech (MH) bt Aditya Konda (MH) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7; Prakash Chand (MH) bt Jayatiwardhan Sharma (RJ) 15-13, 11-4, 11-4; Darshil Parasrampuria (TN) bt Siddharth Narang (USA) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5; Vansh Chandrakar (CG) bt Aarav Shah (MH) 11-6, 11-1, 11-5; Ritwik Singh Bundela (RJ) bt Adit Kabade (KA) 6-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8; Shant Hingorani (MH) bt Vairaj Singh (HR) 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 11-2; 2-Yusha Nafees (UP) bt Avigat Gupta (MH) 11-3, 11-1, 11-2.