Aaroh Soni of Maharashtra fought hard to overcome Karnataka’s Ravi Madabhushi in four games pulling off a 6-11, 18-16, 11-4 and 11-4 win in a men’s first round match of the 4th NSCI All India Open (Junior and Senior) Squash Tournament 2019, at the NSCI squash courts on Saturday,
Agastya Bansal, the recent boys’ under-11 crown in the Southern Slam Junior Squash champ in Chennai, defeated Harshman Saharia 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 in a boy’s U-11 2nd round encounter at the 4th NSCI All India Open (Junior and Senior) Squash Tournament.
Maharashtra’s Abhinav Thyagarajan also rallied from the loss of the first game to sideline his compatriot Divit Poojary winning in four games at 8-11, 11-5, 11-5 and 11-7 to progress to the second round.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra lad Agastya Bansal, who had recently clinched the boys’ under-11 crown in the Southern Slam Junior Squash tournament in Chennai, continued with his impressive form to defeat Harshman Saharia 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 in a boy’s U-11 second round encounter. The chirpy Bombay Scottish student Agastya had defeated the top seed Subhash Choudhary of Rajasthan in the Chennai final.
Subhash Choudhary who is the top seed warmed up perfectly by taming Maharashtra’s Vivan Rajpuria 11-0, 11-0, 11-1 in a second round encounter.
Savir Sood and Hridhaan Shah both from Maharashtra were locked in a grim battle for supremacy before the former managed to scrape through snatching a 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 victory to advance to the third round.
Earlier, Abhiraj Singh of Uttar Pradesh lost the first game but made a good recovery and won the next three games in succession to record a satisfying victory over Maharashtra’s Mitansh Jain in a boys’ under-13 first round match. The UP lad Abhiraj got off to hesitant start and lost a close first game. But he showed excellent fighting spirit and after finding his touch he managed to win the next three games to snatch a 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 win and advance to the second round.
In other matches, Maharashtra youngster Nikhil Pande also dropped the first game but managed to fight back to defeat Sahir Sethi of Delhi 9-11, 11-9, 11-5 and 11-6.
Meanwhile, Vedant Chheda of Maharashtra proved too strong for compatriot Krishnav Bubna coasting to a fluent 11-0, 11-1, 11-3 victory in another first round match.
Results – Boys’ U-11 (first round): Vivan Rajpuria beat Advitiya Kothari 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 3-11, 11-8;
Aarav Ahuja beat Reyansh Kulshreshtha 11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9;
Yuv Singhal beat Harsh Joshi 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6;
Rajveer Grover beat Aagastya Banka 11-2, 11-1, 11-1;
Savir Sood beat Aanay Banka 11-1, 11-0, 11-0;
Harshman Saharia beat Dhanvin Shroff 11-5, 11-6, 12-10;
Rohan Mansingani beat Ansh Somani 11-4, 11-6, 11-7;
Varun Asudani beat Hridayansh Mehra 11-4, 11-1, 11-5;
Aryaman Singh beat Nevan Kampani 11-5, 11-6, 11-1;
Rudra Pathania beat Yusuf Pardiwala 11-5, 11-8, 11-5;
Second round: Subhash Choudhary beat Vivan Rajpuria11-0, 11-0, 11-1;
Aarav Shah beat Krishiv Gupta 12-10, 11-9, 12-14, 11-3;
Saharsh Shahra beat Arjun Goenka 11-2, 11-0, 11-3;
Ishaan Dabke beat Aarav Ahuja 11-2, 11-3, 12-10;
Varun Shah beat Yuv Singhal 11-6, 11-7, 11-3;
Kavanpal Kohli beat Rajveer Grover 11-7, 11-8, 11-6;
Savir Sood beat Hridhaan Shah 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4;
Darshil Parasrampuria beat Roshan Avik S. 11-8, 11-0, 11-1;
Agastya Bansal beat Harshman Saharia 11-4, 11-4, 11-2;
Purav Rambhia beat Rohan Mansingani 8-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6;
Aryaveer Dewan beat Arjun Ryan S. 11-1, 11-0, 11-1;
Arjun Morey beat Varun Asudani 11-3, 11-6, 11-5;
Siddhant Sharma beat Aryaman Singh 11-6, 11-1, 11-0.
Boys’ U-13 (first round): Krsna Mehta beat Arsham Hirani 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4;
Ayaan Kedia beat Garrv Modgil 11-3, 11-7, 11-0;
Hriday Rajani beat Tanush Kotak 11-2, 11-6, 11-3;
Kavin Sood beat Ahaanraje Kumar 11-4, 11-5, 11-5;
Huzaifa Pardiwala beat Krish Rachh 11-8, 11-6, 9-11, 12-10;
Vedant Chheda beat Krishnav Bubna 11-0, 11-1, 11-3;
Arvaan Motwane beat Janmejay Kothari 11-5, 11-1, 11-2;
Shaurya Shah beat Agrim Tandon 7-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-3;
Aryan Diwan beat Shant Hingorani 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6;
Eshant Uppal beat Lakshya Agarwala 11-1, 11-1, 11-2;
Darsh Chaudhary beat Arihant Singh 11-3, 11-6, 11-6;
Abhiraj Singh beat Mitansh Jain 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9;
Keshav Hajarnavis beat Sidhant Nathan 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8;
Vivaan Ranka beat Yohaan Trivedi 11-2, 11-2, 11-7;
Teerth Jilka beat Nirmit Mehta 11-5, 11-4, 11-1;
Arjun Sampat beat Rudra Lakhani 11-5, 11-3, 11-5;
Nikhil Pande beat Sahir Sethi (Del) 9-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-6.
Men (first round): Yashraj Bhargava beat Amit Gajria 11-7, 11-8, 11-2;
Abhinav Sinha beat Saurabh Waghmare 11-1, 11-2, 11-1;
Rahil Fazelbhoy beat Shanay Dharod 11-8, 11-5, 11-7;
Puneet Pareek beat Rahul Kumar 11-7, 11-3, 11-4;
Farman Khan beat Aditya Rajpal 11-7, 11-3, 11-2;
Abhinav Thyagarajan beat Divit Poojary 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7;
Mehul Kumar beat Souvik Banerjee 11-3, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3;
Akhil Daswani beat Eashan Murali 11-0, 11-0, 11-2;
Ashish Keskar beat Vikas Lath 11-3, 11-2, 11-1;
Aishwary Singh beat Amit Chopra 11-3, 11-1, 11-3;
Sonu Kumar beat Sunil Poonia 11-5, 9-11, 11-0, 11-3;
Vicky Gagat beat Shubham Angre 11-2, 11-6, 11-5;
Ness Billimoria beat Mahesh Kadam 11-3, 11-6, 11-7;
Aaroh Soni beat Ravi Madabhushi 6-11, 18-16, 11-4, 11-4.