Top seeded Mohit Bhatt overcame indifferent start to beat Aakash Gupta 4-1 to storm into the boys under-17 semi finals of the 8th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Junior & Senior Open Squash Championships, held at Jindal Squash Academy, Vasind (Thane) here today. In a clash between the two home boys, Mohit after losing the opening game came back strongly to win the tie 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9.

Top seed Mohit Bhatt breezes into boys U-17 semis of the of the 8th JSW-All India Sunil Verma Memorial Junior & Senior Open Squash Championships in Thane.
In another closely contest tie, Maharashtra’s Aaryaman Jaising put out his statemate second seeded Arman Darukhanawalla 11-5, 7-11, 13-11, 11-9 to join Mohit in last four.
Results : (Quarterfinals):
Boys (U-19): Avinash Sahani (MH) bt Kautham Krish (TN) 11-7, 13-11, 11-5; (3/4)- Avinash Yadav (MH) bt Shaurya Verma (DL) 11-1, 11-5, 12-10; (1)-Prithvi Singh (CH) bt (3/4)- Jaideep Singh Sethi (UP) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4; (2)- Suraj Chand (MH) bt Deepak Mandal (MH) 6-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-6.
Boys (U-17): Om Semwal (MH) bt Sunny Yadav (MH) 11-8, 12-10, 11-6; Ahaan Bhansali (MH) bt Karan Patel (MH) 11-5, 12-10, 12-10; (1)-Mohit Bhatt (MH) bt (3/4)- Aakash Gupta (MH) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-9; (3/4)-Aaryaman Jaising ( MH) bt (2)-Arman Darukhanawalla (MH), 11-5, 7-11, 13-11, 11-9 .
Boys (U-15): Ranbir Minocha (MH) w/o (3/4)- Devay Mehta (MH); Abhishek Paswan (MH) bt Krish Dembla (MH) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4; (2)-Rachit Kumar Shailya (UP) bt Meyyappan L (TN) 11-4, 12-10, 13-11;.(1)-Sharan Punjabi (MH) bt Hunarpal Kohli (MH) 11-2, 11-5, 11-9.
Boys (U-13): Vivaan Ranka (MH) bt (3/4)- Anshuman Jaising (MH) 14-12, 4-11, 11-2, 5-11, 11-7; Udit Mishra (RJ) bt Suren Gupta (MH) 11-1, 11-9, 11-6; Vedant Chheda (MH) bt Eshant Uppal ( MH) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6; (3/4)- Arjun Somani (MH) bt (2)-Priyaan Thakker (MH) 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9.
Boys (U-11): Hidhaan Shah (MH) bt Aarav Ahuja (MH) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3; Yusuf Pardiwala (MH) bt Vivaan Sagar (MH) 11-5, 11-4, 12-10; (1)- Siddhant Sharma (UP) bt (3/4)-Kavanpal Kohli (MH) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; (2)- Ishaan Dabke (MH) bt (3/4)–Purav Rambhia (MH) 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 .