Maharashtra top seeds, barring boys under-19 Rahul Baitha and under-15 Paarth Ambani, sailed into their respective semifinals with consumate ease in the 6th JSW –All India Sunil Verma Memorial Squash Open Tournament held at JSW Squash Courts, here today.Rahul was outplayed by statemate Tushar Shahni 11-8, 11-9, 11-5, while Paarth Ambani, met with a similar fate at the hands Om Semwal, who triumphed 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-8.
Bhavna Goel of Maharashtra, the top seed in the girls under-19 singles,breezed into semifinals with a cakewalk 11-1, 11-1, 11-6 win over Tamil Nadu’s Hrshitha UV. Gurlin Kaur from Delhi, the top seed in the girls under-15, likewise won untroubled against lowly seed Sonya Bajaj 11-4, 11-6,11-2, also from Maharashtra, for a place in the last four.
Maharashtra’s Tisha Jasani, who made a good impression in the earlier round against Antara Rakshit, conceded her tie against Kaava Bansal, reportedly on medical grounds.
Results of all the quarterfinals:
Boys U-19: (5/8)-Tushar Shahani (MH) bt (1) Rahul Baitha (MH) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5; Suraj Chand (MH) bt (5/8) – Ansh Pbi (MH) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Avinash Yadav (MH) bt (5/8)- Jairaj Singh (RAJ) 11-9, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7; (2)-Vivaan Jaikishan (MH) bt (5/8)- Arjun Singh (MH) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4.
Girls U-19: (1)- Bhavna Goyal (MH) bt Harshitha U V (TN) 11-1, 11-1, 11-6; (3/4)- Navmi Sharma (MH, def. Sunita Patel (MH) 11-8,, 11-3 11-5; (3/4)- Abhilasha Bhasin (MH) bt Mona Chauhan (MH) 11-13 11-6 11-6 11-2; (2) Mira Kamat (MH) bt Aishwaria Payyan (TL) 11-2, 11-1 11-4..
Boys U-17: (1)- Diwakar Singh (UP) bt Vishal Rajbhar (MH) 12-10, 11-5, 11-2; (3/4)-Deepak Mandal (MH) bt Avinash Sahani (MH) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4; (3/4)- Neel Joshi (MH) bt (5/8)- Araash Mehta (MH) 11-4, 11-7, 11-3; (2)- Sankalp Anand( DL) bt Mayank Sachdeva (DL) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9 .
Girls U-15: (2)- Sarah Vethekar (MH) bt (5/8)-Nandana Raja (TN) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; (3/4)-Tanishka Jain (MH) bt (5/8)- Aanchal Rathor (GA) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; (3/4)-Anjali Semwal (MH) bt Anushka Rawat(GA) 11-8, 12-10, 11-7; (1)- Gurlin Kaur (DL) bt (5/8)- Sonya Bajaj (MH) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2,.
Boys U-15: (5/8)- Om Semwal (MH) bt (1)-Paarth Ambani (MH) 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 5-11, 11-8; (3/4,-Mohit Bhatt (MH) bt (5/8)- Raunak Singh (MH) 6-11, 11-4 11-1, 11-5; (3/4)- Shreyas Mehta (MH) bt (5/8)- Adhil Mohammed Syed (TN) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5.
Girls U-13: (1) -Kaavya Bansal (MH) bt (5/8)- Tisha Jasani (MH) w/o; (3/4)- Aaryaa Belsare (MH) bt (5/8)- Aleya Masand (MH) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2; (3/4)-Tiana Parasrampuria (MH) bt (5/8)-Sharon Jeffy Doss (TN) 11-1, 11-4, 11-3..
Boys U-13: (1)-Yuvraj Wadhwani (MH) bt (5/8)- Vivaan Shah (MH) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; (3/4)-, Sharan Pbi (MH) bt(5/8)- Aditya Chandani (MH) 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 13-11;. (3/4)- Krishna Mishra, (MP) bt Abhishek Paswan ( MH) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7; Ansh Tripathi ( UK,) bt. Bhav Makhija ( MP) 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 .
Girls U-11: (1)- Unnati Tripathi (UK) bt Sanvi Batar (DL) 11-5, 11-8, 13-11 ;. (3/4)- Akanksha Gupta (MH) bt (5/8)- Pia Singh (MH) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4; (3/4)- Chhavi Saran (RJ) bt (5/8)- Vyomika Khandelwal (MH) 11-2, 11-4, 11-6 (2) – Ipsa Mishra (MH) bt (5/8), bt Aelina Shah (MH) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 .
Boys U-11: (1)- Vedant Chheda (MH) bt Dhruv Khanna (MH) 11-7, 10-12, 12-14, 11-2, 11-5; (3/4)- Anshuman Jaising (MH) bt (5/8)- Teerth Jilka (MH) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2; (3/4)- Priyaan Thakker (MH) bt (5/8)- Dakshesh Narain S (TN) 7-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; (5/8)-Vansh Chandrakar (CG) bt (2)-Udit Mishra (Raj) 11-9, 11-9, 11-8.