National champion and top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar of Maharashtra faced a quite a challenge from Goa’s Yash Fadte before coming out trumps in four keenly contested games, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8, in a Men’s Open quarter-final match of the 75th CCI Western India Open 2018 squash championship, and played at CCI squash courts on Friday. The tournament is conducted under the under aegis of SRFI and MSRA.
Yash Fadte of Goa shocked joint 3-4th seed Rutvik Rau of Maharashtra in a boys’ under-19 quarter-final match of the CCI 10th Indian Junior Squash Open 2018.
Second seed Vikram Malhotra and Abhishek Pradhan the joint 3rd-4th seeds, both from Maharashtra also won their quarter-final encounters and will clash in the semi-finals. Malhotra prevailed over UP’s Jamal Sakib 11-3, 11-3, 12-10, while Pradhan got the better of compatriot Abhishek Agarwal 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7.
Earlier, the Goan lad Yash produced an impressive strong performance to score an upset straight games win against the joint third-fourth seed Rutvik Rau of Maharashtra in a boys’ under-19 quarter-final match of the CCI 10th Indian Junior Open 2018, which is being conducted concurrently. Yash was aggressive from the start and mixed his shots to take complete control before charging to a fluent 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 win and a place in the semi-finals.
In the penultimate round, Yash will meet Maharashtra’s top seed Tushar Shahani who tamed Services Vaibhav Chauhan 11-6, 11-4, 11-4.
Results – Boys’ U-11(quarter-finals): 1-Anshuman Jaising (MH) beat Rahul Sanjay Balakrishnan (KA) 11-2, 11-7, 11-8; 3/ 4-Agastya Bansal (MH) beat Arjun Morey (MH) 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6; Varun Shah (MH) beat Hriday Rajani (MH) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Rachit Shah (MH) beat 2-Subhash Choudhary (RJ) 11-5, 2-11, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10 .
Girls’ U-11 (quarter-finals): 1-Anahat Singh (DL) beat Aelina Shah (MH) 11-1, 11-2, 11-0; Sanvi Batar (DL) beat 3/ 4-Chhavi Saran (RJ) 11-9, 11-0, 12-10; 3/ 4-Ipsa Mishra (MH) beat Pia Singh (MH) 11-9, 8-11, 13-11, 11-8; 2-Akanksha Gupta (MH) beat Diva Shah (MH) 11-5, 11-6, 11-1.
Boys U-13 (quarter-finals): 1-Arihant Ks (TN) beat Vivaan Bhatia (MH) 11-6, 7-11, 11-2, 11-7; 3/ 4-Siddhant Rewari (MH) beat Adhish Kancharla (MH) 4-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8; Ekambir Singh (MH) beat Dhruv Khanna (MH) 11-3 11-2 11-2; 2-Avalokit Singh (RJ) beat Siddharth Bhandari (MH) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6.
Girls U-13 (quarter-finals): 1-Khushboo (UP) beat Jiya Chotrani (MH) beat 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; Unnati Tripathi (UK) beat 3/ 4-Nayna Taneja (MH) 11-7, 12-10, 11-7; 3/ 4-Nandini Jain (DL) beat Swetha Sivakumar (SIN) 13-11, 11-5, 11-3; 2-Aleya Masand (MH) beat Diya Dhillon (DL) 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9.
Boys’ U-15 (quarter-finals): 1-Paarth Ambani (MH) beat Sharan Punjabi (MH) 11-6, 11-7, 11-1; Krishna Mishra (MP) beat 3/ 4-Vivaan Shah (MH) 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-3; 3/ 4-Rutva Samant (MH) beat Jeh Pandole (MH) 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; 2-Jaivir Singh Dhillon (DL) beat Ansh Tripathi (UK) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6.
Girls U-15 (quarter-finals): 1-Yuvna Gupta (MH) beat Tiana Parasrampuria (MH) 11-2, 11-3, 11-4; 3/ 4-Pooja Arthi R. (TN) beat
Sonya Bajaj (MH) 11-2, 11-0, 12-10; 3/ 4-Uditi Mishra (RJ) beat Tagyaa Parakh (WB) 11-8, 11-2, 11-7; Kaavya Bansal (MH) beat 2-Aasya Patel (MP) 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 13-11.
Boys U-17 (quarter-finals): 1-Neel Joshi (MH) beat Akhilesh Kumar 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; R Kishore Arvind (TN) beat Arnav Mandhana (MH) 9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6; 3/ 4-Deepak Mandal (MH) beat Mohit Bhatt (MH) 11-2, 11-4, 12-10; 2-Diwakar Singh (UP) beat Tanay Punjabi (MH) 11-7 15-13 10-12 11-7.
Girls’ U-17 (quarter-finals): 1-Amira Singh (DL) beat Anjali Semwal (MH) retired; Tanishka Jain (MH) beat 3/ 4-Trina Iris (TN ) 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6; 3/ 4-Aishwarya Khubchandani (MH) beat Abhisheka Shannon (TN) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; 2-Avani Nagar (MH) beat Prashasti Mattas (GA) 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5.
Boys’ U-19 (quarter-finals): 1-Tushar Shahani (MH) beat Vaibhav Chauhan (SE) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Yash Fadte (GA) beat 3/ 4-Rutvik Rau 11-6, 11-1, 11-4; 3/ 4-Rahul Baitha (MH) beat Sankalp Anand (DL) 12-14, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4; 2-Veer Chotrani (MH) beat Shloke Sahay (MH) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5.
Girls U-19 (quarter-finals): 1-Navmi Sharma (MH) beat Naira Kothari (DL) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3; 3/ 4-Bhavna Goyal (MH) beat Mira Kamat (MH) 11-6, 11-4, 11-0; Tanaya M Parakh (WB) beat Sukrita Panigrahi (GA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-1; 2- Sanya Vats (DL) beat Sparshi Mattas (GA) 13-11, 11-5, 11-5.
Men (quarter-finals): 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar (MH) Yash Fadte (GA) 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 11-8; 3/ 4-Ranjit Singh (UP) beat Vikas Mehra (TN) 12-10, 12-10, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8; 3/ 4-Abhishek Pradhan (MH) beat Abhishek Agarwal (MH) 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7; 2-Vikram Malhotra (MH) beat Jamal Sakib (UP) 11-3, 11-3, 12-10.