India’s Ananya Dabke, the top seed in the girls’ under-15 event, cruised past compatriot Netra Krishna 11-5, 11-2, 11-1 to reach the second round of the Indian Junior Open Squash.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s No 1 seed Chan Chi Ho and No 2 seed Ho Ka Hei both comfortably won their respective Boys’ U-19 second round encounters.
Chan Chi Ho tamed India’s Miheer Prakash 11-1, 11-1, 11-3, while Ho Ka Hei had quite a fight on hand from Vaibhav Chauhan of India, but managed to come through winning 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 to advance to the third round on Sunday.
Another Hong Kong player Lam Yat Ting also moved into the 3rd round with a straight game 11-4, 11-8, 11-8 win over Shaan Dalal of India.
Three Malaysian players also got past the girls’ under-15 first round ties with relative ease, all at the expense of Indian girls. Yasshmita Jadishkumar tamed Antara Pande 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; Aira Azman outclassed Aanchal Rathor 11-1, 11-0, 11-3 and Yu Ng Chen subdued Veda Pendyala 11-3, 11-2, 11-4.
Also advancing to the second round was Sri Lanka’s Tharushi Kavindya Maganaarachchi who comfortably defeated India’s Shivani Chaudhary 11-4, 11-1, 11-0.
Results:
Boys’ Under-17 (2nd round): 1-Saksham Choudhary (India) beat Atharva Belsare (India) 11-0 11-4 11-3; Chung Yat Long (Hong Kong) beat Mridul Rawat (India) 11-8 11-2 11-4; Arman Jindal (USA) bt Arjun Singh (India) 11-3 11-6 11-4; Yash Fadte (India) bt Varun Billa (India) 11-3 11-1 11-1; Gautam Nagpal (India) bt Pranav Srinivas (India) 11-2 11-1 11-1.
Boys’ Under-19 (2nd round): 1-Chan Chi Ho (Hong Kong) bt Miheer Prakash (India) 11-1, 11-1, 11-3; 3/ 4-Vikas Mehra (India) bt Kunal Singh (India) 11-4 11-5 11-2; Anav Aggarwal (India) bt Ritik Shah 12-10 11-4 11-2; Aryan Parekh (India) Pran Praveen (India) 11-2 11-1 11-2; 3/ 4-Rahul Baitha (India) bt Akash Ashokumar (India) 11-4 11-7 11-3; Shivam Bansal (India) Sumanth Vishwakarma (India) 11-4 11-6 11-5; Lam Yat Ting (Hong Kong) bt Shaan Dalal (India) 11-4 11-8 11-8; Ansh Shetty (India) Gaurav Kumar (India) 11-9 11-7 11-3; 2-Ho Ka Hei (Hong Kong) bt Vaibhav Chauhan (India) 11-6 11-8 11-7.
Girls’ Under-15 (1st round): 1-Ananya Dabke (India) bt Netra Krishna (India) 11-5 11-2 11-1; Tanishka Jain (India) bt Ishpreet Kaur Mundra (India) 11-2 11-1 11-1; Anis Sofea Mohd Arif (Malaysia) bt Barkha Seth (India) 11-4 11-1 11-1; Sujithra Ap Kunasekaran (Malaysia) bt Sakshi Karnani (India) 11-7 11-4 11-3; Sunita Patel (India) bt Malavika Ajith (India) Retired; Anjali Semwal (India) bt Miraya Gupta (India) 11-9 11-8 11-6; 3/ 4-Aryaa Ogale (India) bt Anushka Rawat (India) 11-4 11-5 11-6; 3/ 4-Aishwarya Khubchandani (India) bt Trina Iris (India) 11-2 11-2 11-4; Yasshmita Jadishkumar (Malaysia) bt Antara Pande (India) 11-1 11-3 11-2; Aira Azman (Malaysia) bt Aanchal Rathor (India) 11-1 11-0 11-3; Avani Nagar (India) bt Gigi Pandole (USA) 11-3 11-3 11-2; Abhisheka Shannon (India) bt Sarah Vethekar (India) 11-4 12-10 14-16 14-12; Yu Ng Chen (Malaysia) bt Veda Pendyala (India) 11-3 11-2 11-4; Tharushi Kavindya Maganaarachchi (Sri Lanka) bt Shivani Chaudhary (India) 11-4 11-1 11-0.
Buy an annual Scroll Membership to support independent journalism and get special benefits.
Our journalism is for everyone. But you can get special privileges by buying an annual Scroll Membership. Sign up today!