CHENNAI: Keen competition and some upset results formed the order on the penultimate day of the
Tamil Nadu State Closed Squash Championship
, a two-star national ranking event, here on Tuesday.
None reflected the mood of the day better than the plucky U-15 boy K.S. Arihant, a ISA trainee who actually is a U-13 player but decided to compete in the higher category and though unseeded fought his way to the final. In the semi-final be defeated the top seed
Parthiv Yagnesh Natarajan
, also an ISA trainee in give games.
Another U-13 unseeded girl
Ananya Narayanan
also of ISA did herself proud by reaching the final beating top seed Sharon Jeffy Doss of El Shaddai Club, Chennai over four fighting games. In the me's and women's sections, the top two seeds made it to the title-round.
The results:semi-final:
Men: Vikas Mehra (1) (ISA) bt Murukesh Mani (MCC) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9; Abhay Singh (2)(ISA) bt Guhan Senthilkumar (¾) (ISA) 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-3; quarterfinal): Vikas Mehra bt Ajith R, (JJ SA), 11-7 11-3 11-9 ; Murukesh Mani bt Dinesh R (¾) (ISA) 5-11 12-10 11-4 12-10; Guhan Senthilkumar (3/4)(ISA) def. Akash Ashok Kumar(ISA) 11-4 11-1 11-1; Abhay Singh (2) (ISA)bt Desappan Ravi (Pioneer SC) 11-1 11-2 11-2 .
Women: Aparajitha Balamurukan (2), (ISA) bt Rathika Suthanthira Seelan (ISA) 11-1 11-6 12-10; Sunanya Kuruvilla(1) (Bhavans) bt Lakshya Ragavendran 11-3,11-5, 11-6(Quarterfinal): Sunayna Kuruvilla bt Mithali Uttamchand, Pioneer SC) 11-4 11-3 11-4; Rathika Suthanthira Seelan, (ISA) bt Mayuri Namasivayam (Bhavans) 5-11 11-9 11-5 11-9; Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Harshitha U V, (Phoenix SA) 11-3 11-6 11-2
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