CHENNAI:
Maharashtra's
Arnaav Sareen
grabbed the spotlight as he brought about a major upset in the boys U-17 quarter-final of the
national sub-junior and junior squash championship
in Jaipur on Thursday by beating the second seed Diwakar Singh of UP in a fighting four-game match that had all the trappings of a thriller.
The 5/8 seed, Sareen was quick on the start and stunned his higher seeded opponent by grabbing the first game in a close run. Though Diwakar recoiled well, he could not sustain the tempo against a player who seemed ready for the occasion.
A similar result came about in the girls U-11 section where UP's 5/8 seed Navya Sundararajan stunned the second seed Akansha Gupta of Maharashtra to make it to the last four.
Expectedly the competition rose as the matches reached the semi-final stage amidst a few upsets. A few long drawn encounters formed the feature as the young talents went about in all seriousness to gain attention and recognition.
Results (Quarterfinals):Boys:U-19: Tushar Shahani (Mah) (1) bt Avinash Yadav (Mah) (9/16) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5; Utkarsh Baheti (Rj) (¾) bt Ruvik Rau (Mah)(5/8) 11-13, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9; Veer Chotrani (Mah) (¾) bt Inderjit Singh (CH) (5/8) 11-5, 11-4, 12-10; Rahul Baitha (Mah) (2) bt Jairaj Singh(Rj)(9/16) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5
U-17: Neel Joshi (Mah) (1) bt Didar J J Rebello (HR) (9/16) 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-2; Tejas Chawla (Del) (5/8) bt Navaneeth Prabhu (TN)(9/16) 12-14, 11-7, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8; Yash Fadte (Goa) (¾) bt Deepak Mandal (Mah) (5/8) 11-1, 11-4, 13-11; Arnaav Sareen (Mah) (5/8) bt Diwakar Singh (UP) (2) 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9
U-15: Shreyas Mehta (Mah) (1) bt Aaryaman Jaisingh (Mah) (5/8) 11-6, 11-6, 11-3; Rutva Samant (Mah) (¾) bt Kuvir Sharma (RJ) (5/8) 12-14, 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6; Paarth Ambani (Mah) (¾) bt Ekam Singh(CH) (9/16) 11-7, 11-1, 11-7; Krishna Mishra (5/8) (MP) bt Jaivir Singh Dhillon (Del) ((2) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
Girls:U-19: Radhika Rathore (MP) (1) bt Hitika Malhotra (RJ) 11-5, 9-11, 11-2, 7-11, 11-6; Jannia Singh (CH) (¾) bt Bhavna Goyal (Mah) (5/8) 11-1, 11-9, 11-4; Sanya Vats (Del) (¾) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1; Navmi Sharma (Mah) (2) bt Naira Kothari (Del) (5/8) 11-5, 11-6, 11-2
U-17: Ananya Dabke (Mah) (1) bt Aryaa Ogale (Mah) (5/8) 11-6, 13-11, 11-5; Annanya Morey (Mah) (¾) bt Megha Bhatia (Del) (5/8) 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 18-16; Amira Singh (Del) (¾) bt S. Samita (TN) (5/8) 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 7-11, 11-7; Yoshna Singh (Mah) (2) bt Avani Nagar (Mah) (5/8) 11-4,4-11, 11-6, 11-8;
U-15: Yuvna Gupta (Mah) (1) bt V. Deepika (TN) (5/8) 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 11-0; Vasudha Surange (Del) (17/24) bt S. Akshya Sri (TN) (9/16) 11-5, 6-11, 12-10, 11-8; Abhisheka Shannon (TN) (¾) bt Uditi Mishra (Rj) (5/8) 9-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 11-4; Diksha Aurobindo (TN) (2) bt Sonya Bajaj (Mah) (5/8) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7
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