A day filled with a series of upsets at Indian Squash Academy

The semi finals at the 4th Indian Junior Open held at Indian Squash Academy, Chennai once again witnessed a series of upsets.

In Boys under 19, Kush Kumar will be up against surprised finalist Rishi Tandon. Yesterday Rishi defeated the second seed Ma Tsz Hei and today convincingly defeated Divij Kadan. In the Girls Under 19 Anaka Alankamony will play her training partner Aparajitha Balamurukan. Aparajitha seeded 3/4 defeated second seed Enora Villard in 4 very close games.

In the Boys under 17, 3/4 seed Vijay Kumar defeated second seed Lau Tsa Kwan from Hong Kong in 4 games. Madhav Dhingra leading 2-0 was unable to capitalize and went down in 5 games against top seeded Yuen Tsun Hei from Hong Kong. In the Girls Under 17 Harshit Kaur Jawand defeated her higher ranked Hong Kong opponent Chan Ho Ching withconvincing straightgame victory to set up the title clash againstLakshya Ragavendran.

There was further joy for the local crowd, in the Girls under 11 – 3/4 seed S Samita defeated Avani Nagar from Maharashtra 3-0 and in the Boys under 11, S Navaneeth Prabhu defeated second seed Yash Fadte from Goa in 4 games.

Tomorrow’s final start from 10 am onwards.

Todays semi finals results:

Boys U11

SFVeer Chotrani (1), Mah, def. Advait Adik (3/4), Mah, 11-6 13-11 11-5 .S Navaneeth Prabhu (3/4), TN, def. Yash Fadte (2), Goa, 5-11 11-9 11-6 12-10 .

Boys U13SFChaitanya Shah (1), Mah, def. Rahil G Peris (9/16), Goa, 11-6 7-11 11-3 11-2 .Tushar Shahani (3/4), Mah, def. Utkarsh Baheti (5/8), Raj, 11-3 11-4 9-11 11-4 .

Boys U15SFRanjit Singh (1), UP, def. Krish Kapur, WB, 11-3 11-4 11-3 .Velavan Senthilkumar (2), TN, def. Robin Mann (3/4), Delhi, 11-9 11-69-11 11-5 .

Boys U17SFYuen Tsun Hei (1), , def. Madhav Dhingra (3/4), Mah, 5-11 10-12 11-8 11-8 11-9 .Vijay Kumar Meena (3/4), TN, def. Lau Tsz Kwan (2), , 9-11 11-2 11-5 11-7 .

Boys U19SFKush Kumar (1), TN, def. Shashi Pandey (5/8), Mah, 11-9 11-4 11-8 .Rishi Tandon (5/8), TN, def. Divij Singh Kadan (5/8), Delhi, 9-11 11-511-8 11-9 .

Girls U11

SFMegha Bhatia (1), Delhi, def. Ananya Dabke (3/4), Mah, 11-7 13-11 11-8 .Samita S (3/4), TN, def. Avani Nagar (2), Mah, 11-4 11-2 11-2 .

Girls U13SFNikita Joshi (1), Mah, def. Aakanksha Rao (5/8), Mah, 11-1 11-3 11-1 .Koel Shankar (2), Mah, def. Sneha Sivakumar (3/4), , 11-6 11-3 11-4 .

Girls U15SFMihiliya Methsarani (1), , def. Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (5/8), TN, 11-611-3 11-6 .Aishwarya Bhattacharya (3/4), Mah, def. Ho Ka Wing (2), , 15-13 11-9 11-6 .

Girls U17SFLakshya Ragavendran (1), TN, def. Tanvi Khanna (3/4), Delhi, 11-2 11-2 11-6 .Harshit Kaur Jawanda (3/4), Delhi, def. Chan Ho Ching (2), , 11-5 11-5 11-5 .

Girls U19

SFAnaka Alankamony (1), TN, def. Urwashi Joshi, Mah, 11-6 11-4 11-6 .Aparajitha Balamurukan (3/4), TN, def. Enora Villard (2), , 9-11 11-911-9 11-9 .