Navaneeth Prabhu in title round in Junior Open squash

Navneeth Prabhu will fight in the final of the Singapore Junior Open squash tournament

Singapore, December 20 (IANS)

Top seed Navaneeth Prabhu of India entered the final of the Singapore Junior Open squash tournament defeating compatriot Neel Joshi 11-0, 11-7, 11-7 in the semi-final here on Saturday.

In Sunday's final, Prabhu will take on Malaysian Nicolas Chee who overcame compatriot Ishant Shah Atul Kumar 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7.

In the passage to the final, Prabhu overcame Benjamin Kon and Malaysians Shaun Low and Andrik Lim to script a dream run in the tournament while Joshi scalped higher ranked Yin Hang Cheng of Hong Kong 11-6, 11-7, 11-4.

Earlier, Kanhav Nanavati (Boys-13), Samita Sivakumar and JS Krithica (Girls-13) and Nikita Joshi (Girls-19) reached the quarter-finals in their respective age group categories before bowing out.