Squash: Results from the Pioneer Cup

Three Indians, Navaneeth Prabhu, an Indian Squash Academy trainee, in the U-13 category, Tushar Shahani in U-15 and Navmi Sharma in U-15 girls both from Mumbai reached the final before bowing out in the Pioneer Cup 2015, an international Super Series event held in Cologne, Germany.

Adithya Raghavan finished third in the U-17 category while Kanhav Nanavati, who had a good run, beating a couple of Egyptians en-route, finished fourth in the U-13 category. Another Indian Shloke Sahay finished fourth in the U-15 boys category.

Boys:

• U-13 final: Miquel Mathis (Switzerland) bt Navaneeth Prabhu 11-6, 11-8, 11-7;
• U-15 final Muhammed Abdul Harif (Malaysia) bt Tushar Shahani 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 16-14
• U-17 third place: Aditya Raghavan bt Idor Burstein (Israel) 11-7, 11-6, 11-9.
• U-15 fourth place: Ismail Abdel Gawad (Egy) bt Shloke Sahay 13-11, 11-1, 11-2.
• U-13 fourth place: Dylan Deverill (Can) bt Kanhav Nanavati 15-13, 11-4, 4-11, 11-6.

Girls:

• U-15: final: Elena Wagenmans (Netherlands) bt Navmi Sharma 11-7, 4-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9;