Kush Kumar to face Rishi Tandon in boys’ u-19 summit clash

Top seeded Kush Kumar will meet Rishi Tandon in the boys’ u-19 summit clash while Aparajitha Balamurukan will take on No.1 Anaka Alankamony in the girls’ final of the Indian junior open squash championships to be held at ISA here on Friday.

While the top seeds in both the u-19 sections had it easy, it wasn’t so for Aparajitha and Rishi. Aparajitha had to sweat for every point to overcome Enora Villard of France 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9.

Rishi overcame a loss in concentration in the first game to beat Divij Singh Kadan 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.

The results (Semifinals, Indians unless otherwise mentioned): Boys: U-11: Veer Chotrani bt Advait Adik 11-6, 13-11, 11-5; S. Navaneeth Prabhu bt Yash Fadte 5-11, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10.

U-13: Chaitanya Shah bt Rahil G. Peris 11-6, 7-11, 11-3, 11-2; Tushar Shahani bt Utkarsh Baheti 11-3, 11-4, 9-11, 11-4. U-15: Ranjit Singh bt Krish Kapur 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; Velavan Senthilkumar bt Robin Mann 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5. U-17: Yuen Tsun Hei (HKg) bt Madhav Dhingra 5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Vijay Kumar Meena bt Lau Tsz Kwan (HKg) 9-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-7. U-19: Kush Kumar bt Shashi Pandey 11-9, 11-4, 11-8; Rishi Tandon bt Divij Singh Kadan 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9.

Girls: U-11: Megha Bhatia bt Ananya Dabke 11-7, 13-11, 11-8; S. Samita bt Avani Nagar 11-4, 11-2, 11-2.

U-13: Nikita Joshi bt Aakanksha Rao 11-1, 11-3, 11-1; Koel Shankar bt Sneha Sivakumar 11-6, 11-3, 11-4.

U-15: Mihiliya Methsarani bt Ashita Pranaya Bhengra 11-6, 11-3, 11-6; Aishwarya Bhattacharya bt Ho Ka Wing (HKg) 15-13, 11-9, 11-6.

U-17: Lakshya Ragavendran bt Tanvi Khanna 11-2, 11-2, 11-6; Harshit Kaur Jawanda bt Chan Ho Ching (HKg) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5. U-19: Anaka Alankamony bt Urwashi Joshi 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Enora Villard (Fra) 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9.