Second seed Sankalp Anand had to fight his way past Advait Adik 17-15, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6 in the under-19 boys’ quarterfinals of the HCL 11th Indian Open junior squash championship here on Thursday.
In the semifinals, Sankalp wil play Neel Joshi, while top seed Yash Fadte will be challenged by Deepak Mandal.
In the girls’ under-19 quarterfinals, second seed Bhavna Goyal lost 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 to Yoshna Singh. She will play Amira Singh.
Anannya Morey beat Naira Kothari to set up a semifinal against top seed Sanya Vats.
In the under-13 boys’ event, Priyaan Thakker knocked out top seed Avalokit Singh 12-10, 10-12, 11-2, 11-9. The second seed Ekambir Singh was also beaten in four games by Dev Sharma.
The results (quarterfinals):
Boys: Under-19: Yash Fadte bt Diwakar Singh 11-4, 11-3, 11-5; Deepak Mandal bt Ilham Asmone 11-6, 11-9, 11-9; Neel Joshi bt Jaideep Singh Sethi 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Sankalp Anand bt Advait Adik 17-15, 4-11, 11-5, 11-6.
Under-17: Ishant Shah bt Sunny Yadav 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-0; Arman Darukhanawalla bt Athrva Yadav 11-5, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5; Kanhav Nanavati bt Arnav Mandhana 8-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8; Shreyas Mehta bt Ishaan Singh 11-5, 11-5, 11-8.
Under-15: Shaurya Bawa bt Ansh Tripathi 12-10, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9; Vivaan Shah bt Jaivir Singh Dhillon 11-8, 11-8, 7-11, 3-11, 11-6; Krishna Mishra bt Nevindu Lakman Edirisinghe 11-2, 11-9, 13-11; Rutva Samant bt Rohan Arya Gondi 11-9, 11-9, 11-4.
Under-13: Priyaan Thakker bt Avalokit Singh 12-10, 10-12, 11-2, 11-9; Karan Yadav bt P. Sandhesh 11-7, 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8; Aditya Chandani bt Gurveer Singh 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Dev Sharma bt Ekambir Singh 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7.
Under-11: Agastya Bansal bt Siddhant Sharma 11-9, 12-14, 11-3, 11-5; Darshil Parasrampuria bt Varun Shah 11-6, 11-1, 5-11, 9-11, 11-3; Ishaan Dabke bt Rachit Shah 12-10, 11-9, 12-10; Aryaveer Dewan bt Subhash Choudhary 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3.
Girls: Under-19: Sanya Vats bt Astha Garg 11-1, 11-0, 11-1; Anannya Money bt Naira Kothari 11-1, 11-3, 11-3; Amira Singh bt Mithali Uttamchand 11-5, 11-5, 11-2; Yoshna Singh bt Bhavna Goyal 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4.
Under-17: Ananya Dabke bt Trina Iris 11-3, 11-4, 11-2; Megha Bhatia bt Tanishka Jain 11-5, 11-4, 11-4; Vharshamithraa Dinesh bt Aryaa Ogale 11-7, 11-7, 11-7; Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Sarah Vethekar 11-5, 11-2, 11-3.
Under-15: Tiana Parasrampuria bt Vasudha Surange 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7; Pooja Arthi bt Sonya Bajaj 11-6, 10-12, 5-11, 11-1, 11-6; Aasya Patel bt Shameena Riaz 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7.
Under-13: Anahat Singh bt Navya Sundararajan 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; Nandini Jain bt Diya Dhillon 11-6, 11-8, 13-11; Khushboo bt Sanvi Batar 2-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9; Unnati Tripathi bt Dhritih Kandpal 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-2.
Under-11: Akanksha Gupta bt Sangamithra Shanmugam 11-3, 11-2, 11-2; Nimrit Pasricha bt Sahana Kalaivanan 11-3, 11-5, 9-11, 12-14, 11-7; Sehar Nayar bt Chhavi Saran 7-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6; Aelina Shah bt Divita Sri 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 .
