Velavan Senthilkumar triumphs

The various winners at the ISA Junior Open (from left): Samita Sivakumar (u-15), Adya Advani (u-19), Yuvna Gupta (u-11), Velavan Senthilkumar (u-19), Akanksha Salunkhe (u-17), Ananya Dabke (u-13), Adhitya Raghavan (u-17),Tushar Shahani (u-15) and Paarth Ambani (u-11) with the chief guest D. Sabitha Bengra, Principal Secretary, School Education,Government of Tamil Nadu.

Tamil Nadu’s Velavan Senthilkumar defeated Yohan Darius Pandole of Maharashtra 11-3, 11-4, 6-11, 12-10 in the under-19 section of the ISA junior Open squash here on Thursday.

Ms. D. Sabitha Bengra, Principal Secretary (School Education), Government of Tamil Nadu, gave away the prizes.

The results: (all finals):

Boys: U-19: Velavan Senthilkumar (TN) bt Yohan Darius Pandole (Mah) 11-3, 11-4, 6-11, 12-10.

U-17: Adhitya Raghavan (TN) bt Abhay Singh (TN) 12-10, 11-3, 4-11, 9-11, 11-5.

U-15: Tushar Shahani (Mah) bt Rahul Baitha (Mah) 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6.

U-13: Neel Joshi (Mah) bt Navaneeth Prabhu (TN) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-8.

U-11: Paarth Ambani (Mah) bt Vivaan Shah (Mah) 8-11, 6-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-9.

Girls: U-19: Adya Advani (Mah) bt Harshit Kaur Jawanda (Del) 10-12, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6.

U-17: Akanksha Sulankhe (Goa) bt Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) 11-8, 11-5, 12-10.

U-15: Samita Sivakumar (TN) bt Diya Joukani 11-4, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9.

U-13: Ananya Dabke (Mah) bt Aarya Ogale (Mah) 12-10, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7. U-11: Yuvna Gupta (Mah) bt Pooja Aarthi (TN) 12-10, 12-10, 11-6.