M'rashtra, TN players dominate in K'taka Squash Open

Bangalore, June 30 (UNI) Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu players dominated the proceedings of the JSW Karnataka State Open Squash Championship held at Vijaynagar in Bellary district of Karnataka today.

Nithin Chauhan and Kunwarpal Singh of Maharashtra won in an impressive fashion to advance into the third round in the Boys under-19 group. Among Girls, Aparajitha B of Tamil Nadu and Prathibha Sharma of Maharashtra reached the third round with convincing wins in Under-15 and Under-19 categories respectively.

Following are the results:- Boys: Under 11: Round 3: Nikhil Mishra (Mah) bt Ravindra Dhoria (Mah) 9/0, 9/2, 9/3; Devchand Rai (Mah) bt Mohit Yadav (Mah) 9-0, 9-2, 9-4; Aditya Khatri (Mah) bt Raj Saran (Mah) 9/0, 9/2, 9/5.

Under 15: Round 2: Prithvi Aditya (TN) bt Awdesh Yadav (Mah) 9/0, 9/3; Varish Sawlani (TN) bt Shravan Kaul (TN) 9/3, 9/5; Laxman Singh (Mah) walk over Shounk N (Kar); Pragun Khemka (TN) bt Shashi Pandey (Mah) 9/3, 9/7; Vivek Duhan (Mah) bt Hanish Agarwal (Mah) 9/0, 9/2.

Under 17: Round 2: Yakash Dawar (TN) bt Vishal Agarwal (TN) 9/6, 9/3 Laxman Joshi (Mah) bt Mrinal Dutt (Mah) 9-0, 9-0; anup Sharma (Mah) bt Vivek Duhan (Mah) 9-1, 9-4; Suneesh Koul (TN) bt Krishna Iswaran (TN) 9-0, 9-1; ankit Dahiya (Mah) bt Chetan Singh Rathore (Mah) 9-6, 9-5; Inderjeet Khater (TN) bt Rishikesh C (Mah) 8-10, 9-1, 9-5.

U-19: Round-2: Nithin Chauhan (Mah) bt Krishna Iswaran (TN) 9-1, 9-2; Laxman Joshi (Mah) bt Koustubh Pawar (Kar) 9-0, 9-0; Kunwarpal Singh (Mah) bt Arun Goyal (Kar) 9-3, 9-1; Suneesh Kaul (TN) bt Shailesh Mishra (Mah) 10-8, 9-1; Vishal Agarwal (TN) bt Ankit Dahiya (Mah) 10-9, 6-9, 9-5. Men: Round 2: Sarvesh Chauhan (Mah) bt Naveen Jindal (Mah) 9-0, 9-0; Kunwar Pal Singh (Mah) bt Shailesh Mishra Mah).

GIRLS: Under 11: Round 3: Varsha Pandey (Mah) bt Ruchi Mishra (Mah) 9/2 9/6 9/4. Under 19: Round 2: Aparajitha B (TN) bt Shweta Singh (Mah) 9/3, 9/2, 9/2; Rinki Soni (Mah) bt Swarnalatha (TN) 9/4, 5/9, 9/7, 9/0; Under 13: Round 2: Anju sharma (Mah) bt Urwashi Joshi (Mah) 9/0, 9/7, 9/7; Shweta Yadav (Mah) bt Varsha Pandey (Mah) 9/4, 9/0, 9/1. Under 15: Round 2: Aparajitha B (TN) bt Akshara R (TN) 9/2 9/1 9/3. Under 19: Round 2: Pratibha Sharma (Mah) lost to Sunita Patwa (Mah) 9/2, 9/0, 9/2.

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