Saumya sends third seed Dheeya packing to reach semis in girls u-19

Mumbai, Sept 21 (UNI) Unseeded Saumya Karki from Jindal Squash Academy scored an upset victory over third seed Dheeya Somaya of Indore, winning 9-3, 9-3, 9-1 to reach the Girls u-19 semi-final of Little Masters All India Junior Squash Tournament, here today.

Saumya, a 7th standard student of Hiranandani School also made the semi-final of the Girls u-15 age group, defeating Shria Khatri 9-2, 9-0, 9-0. In the Girls u-19 semi-finals she will meet top seed Shivangi Paranjpe, who ended the fine run of Indore's Nikita Mann defeating her 9-0, 9-1, 9-1.

There were a couple of upset in the boys action, with unseeded Aditya Gupta getting the better of Jindal Squash Academy's fourth seed Anup Sharma 9-7, 2-9, 0-9, 9-7, 9-5 in a u-17 second round match. In the u-11 quarter final, unseeded Yaduveer Singh from Indore defeated fourth seed Aditya Khatri 3-9, 10-8, 9-0, 9-6 to reach in the semi final stage.

Following are the results: Boys u-17 (2nd round): Abhinav Sinha bt Rohan Vora 9-7, 9-2, 9-1; Aditya Gupta bt 4-Anup Sharma 9-7, 2-9, 0-9, 9-7, 9-5; Akhilesh Nayak bt Jay Dalal 7-9, 9-6, 9-5, 9-2; 1-Vikram Malhotra bt Zahan Dastur 9-0, 9-1, 9-7; Karan Malik (TN) bt Amay Merchant 9-0, 9-1, 9-2.

Boys u-15 (2st round): Jagannath Kuyte bt Karan Kandelwal (Delhi) 9-3, 9-2, 10-9; Gaurav Arora bt Neville Tata 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Ajan Jayant bt Behram Modi 9-6, 9-1, 9-1; 3-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Aakash Kutty 9-5, 9-0, 9-2; Pranay Merchant bt Rahil Shah 9-0, 9-0, 9-4; Rahil Fazilbhoy bt Yash Bhansali 9-5, 9-0, 9-6; Dhnanjay Singh (Indore) bt Kushal Nathani 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Piyush Lalchandani bt Parth Giha 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Rohan Vora bt Sashi Pandey 9-7, 9-3, 9-3; Samir Mistry bt Vrishab Kotian 9-1, 9-2, 9-0.

Boys u-13 (2nd round): Bharat Verma (Indore) bt Aradhya Kasliwal 1-9, 9-5, 9-2, 10-8; Hemant Manjrekar bt Madhav Gupta 9-3, 9-1, 9-4; Yash Bhansali bt Naval Gamadia 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Vrishabh Kotian bt Rohan Malhotra 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Kunj Rawani bt Pranay Motta 9-3, 9-2, 9-2; Dhananjay Singh (Indore) bt Aditya Khatri 9-5, 9-1, 9-6; 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Karl Wadia 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Sashi Pandey bt Devchand Rai 9-0, 9-0, 9-6; Yohan Pandole bt Prashant Nagpal 9-2, 9-2, 9-7.

Boys u-11 (quarter-finals): Devchand Rai bt Akshay Kesriwal 9-6, 9-7, 9-6; 2-Raghav Mehrotra bt Aradhya Kasliwal (Indore) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Ravindra Dhoria bt Akshay Arora 10-8, 9-4, 9-5; Yaduveer Singh (Indore) bt 4-Aditya Khatri 3-9, 10-8, 9-0, 9-6; 3-Kunj Rawani bt Karan Kochhar 9-1, 9-3, 9-4; Rajat Agarwal bt Chaitanya Desai 9-2, 9-5, 9-4; Arjun Kochhar bt Madhav Gupta 9-0, 9-0, 9-2.

Boys&Girls u-9 (quarter-finals): Sandeep Paswan bt Roshan Sharma 9-0, 9-1, 9-4; Yohan Surti bt Ben Kennedy (England) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Trilok Sadarangani bt Ishaan Mehra 9-2, 9-6, 5-9, 10-9; Yohan Surti bt Anirudh Amersey 9-2, 9-6, 9-0.

Girls u-19 (quarter finals): 1-Shivangi Paranjpe bt Nikita Mann (Indore) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Saumya Karki (Jindal Squash Academy) bt 3-Dheeya Somaya (Indore) 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; Swati Muchhal (Indore) bt Sheheda Madraswala 9-5, 9-4, 7-9, 10-8; 2-Harita Omprakash (TN) bt Sharia Khatri 9-1, 9-0, 9-1.

Girls u-15 (quarter-finals): 4-Saumya Karki bt Shria Khatri 9-2, 9-0, 9-0.

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