Chennai, August 20: In a remarkable upset at the Southern Slam Squash tournament held at the Indian Squash Academy, Arihant KS defeated top-seeded Aryan Pratap Singh with a score of 11-5, 11-2, 11-5 in the men’s quarterfinals on Thursday.
Meanwhile, in the women’s quarterfinals, Esha Srivastava made a strong comeback to overcome 3/4 seed Shamima Riaz, winning 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8. Esha has now secured her place in the under-19 semifinals. Earlier, on Wednesday, 3/4 seed Vedant Patel staged a comeback from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Lokesh Subramani, finishing with scores of 8-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-6 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals.
In the women’s pre-quarterfinals, top seed Nirupama Dubey triumphed over Akanksha Gupta with scores of 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, while second seed Pooja Aarti R. defeated Sahana Kalaivanan 11-4, 11-4, 11-6. The tournament, which runs until Saturday, features nearly 400 players across 12 categories.
Results:
Men’s:
– Arihant KS defeated 1-Aryan Pratap Singh 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
– Gurveer Singh beat Poorav Rambhiya 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
– Vedant Patel overcame Kunal Singh 13-11, 12-10, 11-9
– 2-Rahul Baitha defeated Hridayan Shah 11-3, 11-6, 11-2
Women’s:
– Nirupama Dubey defeated Vyomika Khandelwal 11-6, 11-4, 11-1
– Rathika Seelan beat Reeva Nimbalkar 11-8, 11-7, 11-7
– Pooja Aarti R. defeated Arika Mishra 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
– Esha Srivastava overcame Shamima Riaz 7-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8
Under-19:
– Poorav Rambhiya beat Mayappan P 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
– Raghav Vashisth defeated Rahul Sanjay Balakrishnan 5-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
– Shravan Jain beat Arjun More 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 11-7
– Yuvaditya Jain defeated Ijaaz Mohammad 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-2
Under-17:
– Shreyansh Jha beat Aryaman Singh 11-9, 11-5, 11-8
– Saharsh Shahra defeated Darshan K 11-8, 5-11, 11-7, 11-6
– Hriday Shah beat Harshal Rana 11-3, 11-7, 11-5
– Lokesh Subramani defeated Manuth Dasanayake (Sri Lanka) 8-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
Under-15 Boys:
– Jaikrish Shashikumar (SGP) defeated Soham Sarda 11-1, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7
– Dhruv Johari beat Ayaan Dhanuka 6-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-6
– Ruan Ram Tandki defeated Akshat Singhal 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9
– Fareed Andrabi beat Vivek Shinde 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
Under-13 Boys:
– Kalen Ivan Lo (SGP) defeated Aryan SK 11-4, 11-4, 11-4
– Zen Ali beat Haribala 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
– Vihaan Chandok defeated Varun Partiban (MAS) 11-5, 11-1, 11-9
– Ridan Gupta beat Lakhwant AP 11-9, 12-14, 11-8, 14-12
Under-11 Boys:
– Yuchen Mason Han (SGP) defeated Joshua Lake (SGP) 11-1, 11-7, 11-8
– Viraj Vadhvani beat Rudransh Prabhakar 11-9, 12-10, 14-12
– Vedant Shinde defeated Yuvan Verma 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9
– Agastya Uppal beat Viraj Shinde 11-9, 11-8, 12-10
Under-19 Girls:
– Akanksha Gupta defeated Diva Shah 12-10, 15-13, 2-11, 11-8
– Devshree Arora beat Talaiya Cheong (SGP) 11-7, 11-7, 11-3
– Vyomika Khandelwal defeated Sahana Kalaivanan 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
– Esha Srivastava beat Kriya Saravanan 11-6, 11-4, 11-5
Under-17 Girls:
– Arika Mishra defeated 1-Vasundhara Nangare 12-10, 11-8, 11-9
– Riansika Verma beat Shiuli Nataraj (SGP) 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-4
– Kashvi Mangal defeated Anya Sood 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
– Yushan Jaisintha Han (SGP) beat 2-Ravinashri Nandakumar (MAS) 11-5, 11-8, 11-3
Under-15 Girls:
– Kelihela Cheong (SGP) defeated Rachel Marcos (SGP) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6
– Diva Parsaramputia beat Sanita Singh 11-3, 11-3, 11-2
– Divyanshi Jain defeated Devki Anand 11-1, 11-0, 11-3
– Gaushika M beat Shanaya Parsaramputia 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-1
Under-13 Girls:
– Kirti Bala (MAS) defeated Sanavi Tidke 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
– Aadhya Grover beat Yu Shi Kai (HK) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9
– Akshara Makheja defeated Dhriti Ganji 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
– Riya Dalal beat Sameeksha Sugumar 11-5, 11-3, 11-7
Under-11 Girls:
– Meera Ruthiran (MAS) defeated Anam Yadav 11-8, 11-5, 11-1
– Inaya Andrabi beat Barisha Begum 6-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9
– Anshika Kumari defeated Amrita Kundwe 11-7, 11-5, 11-6
– Gouravi Ajmera beat Navya Khatri 11-3, 11-1, 11-2
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