Jaipur, Oct 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Uttar Pradesh duo of Yusha Nafees and Unnati Tripathi won their maiden U-19 boys and girls crowns respectively, beating the top seeds on the concluding day of the Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash Championship in Jaipur on Thursday.
Second seed and last year’s runner-up Nafees beat Maharashtra’s Purav Rambhia in straight games, while 3/4 seed Unnati defeated last year’s runner-up Akanksha Gupta of Maharashtra in four games.
Meanwhile, Hridhaan Shah (MH) edged out Tamil Nadu’s Shiven Agarwal in a five-game thriller in the U-17 boys final.
Alia Kankaria (WB) and Inaya Andrabi (RJ) won the girls’ U-13 and girls’ U-11 crowns respectively, beating the top seeds in five games.
Earlier, Nafees (UP) and Akanksha Gupta (MH) advanced to their second straight U-19 boys and girls finals respectively in the Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash Championship on Wednesday.
Runner-up last year, second seed Nafees beat Rajasthan’s 5/8 seed Subhash Choudhary 18-16, 11-3, 11-1 in the semifinals and will meet top seed Purav Rambhia of Maharashtra for the title.
Meanwhile, top seed Akanksha beat state-mate Eesha Shrivastava 11-7, 11-8, 14-12 in the semifinals. In the final, she will take on Unnati Tripathi, who beat second seed and defending champion Anika Dubey in the other semifinal.
In boys’ U-17 semifinals, Maharashtra’s Hridhaan Shah stunned top seed and state-mate Shreyansh Jha, while Shiven Agarwal beat second seed and fellow Tamil Nadu player Lokesh Subramani.
Elsewhere, Karnataka’s Riyansika Verma defeated top seed Aadya Budhia in a five-game thriller in the girls’ U-17 semifinals, while Divyanshi Jain upset Tamil Nadu second seed Goushika M in the girls’ U-15 semifinals.
Results (all finals):
Boys' U-19: 2-Yusha Nafees (UP) bt 1-Purav Rambhia (MH) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6; U-17: 5/8-Hridhaan Shah (MH) bt 5/8-Shiven Agarwal (TN) 11-8, 8-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-2; U-15: 1-Dhruv Johri (HR) bt Vedant Agarwal (JH) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; U-13: 1-Aaron Arambhan (MH) bt 5/8-Aryan SK (KA) 11-1, 11-7, 12-10; U-11: 1-Agastya Uppal (DL) bt 3/4-Yuvaan Verma (RJ) 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6.
Girls' U-19: 3/4-Unnati Tripathi (UP) bt 1-Akanksha Gupta (MH) 8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-5; U-17: 2-Saanvi Kalanki (MP) bt 5/8-Riyansika Verma (KA) 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-7; U-15: 3/4-Divyanshi Jain (RJ) bt 1-Anika Kalanki (MP) 11-8, 11-2, 11-8; U-13: 2-Alia Kankaria (WB) bt 1-Riyaa Dalal (MH) 11-13, 11-6, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7; U-11: 3/4-Inaya Andrabi (RJ) bt 1-Gaurvi Ajmera (RJ) 12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 5-11, 11-7.
Source: IANS
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