Asian Jr squash: Hridhaan Shah takes out Malaysian top seed in boys' U-17 pre-quarters
Mumbai, May 21
India's Hridhaan Shah took out Malaysian top seed Muhammad Haiqal Hazim Bin Syarudin 11-13, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 in the boys' U-17 pre-quarterfinals at the 33rd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in Panzhihua, China, on Thursday.
Joining Hridhaan in the boys' U-17 quarterfinals are compatriots Lokesh Subramani and Shiven Agarwal, with Hridhaan meeting Lokesh next.
Meanwhile, Aryaveer Dewan, Gurveer Singh, and Yusha Nafees advanced to the quarterfinals in the boys' U-19 category.
Other Indians to make the last-eight stage across categories are: Abhyuday Arora, Dhairya Gogia, and Amarya Bajaj in boys' U-13, Alia Kankaria, Shanaya Parasrampuria, and Divyanshi Jain in girls' U-13, Shresht Iyer and Dhruv Bopana in boys' U-15, Aadya Budhia in girls' U-15, Anika Dubey in girls' U-17, and Unnati Tripathi in girls' U-19.
Results involving Indians (pre-quarterfinals):
U-13 - Boys: Md Mustafa Khan (Pak) bt 5/8-Aaron Arambhan 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6; 3/4-Abhyuday Arora bt L Chandrasekaran (Mas) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5; Dhairya Gogia bt Li Jiaqi (Chn) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2; 3/4-Amarya Bajaj bt Kel Dameer Norifaizal (Mas) 11-8, 13-11, 11-3. Girls: 5/8-Alia Kankaria bt Sel Nuie Chew (Mas) 12-10, 11-8, 11-5; 3/4-Shanaya Parasrampuria bt Kul Arissa Sheikh (Mas) 22-24, 12-10, 11-5, 11-4; Kareena Sashikumar (SGP) bt Riyaa Dalal 11-7, 11-6, 11-7; 2-Divyanshi Jain bt Sayuri De Silva (SL) 11-3, 11-1, 11-0.
U-15 - Boys: 2-Shresht Iyer bt Junya Fujita (Jpn) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5; Md Sohail Adan (Pak) bt Dhruv Johri 11-6, 13-11, 11-3; 5/8-Dhruv Bopana bt Wayne Wilson (Mas) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7. Girls: 1-Ziyuan Yin (Chn) bt M Goushika 6-11, 11-7, 11-6, 13-11; Makaela Lin Cassidy (HK) bt Vasundhara Nangare 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6; 3/4-Aadya Budhia bt Sierra Chi Cheng Cao (Mac) 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4.
U-17 - Boys: Hridhaan Shah bt 1-Muhammad Haiqal Hazim Bin Syarudin (Mas) 11-13, 11-5, 11-4, 11-7; 5/8-Lokesh Subramani bt Jonghyun Yoon (Kor) 11-8, 11-1, 11-5; 5/8-Shiven Agarwal bt Sim Yeak Wei (Mas) 3-11, 10-12, 13-11, 11-8, 11-9; 2-Muhammad Raziq Putra (Mas) bt Raghav Vashistha 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10. Girls: 3/4-Anika Dubey bt Tang Lok Yin (HK) 9-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-2; Ooi Wen Min (Mas) bt Saanvi Kalanki 7-11, 11-5, 11-1, 11-8; 3/4-Pui Yin Chloe (HK) bt Riyansika Verma 11-7, 11-7, 11-3; Yek Rui Jean (Mas) bt Diva Shah 1-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-4.
U-19 - Boys: 3/4-Aryaveer Dewan bt Lau Pak To (HK) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Gurveer Singh bt Sallam A Sufian (Mas) 11-4, 11-7, 11-2; Yusha Nafees bt Khairil Fariz (Mas) 11-4, 11-9, 11-4. Girls: Unnati Tripathi bt Akira Nakajima (Jpn) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5; Whitney Wilson (Mas) bt Akanksha Gupta 11-5, 11-6, 11-2; Ena Kwong (HK) bt Vyomika Khandelwal 11-3, 11-0, 11-1; 2-Helen Tang (HK) bt Eesha Shrivastava 11-5, 11-5, 11-4.
— IANS
Reader Comments
Super proud of all our young players! Especially happy to see so many girls progressing - Alia, Shanaya, Divyanshi, Anika, Unnati... the future looks bright for Indian squash. 🇮🇳
Great to see such depth in the U-13 and U-17 categories. But we need to improve in the U-19 girls section - too many one-sided losses there. Coaching and exposure needed at that level.
What a comeback by Shiven Agarwal! Down two games and then wins three in a row - that's grit. And Dhairya Gogia with an 11-2, 11-2 win? Dominant performance. 👏
Honestly, the infrastructure and training for squash needs more attention in India. These results are impressive but imagine what our players could achieve with better facilities and coaching at the grassroots level.
Yay! So many Indians in quarterfinals across categories! 🥳 Special mention to Unnati Tripathi in girls' U-19 - she's been consistent. And Aryaveer winning 11-4, 11-3, 11-2? Ruthless!
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