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Anaka, Aparajitha set up summit clash in Junior Open Squash

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Press Trust of India Chennai

Local challenger and top seed, Alankamony prevailed over Urwashi Joshi of Maharashtra 11-6 11-4 11-6 while Balamurukan, seeded 3-4th, defeated France's Enora Villard 9-11 11-9 11-9 11-9 at the Indian Squash Academy.

In Boys under-19, top seed Kush Kumar will be up against surprised finalist Rishi Tandon. Tamil Nadu's Kush defeated Shashi Pandey of Maharashtra 11-9 11-4 11-8 while another local lad, Rishi Tandon ended the challenge of Delhi's Divij Singh Kadan 9-11 11-5 11-8 11-9 in their respective last-four matches.

In the Boys under-17, Vijay Kumar defeated Hong Kong's Lau Tsa Kwan 9-11 11-2 11-5 11-7 while Madhav Dhingra went down fighting to top seed Yuen Tsun Hei of Hong Kong 11-5 12-10 8-11 8-11 9-11.

 

In the Girls under-17, Delhi's Harshit Kaur Jawanda defeated her higher-ranked opponent, Hong Kong's Chan Ho Ching 11-5 11-5 11-5 to book a final berth against Tamil Nadu's Lakshya Ragavendran, who defeated Delhi's Tanvi Khanna 11-2 11-2 11-6.

  

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First Published: Aug 30 2012 | 10:05 PM IST

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