Reigning Under-19 champions Kush Kumar and Harishit Kaur Jawanda cruised into the final of boys' and girls' categories with comfortable victories in the sub-junior and junior national squash championship here.
Kush of Tamil Nadu gave his rival, Yohan Darius Pandole of Maharashtra a run for his money in men's section, defeating him 11-2 11-4 11-1, while it was a similar story in women's category as Jawanda comprehensively beat Anandita Gupta of MP to enter the final.
However, matches were a lot more closely-fought affairs in the lower age categories.
The results of semi-finals:
Boys (U-19): Kush Kumar (1) (TN) bt Yohan Darius Pandole (3/4) (Mah) 11-2 11-4 11-1; Vijay kumar (2) (TN) bt Sandeep Ramachandran (5/8) (TN) 10-12 12-10 11-3 11-1.
U-17: Velavan Senthilkumar (1) (TN) bt Adhitya Raghavan (5/8) (TN) 11-7 11-6 11-5; Robin Singh Mann (5/8) (Del) bt Vikas Mehra (5/8) (TN) 11-0 11-3 11-8.
U-15: Tushar Shahanai (1) (Mah) bt Veer Chotrani (5/8) (Mah) 11-4 11-9 11-4; Chaitanya Shah (2) (Mah) bt Aryan Parekh (5/8) (Mah) 11-5 11-2 11-1.
U-13: Yash Fadte (1) (Goa) bt Neel Joshi (3/4) (Mah) 11-7 11-6 11-3; Advait Adik (3/4) (Mah) bt Naveenth Prabhu (2) (TN) 7-11 11-3 11-9 11-1.
U-11: Jeh Pandole (1) (Mah) bt Ishaan Singh (3/4) (Raj) 14-12 5-11 11-8 11-4; Shreyas Mehta (2) (Mah) Paarth Ambani (Mah) 11-8 11-4 11-4.
Girls (U-19): Lakshya Ragavendran (1) (TN) bt Mayuri Namasivayam (5/8) (TN) 11-6 11-7 11-7; Harshit Kaur Jawanda (2) (Del) bt Anandita Gupta (3/3) (MP) 11-6 11-6 11-3.
U-17: Akaksha Salunkhe (1) (Goa) bt Aishwarya Bhattacharya (3/3) (Mah) 7-11 11-6 11-5 11-5; Adya Advani (2) (Del) bt Sunayna Kuruvilla (5/8) (TN) 11-5 11-6 11-5.
U-15: Nikita Joshi (1) (Mah) bt Diya Joukani (3/4) (Mah) 11-0 11-3 11-2; Amita Gondi (5/8) (AP) bt Aakanksha Rao (2) (Mah) 11-5 12-10 11-2.
U-13: Ananya Dabke (5/8) (Mah) bt Thulasimathi Murugesan (TN) 2-11 13-11 5-11 11-8 11-6; Megha Bhatia (2) (Del) bt Avani Nagar (3/3) (Mah) 11-13 13-11 11-1 11-8.
U-11: Diksha Aurobindo (1) (TN) bt Pooja Arthi R (3/4) (TN) 11-9 11-6 11-4; Abhisheka Shannon(3/4) (TN) bt N Mounisha (5/8) (TN) 11-4 11-7 11-5.
