India's Sunayna Kuruvilla, Tanvi Khanna and Harinder Pal Sandhu on Saturday cruised into the finals of the squash singles events to assure themselves of at least a silver medal at the 13th South Asian Games here.
In the women's event, Sunayna beat her Pakistani opponent Faiza Zafar 7-9, 11-6, 11-0, 11-6. In the second semifinal, Tanvi, who was also up against a Pakistani player Madina Zafar, sealed the victory in straight games 12-10, 11-6, 11-7 in a match that lasted just over 30 minutes.
Sunayna and Tanvi will lock horns in an all-Indian final on Sunday.
Sandhu showed his fighting abilities to down the second seed Pakistan player Farhan Mehboob 9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 in the men's semifinal.
Abhay Singh was the only casualty from India. He lost to top seed Tayyab Aslam of Pakistan 11-6, 4-11, 14-12, 10-12, 7-11.
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