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Indian National Junior Championships 2008
31-Oct to 04-Nov, Chennai |
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Day Five Roundup
All matches go according to seedings on the penultimate day at
the junior national championships in Chennai, with Tamil Nadu
winning 5 titles followed by 3 titles for Delhi and 2 for
Maharashtra.
Vikram Malhotra and Dipika Pallikal brushed off resistance from
Aditya Jagtap and Surbhi Misra to confirm their supremacy in the
under 19 boys and girls category. Vikram who turns 19 in a week
looked solid winning his last junior event while Dipika regained
her national title convincingly.
Karan Malik won his first major title and Harita Omprakash won
her 5 consecutive national title in the under 17 category.
Day Four Roundup
Abhishek Pradhan seeded
3/4th craeted the biggest upset of the junior nationals here in
Chennai when he defeating top seed Ravi Dixt in an enthralling 5
games in the boys under 17 category . Ravi wion the first game
13-11 hiting lengths to great effect but there on came the
charge from Abhishek. Running down every ball that was thrown at
him and hitting some delightful drops Abhishek won the second
game 13-11, this is what he is know for - his figting spirit.
Ravi held back the 3rd game convincingly with discplined squash
and once gain Abhishek pull back to leveled the score 2-2. In
the fifth it was Ravi all the way, leading 7-2 and with 3 match
balls 10-7, and back again came Abhishek. Hitting hard and low
and retrieving every shot Ravi started to float the ball.
Abhishek took advantage and leveled the score at 10-10. With
every players on the edge of their seat, Abhishek kept the
pressure and waited for his opening winning with 2 consecutive
winners.
Following Abhishek, was Karan Malik also seeded 3/4 playing with
clinical precision moving 2nd seeded Ramit to all corners. 9-9
in the second game was the only time Ramit had to claw back into
the match but with 2 errors Karan ran away with the game and the
match winning the third comfortably. Tomorrows final will see a
new champion in the under 17 boys - Abhishek v Karan.
Surbhi Misra from Rajasthan was just too good for Anwesha Reddy
today in the girls under 19. Surbhi moved Anwesha well and
forced her into making errors. She will play top seeded Dipika
in the final tomorrow. In the boys section, Vikram Malhotra will
play Aditya Jagtap.
Sandeep Ramachandran who has done exceedingly well lost to 2nd
seeded Raghav Mehrotra in 5 games in the boys under 13. Both
players played brilliantly with aggression, and skill. This is
the future of Indian juniors and it is certainly bright!!
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Full Draws & Results
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RESULTS:
04-Nov, Finals:
Girls u11
Winner - Adya Advani (DEL) beat Aishwarya Bhattacharya (MAH)
11-4,11-3,8-11,11-1
3rd place - Rayna Kishanchandani (MAH) v Jui Kalgutar (MAH)
21-19,6-11,11-8,11-9
Girls u13
Winner - Pankhuri Malhotra (DEL) beat Lakshya Ragvendra (TN)
10-12,11-6,11-9,11-3
3rd place - Heba Johnson (RAJ) beat Likhitta Dugar (TN)
11-13,11-7,11-8,11-8
Girls u15
Winner - Anaka Alankamony (TN) beat Saumya Karki (MAH)
11-9,11-6,12-10
3rd place - Aprajitha Balamurukan (TN) beat Shria Khatri (MAH)
11-6,11-6,7-11,11-7
Girls u17
Winner - Harita Om Prakash (TN) beat Ankita Sharma (MAH)
11-6,11-9,11- 3
3rd place - Dheeya Somaiya (MP) beat Tanvi Jain (MP) 11-7,
11-3,9-11,11-9
Girls u19
Winner - Dipika Pallikal (TN) beat Surbhi Misra (RAJ)11-5.11-5,11-2
3rd place - Anwesha Reddy (TN) beat Swati Muchhal (MP)
11-3,11-2,11-5
Boys u11
Winner - Roshan R. K. (TN) Beat A. Rishidev (TN) 11-9,11-2,11-6
3rd place - Ranjeet Singh (UP) beat Robin Mann (DEL) 11-6.11-8,11-6
Boys u13
Winner - Kush Kumar (DEL) beat Raghav Mehrotra (MAH) 11-5,11-2,11- 8
3rd place - Abhimanyu Shah (MAH) Beat Sandeep Ramachandran (TN)
9-11,11-4,11-7,11-6
Boys u15
Winner - Mahesh Mangaonkar (MAH) Beat Vivek Dinodia (WB)
11-6,9-11,11-6,11-2
3rd place - Vrishab Kotian (TN) beat Deepak Mishra (DEL)
11-7,11-9,11-5
Boys u17
Winner - Karan Malik (TN) beat Abhishek Pradhan (TN
11-7,8-11,11-2,11-8
3rd place - Ravi Dixit (TN) beat Ramit Tandon (TN) 11-7,11-1,11-2
Boys u19
Winner - Vikram Malhotra (MAH) beat Aditya Jagtap (MAH)
11-8,11-7,11-8
3rd place - Paramit Singh (TN) beat Laxman Joshi (MAH) 12-10, 11-8,
11-9
03-Nov, Day Four:
Boys 11 - Semi-Final
1* Roshan R. K. (TN) beat Ranjeet Singh (UP) 11-7 7-11 11-6 11-7
5/8* A. Rishidev (TN) beat Robin Mann (DEL) 11-9 11-5 11-5
Boys 13 - Semi-Final
1* Kush Kumar (DEL) beat 5/8* Abhimanyu Shah (MAH) 11-4 11-6 13-11
2* Raghav Mehrotra (MAH) beat 5/8* Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) 12-14
11-2 13-15 11-9 11-7
Boys 15 - Semi-Final
1* Mahesh Mangaonkar (MAH) beat 5/8* Deepak Mishra (DEL) 11-0 11-3
11-6
2* Vivek Dinodia (WB) beat 5/8* Vrishab Kotian (TN) 11-7 3-11 5-11
11-6 11-7
Boys 17 - Semi-Final
3/4* Abhishek Pradhan (TN) beat 1* Ravi Dixit (TN) 11-13 13-11 5-11
11-5 13-11
3/4* Karan Malik (TN) beat 2* Ramit Tandon (TN) 11-8 11-9 11-4
Boys 19 - Semi-Final
1* Vikram Malhotra (MAH) beat 3/4* Laxman Joshi (MAH) 11-1 11-5 11-3
2* Aditya Jagtap (MAH) beat 3/4* Paramit Singh (TN) 10-12 11-3 11-7
11-4
Girls 11 - Semi-Final
1* Adya Advani (DEL) beat 5/8* Rayna Kishanchandani (MAH) 11-0 11-4
11-3
2* Aishwarya Bhattacharya (MAH) beat 5/8* Jui Kalgutar (MAH) 5-11
11-5 11-9 8-11 11-6
Girls 13 - Semi-Final
1* Pankhuri Malhotra (DEL) beat 3/4* Likhitta Dugar (TN) 11-6 11-4
11-3
Lakshya R beat Heba Johnson 3-0
Girls 15 - Semi-Final
1* Anaka Alankamony (TN) beat 3/4* Shria Khatri (MAH) 11-4 11-3 11-3
2* Saumya Karki (MAH) beat 3/4* Aprajitha Balamurukan (TN) 11-13
11-8 11-8 6-11 11-7
Girls 17 - Semi-Final
1* Harita Om Prakash (TN) beat Tanvi Jain (MP) 11-1 11-3 11-6
Ankita Sharma by Dheeya Somaiya 3-2
Girls 19 - Semi-Final
1* Dipika Pallikal (TN) beat 3/4* Swati Muchhal (MP) 11-5 11-1
11-1
3/4* Surbhi Misra (RAJ) beat 2* V. Anwesha Reddy (TN) 11-7 11-8 11-5
(23m)
02-Nov, Day Three:
Boys 11 - Quarter-Final
1* Roshan R. K. (TN) bt 9/16* Abhay Singh (TN) 11-2 11-1 11-2
Ranjeet Singh (UP) bt 9/16* R.A. Charanyaselvan (TN) 11-6 11-6 11-3
5/8* A. Rishidev (TN) bt 3/4* Yohann Surti (MAH) 11-6 11-4 11-5
Robin Mann (DEL) bt 9/16* Velavan (TN) 11-7 6-11 11-5 11-7
Boys 13 - Main Draw - Quarter-Final
1* Kush Kumar (DEL) bt 5/8* Harshit Muchal (RAJ) 11-3 11-5 11-6
5/8* Abhimanyu Shah (MAH) bt 3/4* Aditya Khatri (MAH) 11-5 11-2 11-4
5/8* Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) bt 3/4* Yohan Pandole (MAH) 11-5 8-11
11-5 11-5
2* Raghav Mehrotra (MAH) bt 9/16* Akhilesh Yadav (MAH) 11-3 11-1
11-7
Boys 15 - Quarter-Final
1* Mahesh Mangaonkar (MAH) bt 5/8* Rahil Fazelbhoy (MAH) 11-3 11-3
11-2
5/8* Deepak Mishra (DEL) bt 3/4* Caran Arora (MAH) 11-5 11-5 11-4
5/8* Vrishab Kotian (TN) bt 3/4* Karan Thahryamal (RAJ) 5-11 11-13
11-7 11-8 11-8
2* Vivek Dinodia (WB) bt 5/8* Rishi Tandon (TN) 11-7 11-6 12-10
Boys 17 - Quarter-Final
1* Ravi Dixit (TN) bt Pranay Merchant (MAH) 11-4 11-3 11-3
3/4* Abhishek Pradhan (TN) bt 5/8* Akshay Deepak (TN) 11-8 13-15
11-6 11-2
3/4* Karan Malik (TN) bt 5/8* Ashray Ohri (RAJ) 11-6 11-4 9-11 11-3
2* Ramit Tandon (TN) bt 5/8* Aadit Zaveri (MAH) 11-7 11-4 11-7
Boys 19 - Quarter-Final
1* Vikram Malhotra (MAH) bt 5/8* Naveen Jangra (MAH) 11-4 11-2 11-7
3/4* Laxman Joshi (MAH) bt 5/8* Gunraj Singh (DEL) 11-8 11-8 11-6
3/4* Paramit Singh (TN) bt 5/8* Sami Johnson (MAH) 11-3 6-11 11-5
11-4
2* Aditya Jagtap (MAH) bt 5/8* Abhinav Sinha (MAH) 11-1 11-4 11-7
Girls 11 - Quarter-Final
1* Adya Advani (DEL) bt 5/8* Anushka Nair (MAH) 11-1 11-2 11-2
5/8* Rayna Kishanchandani (MAH) bt 3/4* Shamika Reddy (TN) 11-6 11-5
8-11 11-5
5/8* Jui Kalgutar (MAH) bt 3/4* Neharika Balamurukan (TN) 11-5 4-11
11-2 11-4
2* Aishwarya Bhattacharya (MAH) bt A.V. Apoorva (TN) 11-0 11-2 11-1
Girls 13 - Quarter-Final
1* Pankhuri Malhotra (DEL) bt Nandian Agarwal (DEL) 11-8 11-3 11-0
3/4* Likhitta Dugar (TN) bt Mannat Jauhal (RAJ) 11-3 14-12 11-1
3/4* Heba Johnson (RAJ) bt Madhumitha (TN) 11-0 11-0 11-0
2* Lakshya Ragvendra (TN) bt Harshit Kaur (DEL) 11-3 11-0 11-2
Girls 15 - Quarter-Final
1* Anaka Alankamony (TN) bt Rhea Advani (MAH) 11-2 11-2 11-3
3/4* Shria Khatri (MAH) bt 5/8* Sachika Ingale (DEL) 13-11 11-4 4-11
11-6
3/4* Aprajitha Balamurukan (TN) bt 5/8* Urvashi Joshi (MAH) 13-11
11-4 11-3
2* Saumya Karki (MAH) bt Saai Meera (TN) 11-2 11-6 11-2
Girls 17 - Quarter-Final
1* Harita Om Prakash (TN) bt Arushi Agarwal (DEL) 11-1 11-5 11-1
Tanvi Jain (MP) bt 3/4* Rinki Soni (MAH) 11-5 11-2 9-11 16-14
3/4* Ankita Sharma (MAH) bt Namrata Purohit (MAH) 11-5 12-10 11-4
2* Dheeya Somaiya (MP) bt Urvashi Singh (RAJ) 5-11 11-8 11-9 11-8
Girls 19 - Quarter-Final
1* Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt D. Surafi (TN) 11-0 11-2 11-3
3/4* Swati Muchhal (MP) bt Nitisha Sethia (WB) 11-1 11-3 11-2
3/4* Surbhi Misra (RAJ) bt Shaheen Madraswala (MAH) 11-9 11-2 1
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Day Three Roundup
There were a handful of upsets in the younger age groups at the
junior national squash championships here in Chennai on
quarterfinal day. 9 out of a total of 40 match played today saw
the 'underdog' going through.
In the boys under 11 category, A. Rishdev seeded 5/8 from
Chennai defeated 3/4 ranked Yohann Surti in 4 close games.
Rishidev played some delightful drives and drops keeping Yohann
always on the run winning in straight games. Robin Mann from
Delhi who ousted second seed Sandeep Paswan from Maharasthra
yesterday won once again in four games against Velavan from
Chennai.
In boys under 13, 3/4 seeded Yohan Pandole was unable to keep up
the speed and retreviving power of Sandeep Ramachandran
continuing his winning streak while Abhimanyu Shah from
Maharastra defeated state mate and higher ranked Aditya Khatri
in straight games.
In the boys under 15, Vrishabh Kotian came up with the match of
his life as he fought back from 2 games down against higher
ranked Karan Thahryamal from Rajashtan.
Vrishab lost the first easily but in the second games both
players were levelled at 10-10 with Karan edging him out 13-11.
A huge comeback in the third and fought gave Vrishabh the
confidence against a tyring Karan. In the end, Vrishab had 4
matchballs and converted it after 2 points. A great result from
Vrishab having shifted from Mumbai to Chennai 6months ago. Delhi
based Deepak Mishra outplayed Mumbai's Caran Arora in the
quarterfinal in straight games.
The girls under 11 saw both Tamilnadu girls, Shamika Reddy &
Neharika Balamurukan seeded 3/4 going down to Rayna
Kishanchandani and Jui Kalgutar respectively. And Tanvi Jain
defeated Rinki Soni in the girls under 17 category.
An exciting day overall with nearly 25% upset results.
Day Two Roundup:
Sandeep Ramachandran from ICL Academy a 7th standard student at
Lady Andal School clawed his way back from 2 games down against
a taller Suyash Sharma from Rajasthan on day 2 in the pre
quarterfinal stage of the Boys under 13 in the National Junior
Championships being held at the ICL Squash Academy in Chennai.
Losing the first two games 7-11, 9-11 Sandeep pulled it back
comfortably winning the next 2 games 11-5, 11-6. The decider was
a cliffhanger, Suyash with a series of winners raced from 6-6 to
10-6 match ball. With the match looking over, Sandeep showed his
grit picking up every ball and played the remaining points to
perfection.
Both players were charged up and Sandeep won the final game
which went to the tie breaker 14-12. the final match score was
7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 14-12. Sandeep had shifted to Chennai
from Dubai less than year ago to pursue squash.
Another exciting match against 2 Mumbai lads where Samir Mistry
went down to Pranav Merchant after leading 2-0.
All top seeds were win action today all sailing thru without any
major problems.
Massive entry in Chennai
Expectations are high among squash lovers across the country who
will be looking forward to an action filled Sub Junior Junior
National Squash Championship from October 31 to be held at the
ICL Squash Academy, Chennai. There are over 400
participants from 19 states with the maximum participation from
the home state of Tamil Nadu, with 123 players.
There will be 10 categories in the individual event - Boys &
Girls Under 11, 13, 15, 17 & 19 years, this will be followed by
the Interstate championships (3-8 November 2008) which
has 4 events - Boys & Girls Under 15 & 19.
The top junior players vying for the Boys under 19 title include
Vikram Malhotra & Aditya Jagtap, both from
Maharashtra. These 2 along with the top 2 seeds in the Boys
under 17 category, Ravi Dixit and Ramit Tandon
were part of the Indian team that finished 4th at the World
Junior Championships in Switzerland earlier this year.
In the Girls under 19 category Dipika Pallikal & V.
Anwesha Reddy both from Tamil Nadu have been seeded to reach
the finals.
Upcoming stars, Mahesh Mangaonkar from Maharashtra (Asia
# 2 Boys under 15) and Anaka Alankamony (Asian # 1
Girls under 15) are the top seeds in the under 15 boys and girls
category respectively.
"Squash in the
country has seen a definite upward trend both in terms of
international results as well as public awareness. As a result
of which, the ICL Squash Academy is expected to see throngs of
supporters and squash enthusiasts from all over the country
during the championships."
Secretary General - SRFI
The ICL Academy will also host
the first of a new Indian Challenger
series next week ...
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