Favourite Suchde one step away

Top seed in all the various categories she is participating in,Karki advanced to the women’s,girls’ under-19 and girls’ under-17 finals after registering impressive wins against each of her opponents. She thrashed fourth seed Shaheeda Madraswala 11-3,11-3,11-1 in the women’s category,while beating Aishwarya Bhattacharya and Aishwarya Kulkarni in the U-17 and U-19 categories respectively.

Karki will meet an unlikely opponent in the under-19 finals,however,after unseeded Urvashi Joshi of Jindal shocked second seed Shria Khatri in straight sets.

World junior No. 3 Mangaonkar also entered the boys’ under-19 final where he set up a clash with third seed Uttkarsh Kumar of Delhi,who in turn got the better of No. 2 Shashi Pandey of Jindal Squash Academy in a five-set thriller.

Results: Men’s Open (Semi-finals): 1-Siddharth Suchde bt Sandeep Jangra 11-6,11-6,11-8; 2-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt 3-Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) 11-4,11-2,5-11,11-5; Women’s (Semi-finals): 1-Saumya Karki bt 4-Shaheeda Madraswala (CCI) 11-3,11-3,11-1; Boys’ U-9 (Semi-finals): Tanay Punjabi bt Arman Darukhanawala 11-3,11-3,11-5; Boys’ U-11 (Semi-finals): 1-Veer Chotrani (Otters Club) bt Utkarsh Baheti (Raj) 11-3,12-10,11-7; 2-Tushar Sahani bt Ansh Shetty 11-2,11-1,11-2; Boys’ U-13 (Semi-finals): 2-Dev Vazirani bt Chaitanya Shah (Bombay Gym) 5-11,11-6,9-11,11-9,11-8; 1-Aryaman Adik bt Siddhanth Iyer (Jindal) 11-8,6-11,11-6,11-6; Boys’ U-15 (Semi-finals): 1-Yohan Pandole (CCI) bt Yohann Surti (Willingdon SC) 11-8,11-3,11-3; Boys’ U-17 (Semi-finals): 1-Abhimanyu Shah (Bombay Gym) bt Vaarish Sawlani 11-3,11-6,11-9; Arjun Kochhar (CCI) bt Ishaan Advani (Bombay Gym) 11-6,11-5,11-7; Boys’ U-19 (Semi-finals): 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt 4-Aditya Advani 11-6,11-5,11-6; 3-Uttkarsh Kumar (Delhi) bt 2-Shashi Pandey (Jindal) 4-11,11-8,11-6,10-12,11-7; Girls’ U-11 (Semi-finals): 2-Abhilasha Bhasin bt Tanmai Pathak 11-6,11-5,11-7; Girls’ U-13 (Semi-finals): Daksha Pathak bt Riddhi Sampat 11-4,11-7,11-8; Koel Shankar bt Diya Joukhani 11-2,11-4,11-1; Girls’ U-15 (Semi-finals): 2-Aishwarya Nambiar bt Daksha Pathak 4-11,11-3,11-5,11-0; Girls’ U-17 (Semi-finals): 1-Saumya Karki bt Aishwarya Bhattacharya 11-3,11-5,11-4; 2-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt Jui Kalgutkar (Chembur Gym) 11-3,12-10,11-4; Girls’ U-19 (Semi-finals): Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt 2-Shria Khatri 11-6,14-12,11-7; 1-Saumya Karki bt Aishwarya Kulkarni 11-3,11-3,11-4; Professionals (Semi-finals): 1-Rohit More (CCI) bt Vijay Waghela (Khar Gym) 11-2,11-5,11-5; 2-Sanjay Pawar (Otters Club) bt Sachin Jadhav (JVPG) 7-11,11-6,11-6,11-8.