Gaurav goes down fighting

NEW DELHI, October 8: Gaurav Naronajog of Delhi went down in five thrilling games to Mayo College, Ajmer's Aditya V Singh in the boys und...

NEW DELHI, October 8: Gaurav Naronajog of Delhi went down in five thrilling games to Mayo College, Ajmer’s Aditya V Singh in the boys under-16 singles event in the National Junior/Sub-junior Squash Championships at Delhi Gymkhana Club here today. Aditya won 8-10, 9-2, 8-10, 9-7, 9-2.

In another match in the same section, Mihir Sheth of Mumbai defeated Amjad Khan of Dhampur Sugar Mills 9-6, 8-10, 9-0, 5-9, 9-3.

Digvijay Ahlawat won his matches, both in the boys under-14 and under-16 sections. In under-14 singles, Digvijay beat Rachit Gaur 9-3, 9-4, 9-5 while in under-16 section he defeated Vikas Jangra 9-6, 7-9, 9-2, 9-3.

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Results
Boys u-12 (quarter-finals): Raghav Mahajan bt Jai Sekhon 9-2, 5-9, 3-9, 10-9, 9-6; Manpreet Malhi bt Aditya Daniel 9-3, 9-1, 9-3. Boys u-14: Siddharth Suchde bt Rushab Voha 9-1, 9-2, 9-6; Vishal Sharma bt Pratik Patni 9-2, 9-6, 7-9, 9-5; Saurav Ghosal bt Vikas Kumar 9-1, 5-9, 9-5, 9-5; Digvijay Ahlawat bt Rachit Gaur 9-3, 9-4, 9-5. Boys u-16: Digvijay Ahlawat bt Vikas Jangra 9-6, 7-9, 9-2, 9-3; Auloke Mathur bt Varun Kumar 9-1, 2-9, 9-2, 9-1; Jaikaran Juneja bt Vishal kapoor 9-1, 10-8, 9-3. Boys u-19: Mahesh Verma bt Depanjan Pal 7-9, 9-4, 9-1, 9-1; Anshul manchanda bt Tejveer Singh 9-3, 9-2, 9-4; Mihir Kapoor bt Vijay Jangra 9-5, 9-7, 9-6.

Girls u-16: Stuti Singh bt Shaila Pandole 9-4, 9-5, 3-9, 9-4.Girls u-19: Priyanka Yadav bt Stuti Singh 10-8, 9-2, 9-0; Subika Bilkha bt Seetasma Thapa 9-4, 9-4, 9-0.

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