Megha strikes form, sends Sasha packing

Mumbai, September 27: Unseeded local challenger Megha Vakharia sustained the form that brought her ITF junior's title at Chennai last week...

Mumbai, September 27: Unseeded local challenger Megha Vakharia sustained the form that brought her ITF junior8217;s title at Chennai last week, to send fourth-seeded Sasha Abraham packing 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in two hours and 15 minutes to make it to the girls singles semi-finals of the ITF junior tennis tournament here on Wednesday.

Results: Girls singles QF: Pichaya Laosirichon Thai bt Lata Asudani 7-6 7-0 6-1, Sania Mirza bt Nandini Perumal 6-3 6-0, Megha Vakharia bt Sasha Abraham 2-6 6-2 6-3, Liza Pereira bt Isha Lakhani 7-6 7-4 6-2.

Boys singles PQF: Vinod Kumar Sewa bt P Ravi Krishnan 6-2 7-6 7-5, Amanjot Singh bt Chatwinder Singh 6-3 7-5, Abhishek Tamhane bt Saurav Sukul 6-3 6-2, Vikrant Sane bt Arun Prakash 3-6 6-4 6-1, Parantap Chaturvedi bt Tara Thanthaswanlert Thai 1-6 6-2 6-2, Rohan Gajjar bt Cui Kai China 3-6 6-3 6-1, Shivang Mishra bt Karan Doctor 6-2 6-4, Harshit Sharma bt Rohan Kranti 3-6 6-3 6-3.

Upsets galore in squash
It was a day of upsets at the Little Masters Squash Tournament, organised by the Willingdon Sports Club, with the top three seeds in the boys under-17 category making their exit from the quarter-finals at the WSC8217;s squash courts.

Top seed Yashwardhan Singh lost in five sets to Calcutta8217;s Saurav Ghoshal. Ghoshal won 9-5, 5-9, 8-10, 9-3, 9-5. Also making their exits were second seed Vishal Kapoor of Mumbai and third seed Neerav Tomar of Delhi.

Results: Boys U-17 QF: Supreet Singh bt Vishal Kapoor 7-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-3; Gaurav Nandrajog bt Neerav Tomar 9-0, 9-6, 9-2; Saurav Ghoshal bt Yashwardhan Singh 9-5, 5-9, 8-10, 9-3 9-5; Sahil Vora bt Mihir Seth 9-1, 9-6, 9-0.

Boys U-15 3rd round: Aditya Manjrekar bt Rajeev Mishra 9-6, 9-4, 4-9, 2-9, 9-7; Karanpal Sethi bt Naishad Lalwani 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Sandeep Jangra bt S Zahit 9-2, 7-9, 7-9, 9-5, 9-7; Siddharth Samanta bt Nikhil Seth 9-0, 9-3, 9-0; Rushabh Singhvi bt Survesh Chauhan 9-2, 9-2, 9-2; Gautam Kalani bt Arun Sharma 9-3, 9-5, 4-9, 5-9, 9-6.

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Boys U-13: Naishad Lalwani bt Tushar Gupta 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Alisha Mashruwala bt Akitha Gunasekar Lanka 9-0, 9-2 9-1; Jay Bhagat bt Harsh Thakur 9-2 9-0 9-1.
Boys U-11: Ishaan Balwani bt Aditya Bhandari 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Naveen Jangra bt Zahan Dastur 9-4, 2-9, 9-0 ,2-9 9-5; Yuvraj Pathak bt Nikita Emanuel 9-4, 9-4, 9-6; Kaviraj Bhandare bt Thejaka Wijeweea Lanka 9-3, 0-9,9-7, 9-4; Nitin Chauhan bt Anup Sharma 3-9, 9-2, 2-9, 9-7, 9-7; Pravin Perera Lanka bt Shivangi Loyalekar 9-4, 9-3, 4-9 ,9-4; Vir Seth bt Ramit Tandon 9-1, 9-1, 9-6.
Girls U-19 QF: Deepali Anvekar bt Randika Dissanayake Lanka 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Joshna Chinappa bt Rhea Bandare 9-4, 9-5, 10-9; Rachita Vora bt Shublika Bilkha 9-1, 9-1, 9-1; Priyanka Yadav bt Supriya Balsekar 2-9, 1-9, 9-7, 9-2, 9-5.
Girls U-15 QF: Natasha Lall bt Menusha Hettiarschi 10-8, 9-7, 9-4; Liana Deboo bt Shivangi Loyalekar 9-1, 9-0, 9-6; Joshna Chinappa bt Shailee Shelke 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Alisha Mashruwala bt Nikita Emanuel 9-2 ,9-0, 9-0.