MUMBAI, NOVEMBER 16: The top four seeds in the boys under-17 category took their appointed places in the semi-finals with easy wins against their lesser known opponents in the 25th HSCB Maharashtra state Open squash championship here on Thursday.
In the quarter-finals top seed Gaurav Nandrajog sidelined Mihir Seth 9-4, 9-4, 9-5 while second seed Supreet Singh ousted Rushabh Vora 9-0, 9-2, 9-3.Third seed Saurav Ghosal too had an easy time defeating Jagbir Singh Julka 9-5, 9-4, 9-0 while fourth seed Sahil Vora packed off Anurag Gill 9-5, 9-3, 9-2 to move into the semi-finals.
Second and third seeds Sandeep Jangra and Manek Mathur will clash in the boys under-13 final respectively on Friday.pMathur rallied magnificiently, after dropping the first two games, to pip fourth seed Jay Bhagat 4-9, 1-9, 9-5, 9-6, 9-0 while Jangra beat giant-killer Naishadh Lalwani 9-1, 9-10, 9-7, 9-5.
Results (SF) Boys U-13: Sandeep Jangra bt Naishadh Lalwani 9-1, 9-10, 9-7, 9-5; Manek Mathur bt Jay Bhagat 4-9, 1-9, 9-5, 9-6, 9-0.
Professionals (SF): Dalip Tripathi bt CS Pawar 9-3, 9-5, 9-1, Balamurugan bt Santosh More 9-0, 9-4, 9-2. U-17 (QF): Gaurav Nandrajog bt Mihir Seth 9-4, 9-4, 9-5; Sahil Vora bt Anurag Gill 9-5, 9-3, 9-2; Saurav Ghosal bt Jagbir Singh Julka 9-5, 9-4, 9-0; Supreet Singh beat Rushabh Vora 9-0, 9-2, 9-3.
Girls (SF) U-13: Alisha Mashruvala bt Shahnaz Dastur 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Shailee Shilke bt Shweta Singh 9-0, 9-0, 9-4. U-15 (SF): Alisha Mashruvala bt Shailee Shilke 9-0, 9-2, 9-1. U-19 (QF): Joshna Chinappa bt Kanika Premnarayen 9-0, 9-1, 9-3; Rachita Vora bt Shaila Pandole 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Rhea Bhandare bt Natasha Lall 9-1, 9-2, 9-2; Priyanka Yadav bt Sargam Tatwawadi 9-0, 9-1, 9-0;
Women (QF): Mekhala Subedar bt Kanika Parmnarayan 9-0, 9-1, 9-3; Rhea Bhandare bt Anaheeta Dhalla 9-3, 9-0, 9-3; Priyanka Yadav bt Rachita Vora 9-7, 9-4, 9-6; Joshna Chinappa bt Deepika Chandratreya 9-0, 9-4, 9-5.
Open (QF): Manish Chotrani bt Cyrus Poncha 9-4, 9-3, 9-4