Abhay, Ranjit in squash semis

Two Indians Abhay Singh and Ranjit Singh along with Hong Kong's top two seeds Wui Ki Chan and Cheuk Nam Matthew Lai advanced to the Under-19 boys semifinals of the Indian Junior Open squash tournament here on Monday.

Chan put out Karan Rathore in four games while Ranjit Singh knocked out compatriot Sandeep Paswan 3-0, Abhay Singh accounted for fellow-Indian Aishwary Singh 3-0 and Lai overcame Yohann Surti 3-2.

The results (all quarterfinals):

Boys: U-19: Wui Ki Chan (1), (HKG) bt Karan Rathore (IND) 11-4 9-11 11-6 11-6; Ranjit Singh (IND) bt Sandeep Paswan (IND) 11-8 11-7 11-3; Abhay Singh (IND) bt Aishwary Singh (IND) 11-6 11-5 11-6; Cheuk Nam Matthew Lai (HKG) bt Yohann Surti (IND) 9-11 11-7 8-11 11-7 11-7 .

U-17:Yat Ting Harley Lam ( HKG) bt Abdur Rehman (IND) 11-4 11-7 11-4; Vikas Mehra (IND) bt Dev Vazirani (IND) 9-11 11-4 11-5 11-7; Aryaman Adik (IND) bt Krish Kapur (IND)11-5 10-12 11-7 15-13; Yash Bhargava (IND) bt Arman Jindal (USA) 11-7 10-12 11-4 11-3 .

U-15:Veer Chotrani (IND) bt Gautam Nagpal (IND) 11-6 5-11 9-11 11-9 11-4; Utkarsh Baheti (IND) bt Armaan Chowfin (IND) 11-7 11-7 12-10; Yash Fadte (IND) bt Inderjit Singh (IND) 11-8 11-9 11-7;Saksham Choudhary (IND) bt Tejas Chawla (IND) 11-9 7-11 11-5 10-12 11-2.

U-13: Neel Joshi (IND) bt Aakash Gupta (IND) 11-9 11-6 11-5; Tanay Pbi (IND) bt Yash Salunkhe (IND) 11-4 11-9 11-8; Kanhav Nanavati (IND) bt Athrva Yadav (IND) 11-8 11-4 11-7; Navaneeth Prabhu S (IND) bt Arman Darukhanawalla (IND) 11-8 11-9 11-6.

U-11:Yan Chun Chew (MAS) bt Rutva Samant (IND) 11-0 9-11 11-4 11-5; Yuvraj Wadhwani (IND) bt Sharan Pbi (IND) 11-6 11-3 11-13 11-1; Arnav Tevatia (IND) bt Vivaan Shah (IND) 4-11 14-12 11-3 11-2; Paarth Ambani (IND) bt Rohan Arya Gondi (IND) 11-2 11-8 11-7.

Girls: U-19: Mihiliya Methsarani (SRI) bt Ashlesha Dhankani (IND) 11-0 11-0 11-0; Mayuri Namasivayam (IND) bt Anmol Dhindsa (IND) 11-7 11-0 11-0; Jui Kalgutkar (IND) bt Fathoum Issadeen (SRI) 7-11 11-4 11-8 11-3; Harshit Kaur Jawanda (IND) bt Oma Choudhary (IND) 11-2 11-3 11-2.

U-17: Akanksha Salunkhe (IND) bt Aaradhana Kasturiraj (IND) 11-3 11-4 11-2 ; Koel Shankar (IND) bt Simran Nagpal (IND) 11-1 5-11 11-7 11-7; Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (IND) bt Nandika Kumar (IND) 11-6 11-7 11-3; Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND) bt Aditi Prasad (IND) 11-4 11-5 11-5.

U-15: Sneha Sivakumar (SIN) bt Krithica J S (IND) 11-2 11-3 11-9; Amita Gondi (USA) bt Jannia Singh (IND) 11-4 11-2 11-7; Samita Sivakumar (IND) bt Abhilasha Bhasin (IND) 11-4 11-7 11-7; Navmi Sharma (IND) bt Mira Kamat (USA) 11-4 11-1 11-5.

U-13: Megha Bhatia (IND) bt Nandini Kuchhal (IND) 11-3 11-1 11-2; Aira Azman (MAS) bt Avani Nagar (IND) 11-5 11-9 11-3; Aishwarya Khubchandani (IND) btAryaa Ogale (IND) 11-4 7-11 11-9 9-11 11-8; Ananya Dabke (IND) bt. Miraya Gupta (IND) 11-2 11-5 11-0.

U-11: Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) bt Archita Singh (IND) 11-2 11-1 11-4; Gitanjali Vasudevan (IND) bt Swetha Sivakumar (SIN) 11-2 11-4 11-4 ; Saisha Gupta (IND) bt S Akshaya Sri (IND) 14-16 11-6 12-10 11-4; Pooja Arthi R (IND)bt Aasya Patel (IND) 8-11 11-7 5-11 11-4 11-5.