Darshana enters semis in junior squash meet

Tamil Nadu's Darshana Vasudevan enjoyed a dream run here on Tuesday in the ISA Open junior squash tournament as she swept aside two higher seeded opponents to earn a semi-final berth.

Darshana, an under-15 Indian Squash Academy trainee, first defeated Abhilasha Bhasin in the round of 16 and then got past Jefffrey Bianca in the quarter-final, winning both matches in straight games.

Among the top seeds on view, Harishit Kaur had the shortest stay on court winning over Hema Dhanya, conceding just one point in three games in the girls Under-19 section.

The results (quarter-finals):

Boys - U-19: Yohan Darius Pandole (Mah) bt Dhruv Dabriwal (WB) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; Junaid Muzaffar Thoker (Del) bt Suraj Prathik Kumar (UP) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5; Velavan Senthilkumar (TN) bt Harshavardhan Wadhwa (Mah) 11-8, 12-10, 13-11; Aishwarya Singh (Mah) bt Aseem Mehra (Del) 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9.

U-17: Adhitya Raghavan (TN) bt Arman Jindal (Mah) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Ranjit Singh (UP) bt Yash Bhargava (Del) 4-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9; Abhay Singh (TN) bt Siddant Iyer (Mah) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Robin Singh Mann (Del) bt Vikas Mehra (TN) 11-5, 11-1, 11-1

U-15: Tushar Shahani (Mah) bt Gowtham Karthick (TN)A 11-3, 11-8, 11-5; Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Pranav N Visvesh 11-3, 11-3, 11-8; Rahul Baitha (Mah) bt Utkarsh Baheti (Raj) 11-1, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7; Veer Chotrani (Mah) bt Gautam Nagpal (Del) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3.

U-13: Navaneeth Prabhu (TN) bt Athrva Yadav (Del) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Tanay Punjabi (Mah) bt Shreyas Mehta (Mah) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Kanhav Nanavati (TN) bt Shreemann Raghavan (TN) 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8; Neel Joshi (Mah) bt Aakash Gupta (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6.

U-11: Paarth Ambani (Mah) bt Rutwa Samanth (Mah) 11-5, 12-10,11-3; Sharan Punjabi (Mah) bt R Sree Karthikeyan 11-1, 8-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-9; Vivaan Shah (Mah) bt Jaivir Singh Dhillon (Del) 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7; Ansh Tripathi (TN) bt Rohan Arya Gondi (AP) 11-2, 11-4, 13-11.

Girls - U-19: Harshit Kaur Jwanda (Del) bt Hema Dhanya (TN) 11-0, 11-0, 11-1; Riddhi Sampat (Mah) bt AV Apoorva (TN) 11-13, 11-7, 11-3, 7-11,11-1; Mayuri Namasivayam (TN) w/o Priyal Jain (TN); Adya Advani (Mah) bt Anmol Dhindsa (Del) 11-0, 11-3, 11-1.

U-17: Akanksha Salunkhe (Goa) bt Kiruttiga Murugesan (TN) 11-5, 11-0, 11-2; Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (TN) bt Koel Shankar (Mah) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3; Nikita Joshi (Mah) bt Nehaarika Balamurukan 11-7, 11-4, 11-3; Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) bt Sanika Choudhari (Mah) 11-4, 11-7, 11-2.

U-15: Diya Joukani (Mah) bt Adwiteya Kasliwal (MP) 11-4, 11-2, 11-2; Darshana Vasudevan (TN) bt Jeffrey Bianca (TN) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7; Navmi Sharma (Mah) bt Thulasimathi Murugesan (TN) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Samita Sivakumar (TN) bt J.S. Krithica 11-9, 11-7, 11-6.

U-13: Megha Bhatia (Del) bt Rewa Bharma (Mah) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Aarya Ogale (Mah) bt Abhisheka Shannon (TN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Avani Nagar (Mah) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (Mah) 13-11, 11-7, 11-4; Ananya Dabke (Mah) bt Diksha Aurobindo (TN) 11-6, 11-5, 12-14, 11-5.

U-11: Yuvna Gupta (Mah) bt V. Harini (TN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Geetanjali Vasudevan (TN) bt Saisha Gupta (Mah) 11-3, 11-7, 11-1; S. Akshaya Sri (TN) bt Archita Singh (Mah) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7; Pooja Aarthi (TN) bt Tagyaa Parakh (WB) 11-3, 11-5, 11-1.