Seven Indians squash players advance

All seven Indians who had to appear for the first round won their matches on the opening day of individual competitions in the World Junior Squash Championship here on Sunday.

The results (Indian matches):

Boys: Aishwary Singh w/o Nilo Vidal (Spain); Vikas Mehra bt Eissa Mohammad (Kuwait) 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9; Adithya Raghavan bt Thijs Van Der Pluijm (Netherlands) 11-6, 11-3, 11-3.

Girls: Sunayna Kuruvilla bt Victoria Leow (Aus) 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, 11-4; Jui Kalgutkar bt Kato Verwilt (Belgium) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Nikita Joshi bt Annika Engstrom (Sweden) 11-9, 11-3, 11-4; Akanksha Salunkhe bt Kuzivakwashe Madungwe (Zimbabwe) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0.