Aishwarya Khubchandani fought hard to secure an upset victory over 2nd seed Sachika Balvani 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 and advance to the quarterfinals of the Otters Club Vedanta Squash Open here Wednesday.
The Otters Club Vedanta Squash Open is a PSA satellite event and a three-star tournament on the Indian Junior squash circuit.
Aishwarya was leading the 1st game at 7-5, but allowed Sachika to make a comeback.
The game went into an 11-11 tiebreaker after which Sachika used her experience to score back to back winners to take the first game 13-11.
Aishwarya shrugged off her first game loss and dominated the rest of games making very few mistakes to win the tie 11-13,11-4, 11-7, 11-7 and advance to the quarters.
In another match 3rd seed Sanya Vats breezed past unseeded Ankita Patil securing an 11-0, 11-0, 11-1 victory.
Results Women Round of 16: Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Sachika Balvani [2] 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7;Radhika Rathore [5/8] bt Priya Gupta 11-5 11-3 12-10; Sanya Vats [3/4] bt Ankita Patil1 1-0 11-0 11-1
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