Kapur shocks top seed Muchhal to enter final

West Bengal's Krish Kapur stunned top seed Harshit Muchhal of Delhi in straight games to enter the under 19 boys' final in the 2-Star Matunga Gymkhana All India Junior Open Squash Tournament here today.
Kapur shut out Muchhal 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 to earn a shot at Maharashtra's Harshvardhan for the title.
Tamil Nadu's Shreemann Raghavan overcame 3/4 ranked Tanay Punjabi of Maharashtra 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10 to set up a boys under-13 final with top seeded state rival Navaneeth Prabhu.
Giant-killer Tushar Shahani shocked second seed Aryaman Adik to advance to the boys under-17 final while Aishwarya Khubchandani shocked top seed Avani Nagar to storm into the girls' under-13 final.

India no. 1 and girls under-15 top seed Diya Joukani of Maharashtra survived a scare before prevailing over unseeded state rival Ananya Dabke in five games to enter the final
Results (all semi finals):

Boys: U-11: Jaivir Singh Dhillon (Del) bt Sharan Punjabi 14-12 11-8 11-1; 2-Parthiv N Yagnesh (TN) bt Yuvraj Wadhwani 13-11 11-2 11-5.
U-13: 1-Navaneeth Prabhu (TN) bt Kanhav Nanavati (TN) 11-6 11-4 11-8; Shreemann Raghavan (TN) bt Tanay Punjabi 11-6 6-11 11-9 12-10.
U-15: 1-Veer Chotrani bt Advait Adik 11-8 11-5 11-5; Aryan Parekh bt 2-Rahul Baitha 11-9 11-7 5-11 11-6.
U-17: 1-Abhay Singh (TN) bt Sandeep Paswan 11-8 9-11 11-5 11-5; Tushar Shahani bt 2-Aryaman Adik 12-10 6-11 11-4 11-5.

U-19: Harshvardhan Wadhwa bt Aran Thawani 11-3 11-3 11-9; Krish Kapur (WB) bt 1-Harshit Muchhal (Del) 11-9 11-6 11-7.
Girls: U-11: 1-Yuvna Gupta bt Saisha Gupta 11-2 11-4 11-5; 2-Pooja Arthi R (TN) bt Archita Singh 11-2 11-8 11-3.
U-13: Aishwarya Khubchandani bt 1-Avani Nagar 6-11 12-10 3-11 11-4 11-9; 2-Aryaa Ogale bt Anannya Morey 9-11 3-11 12-10 11-8 11-7.
U-15: 1-Diya Joukani bt Ananya Dabke 8-11 12-10 11-2 7-11 11-9; 2-Aakanksha Rao bt Krithica JS (TN) 11-6 11-9 11-1.
U-17: 1-Jui Kalgutkar bt Navmi Sharma 11-6 11-5 11-6; Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) bt Koel Shankar 11-2 11-5 11-1.