Pandole sails into last four of junior squash tournament

Top seed Yohan Darius Pandole of Maharashtra cruised to a straight-game win over state-mate Sandeep Paswan to enter the boys' under-19 semifinals of the Rs 6 lakh prize-money All-India NSCI Junior Open Squash tournament here today.
Pandole recored an impressive 11-5 11-6 11-7 victory in the quarter-final match of the SRFI 4-Star Ranking event at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI)'s glass-back courts.
In contrast, second seed Aishwary Singh, also from Maharashtra, had to work hard to overcome compatriot Pranay Jain in five long games. He won 11-7 7-11 11-6 5-11 11-6 to enter the last four.
However, both the joint third seeds, Junaid Muzaffar Thoker of Delhi and Raghuvir Reddy of Maharashtra, failed to get going and bowed out.

Junaid, who had won his earlier round despite playing with a back strain, tried his best to put up a fight against Ranjit Singh of Uttar Pradesh, but looked uncomfortable and went down in four games 3-11 11-9 6-11 5-11.
On the adjacent court, Raghuvir looked totally out of sorts against Krish and slumped to a 7-11 4-11 11-13 defeat.

Results:
Girls' U-11 (quarter-finals): 1-Yuvna Gupta (MH) bt Harini V (TN ) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5; S Akshaya Sri (TN) bt 3/4-Saisha Gupta (MH ) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10; Aasya Patel (MP) bt 3/4-Archita Singh (MH) 11-0, 11-5, 11-6; 2-Pooja Arthi R (TN ) bt Nayna Taneja (MH ) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3.

Boys' U-11 (quarter-finals): 1-Paarth Ambani (MH) bt Rutva Samant (MH ) 11-4, 11-3, 11-5; Jaivir Singh Dhillon (DL) bt 3/ 4-Yuvraj Wadhwani (MH) 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11, 11-2; 3/ 4-Vivaan Shah (MH) bt Sharan Punjabi (MH) 8-11, 11-4, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9; 2-Ansh Tripathi (TN) bt Arnav Tevatia (MH)11-8, 11-2, 11-5.
Girls' U-13 (Quarter-finals): 1-Megha Bhatia (DL) bt Anjali Semwal (MH) 11-0, 11-3, 11-0; 3/4-Aryaa Ogale (MH) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (MH) 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-5; Anannya Morey (MH) bt 3/4-Avani Nagar (MH) 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8; 2-Ananya Dabke (MH) bt Sarah Vethekar (MH) 11-3, 11-2, 11-6.