Squash: Unheralded Aparajitha shocks Sachika to enter final

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Last Updated : Dec 20 2017 | 7:55 PM IST
Unseeded Aparajitha Balamurukan of Tamil Nadu upset second seed Sachika Balvani of Maharashtra in five games to enter the women's final of the 74th CCI- Western India Open Squash Tournament here today.
Aparajitha dumped an error-prone Sachika 2-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6 in the semi-final and will meet top seed Urwashi Joshi in the final.
Urwashi had things well in control in the other semi final to carve out a 11-3, 11-1,11-1 victory over 3/4 seed Amruta Swami in the other semi final.
Top seed Ravi Dixit of Haryana and second seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi advanced to the men's semi-finals along with Mumbai duo, Aditya Jagtap and Abhishek Pradhan.
Results: Men (Quarter-finals): Ravi Dixit bt Jamal Sakib 11-3, 11-9, 12-10; Aditya Jagtap bt Sandeep Jangra 11-8, 11-4, 11-8; Abhishek Pradhan bt Abhishek Agarwal 11-7, 11-2, 11-8; Gaurav Nandrajog bt Naveen Jangra bt 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.
Women (Semi-finals): Urwashi Joshi bt Amruta Swami 11-3, 11-1, 11-1; Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Sachika Balvani 2-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6.
Girls U-11 (Semi finals): Diya Yadav bt Unnati Tripathi 3-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Anahat Singh bt Jiya Chotrani 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.
Girls U-13 (Semi-finals): Aasya Patel bt Nayna Taneja 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Pooja Arthi R. bt Kaavya Bansal 13-11, 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.
Girls U-15 (Semi-finals): Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Tanishka Jain 11-1, 11-9, 11-4; Yuvna Gupta bt Sarah Vethekar 6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 16-14, 11-9.
Girls U-17 (Semi-finals): Jannia Singh bt Megha Bhatia 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; Ananya Dabke bt Anannya Morey 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4.
Girls U-19 (Semi-finals): Ashita Bhengra bt Sparshi Mattas 11-5, 11-9, 11-5; Radhika Rathore bt Aaradhana Kasturiraj 9-11, 11-0, 11-6, 11-5.
Boys U-11 (Semi-finals): Ekambir Singh bt Siddharth Bhandari 11-3, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9; Dev Sharma bt Aakash Kannan 3-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-13, 11-8.
Boys U-13 (Semi-finals): Yuvraj Wadhwani bt Shaurya Bawa 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7; Rutva Samant bt Devay Mehta 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.
Boys U-15 (Semi-finals): Tanay Punjabi bt Shreyas Mehta 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 4-11, 11-5; Arnaav Sareen bt Jay Vaknalli 11-2, 11-3, 11-5.

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First Published: Dec 20 2017 | 7:55 PM IST

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