Veer Chotrani, Sanya Vats win titles

Maharashtra's Veer Chotrani and Sanya Vats of Haryana Thursday won the under-19 boys and girls titles respectively in the inaugural Southern Slam junior squash, an SRFI five-star tournament held here.

Chotrani made short work of Delhi boy Sankalp Anand (seeded in the 5/8 bracket) 17-15 11-2 11-6 to emerge the champion.

Anand, conqueror of the top-seed Utkarsh Baheti in the semis, faded away after a close first game.

In the girls section, top-seed Sanya Vats gave no chance to the talented Mumbai girl Ananya Dabke and won in straight games, dropping just 18 points in all.

The girls under-17 final between second-seed Taniskha Jain and local girl Abhisheka Shannon went the distance, before the former prevailed 11-6 in the decider.

Results: All finals:
Boys:
U-17: Tanishka Jain (2) bt Abhisheka Shannon (3/4) 6-11, 11-6, 14-12, 7-11, 11-6;