Maharashtra's Aryaman Adik staved off a determined fight-back from Delhi's Yash Bhargava to record a 3-2 win in the boys' under-19 final of the NSCI Indian Classic Junior Open Squash Championship here today.
The contest between the joint 3rd seeds, Aryaman and Yash, witnessed an energy-sapping battle for supremacy.
The Maharashtra lad got off the blocks quickly and comfortably pocketed the first two games to grab a 2-0 lead.
But Yash was not prepared to give up without putting up a fight and with sheer fighting spirit, managed to claim the next two games to take the match to the wire.
In the deciding game, Aryaman displayed more stamina and went on to win it and wrap up the match at 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 11-4 in 45 minutes.
Hong Kong girls Ka Wing Ho and Tin Yan Lau completed a satisfying outing to Mumbai, by claiming the top honours in the under-19 and under-15 events respectively.
In the under-19 final, the number one seed Ka Wing dropped the second game en route to defeating Goa's second seed
Akanksha Salunkhe 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8 in a little over 31 minutes.
Earlier, Tin Yan lived up to her top billing, defeating her Hong Kong rival Sin Yuk Chan in four keenly contested games, posting 11-3, 7-11, 13-11, 11-9 to clinch the under-15 crown.
Goa's top-seeded Yash Fadte emerged champion in the boys' under-15 event by putting it across Maharashtra's joint 3rd seed Advait Adik in straight games at 11-6, 11-7, 11-4.
Top seed Ashita Pranaya Bhengra of Tamil Nadu defeated second seed Nikita Joshi of Maharashtra to bag the girls' under-17 title.
Maharashtra's top seed Tushar Shahani won the boys'
under-17 final with 11-6, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8 win over state mate Arman Jindal.
Other finals results - Girls' U-11: 1-Kaavya Bansal (MH) bt 2-Advita Sharma (MH) 11-9, 9-11, 11-1, 11-0.
Girls' U-13: 1-Aishwarya Khubchandani (MH) bt 2-Diksha Aurobindo (TN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6.
Boys' U-11: 1-Yuvraj Wadhwani (MH) bt 2-Vivaan Shah (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7.
Boys' U-13: 1-Aakash Gupta (MH) bt 3/ 4-Shreyas Mehta (MH) 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-9.
