Chand, Mandal enter U-17 boys final

Top two seeds Suraj Chand and Deepak Mandal advanced to the boys' under-17 finals of the Indian Squash Professional (ISP)-organised Rs two lakh prize-money JVPG-SRAM Winter Squash Open 2016 here today.

In the semi-final, top seed Chand worked hard to overcome Tanay Punjabi in four well-contested games, posting a 11-7, 11-6, 15-17, 11-1 victory.

Mandal had a much easier outing against Araash Mehta and romped to a fluent 13-11, 11-5, 11-4 win.

Anshul Goyal, top seed in the Open 21 category, rallied well to defeat joint 3/4 seed Pradeep Chaudhary 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 in the semis.

He will meet Neel Joshi, who prevailed over Rahul Baitha in straight games in a battle of unseeded players, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 in the final.
 

In men's action, top seed Aditya Jagtap entered the title round with a straight-game win over 3/4 seed Aditya Maheshwari, coasting to a 11-9, 11-3, 11-6 win.

However, second seed Abhishek Agarwal suffered a shock defeat, beaten by 3/4 seed Aishwary Singh 12-10, 11-7, 12-10 in the other semi final.