Maheshwari advances into semi-finals
Aditya Maheshwari entered the quarter-finals of men's singles and men's 35+ singles in the Indian Squash Professional (ISP) organised JVPG-SRAM Winter Squash Open 2016 today.
Maheshwari, the joint 3-4 seed in the men's competition, showed fighting qualities to subdue Puneet Pareek 8-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 14-12 win to advance to the semi-final.
The top seeded Mahaeshwari also progressed to the last four round of men's 35+ event by defeating Sachin Jadhav 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.
In another men's singles quarter-finals, second seed Abhishek Agarwal also booked his place in the semi-final by defeating Karan Mirchandani 11-3 11-9 11-8.
Results: Boys' under-17 (quarter-finals): 1-Suraj Chand bt Arjun Singh 11-8 12-10 11-7; Tanay Punjabi bt 3 /4-Avinash Yadav 11-2 11-6 9-11 11-2; Araash Mehta bt Vishal Rajbhar 11-6 11-9 8-11 11-4; 2-Deepak Mandal bt Chandan Kahar 11-4 11-4 11-8.
Men's singles (quarter-finals): 1-Aditya Jagtap bt Amitpal Singh Kohli 11-3 11-6 11-3; 3 /4-Aditya Maheshwari bt Puneet Pareek 8-11 13-11 8-11 11-7 14-12; 3 /4-Aishwary Singh bt Sanjay Pawar 11-7 11-4 11-9; 2-Abhishek Agarwal bt Karan Mirchandani 11-3 11-9 11-8.
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First Published: Nov 20 2016 | 7:57 PM IST