Araash Mehta rallied to defeat Druv Vazirani 8-11, 11-8, 11-5 in the boys' under-17 second round match and advance to the quarter-finals of the Indian Squash Professional (ISP) organised Rs two lakh prize-money JVPG-SRAM Winter Squash Open 2016 here today.
The top two seeds Suraj Chand and Deepak Mandal also marched into the last eight.
Chand was taken the distance before he overcame Avinash Sahani 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, while Mandal defeated Arsh Nadkarni 11-4, 11-3.
Meanwhile in men's singles second round action, Ganesh Kadam recovered well after dropping the first game to win the next two to snatch a deserving 4-11, 11-8, 15-13 win against Suraj Bhatt.
In other men's singles matches, Neel Joshi brushed aside Divit Poojary by coasting to an easy 11-2, 11-4 victory, while Dipesh Jadhav tamed Shivaan Munsif 11-6, 11-5 to progress to the next round.
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