Mumbai: Top seeder Shreyas Mehta (1) beat Sharan Punjabi(9/16) by 2-0 in the round 3 of the Boys U-11 category on day 2 of the annual NSCI Juniors & Doubles Open Squash Championship, held at the NSCI sports Complex, Worli.
In Boys U-11 category, NSCI club member and No.1 seed Shreyas Mehta convincingly thrashed Shreyas Rao Katkoor (17/32) in round 2 by 2-0 (11-1, 11-3) and Sharan Punjabi (9/16) in round 3 by 2-0 (11-7, 11-7) to enter the quarterfinals with confidence. Shreyas at such a young age is optimistic and ambitious about squash as a game and a career.
In the Boys U-13 category, Yohan Poncha (9/16) beat Aman Punjabi in round 2 and Arman Darukhanwala in round 3, proving to be a promising player of the tournament.
In another match, Girls U-15 Round 1, a promising young girl Aariya Patel beat Sukrita Panigrahi 2-0 (11-9, 11-2) to enter the next round.
Five times Indian National squash championship winner, Ritwik Bhattacharya was present at NSCI on day 2 giving tips to young talent and motivating them to give their best and achieve great success in this prestigious tournament.
RESULTS Day 2:
Boys U-11 Round 2:
Shreyas Mehta bt Shreyas Rao Katkoor 2-0 (11-1, 11-3)
Sharan Punjabi bt Sunny Yadav 2-0 (11-5, 11-6)
Jay Vaknalli bt Orakash Ahuji 2-0 (11-2, 11-0)
Boys U-11 Round 3:
Shreyas Mehta bt Sharan Punjabi 2-0 (11-7, 11-7)
Boys U-13 Round 2:
Deepak Mandal bt Rohan Padhye 2-0 (11-3, 11-3)
Yohan Poncha bt Aman Punjabi 2-0 (11-6, 11-6)
Boys U-13 Round 3:
Yohan Poncha bt Aman Darukhanwala 2-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-8)
Boys U-15 Round 2:
Arman Jindal bt Vasu Kansqara 2-0 (11-8, 11-8)
Dev Vazirami bt Vedant Ambani 2-0 (11-4, 11-2)
Girls U-11 Round 1:
Archita Singh bt Skadha Dogra 2-1 (11-3, 11-8)
Tansika Jain bt Tanya Bafna 2-1 (11-4, 11-3)
Girls U-15 Round 1
Ira Gosavi bt Rani Gupta 2-0 (11-7, 11-0)
Aariya Patel bt Sukrita Panigrahi 2-0 (11-9, 11-2)
Aryan Parekh bt Shaan Dalal 2-0 (11-2, 11-7)
Ansh Punjabi bt Harjot Kalwani 2-0 (11-1, 11-3)
Source: Lokesh Shastri