Chennai, Oct 30 (IANS): Tamil Nadu's Vikas Mehra upset second seed Ranjit Singh of Uttar Pradesh in four games for a semifinal berth in the Under-17 boys section as another day of intense competition was completed in the sub-junior and junior National Squash Championship here Thursday.
Another notable moment came in the girls U-11 section where another Tamil Nadu player N. Mounisha edged out second seed Yuvna Gupta of Maharashtra in five games.
However, for the top seeds in various age group categories, the going was smooth as they took their appointed spots in the semi-finals.
Quarter-final results:
Boys U-11: Jeh Pandole (Mah) bt. Ekam Singh (Chand) 10-12 11-7 12-10 11-3; Ishaan Singh (Raj) bt Aaryaman Jaising (Mah) 11-6 11-5 9-11 11-2; Paarth Ambani (Mah) bt Jay Vaknalli (Mah) 11-6 11-6 11-6; Shreyas Mehta (Mah) bt Ansh Tripathi (TN) 11-9 11-6 11-5
U-13: Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Tanay Punjabi (Mah) 11-2 11-5 11-7; Neel Joshi (Mah) bt R. Kishore Arvind (TN) 11-3 11-9 11-2; Advait Adik (Mah) bt. Tejas Chawla (Del) 11-2 11-13 5-11 11-4 11-4; Navaneeth Prabhu S. (TN) bt Niranjan Sundararajan (UP) 11-5 11-5 11-5
U-15: Tushar Shahani (Mah) bt Rahul Baitha (Mah) 11-4 11-5 11-6 ; Veer Chotrani (Mah) bt. Utkarsh Baheti (Raj) 8-11 11-3 11-2 11-8; Aryan Parekh (Mah) bt Saksham Choudhary (Del) 11-8 3-11 12-10 11-3; Chaitanya Shah (Mah) bt Inderjit Singh (Chand) 11-4 11-7 11-2
U-17: Velavan Senthilkumar (TN) bt Aryaman Adik (Mah) 6-11 11-4 11-4 11-4; Adhitya Raghavan (TN) bt. Yash Bhargava (Del) 11-3 9-11 11-8 8-11 11-9; Robin Singh Mann (Del) bt Abhay Singh (TN) 13-11 11-5 11-8; Vikas Mehra (TN) bt Ranjit Singh (UP) 14-12 5-11 11-6 12-10
U-19: Kush Kumar (TN) bt Harshit Muchhal (Del) 11-3 11-4 11-8; Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) bt Aishwary Singh (Mah) 11-7 12-14 11-8 11-6; Vijay Kumar (TN) bt. Puneet Pareek (Mah) 11-3 ,11-3, 11-2; Yohan Darius Pandole (Mah) bt Junaid Muzaffar Thoker (Del) 12-10, 13-11, 12-10
Girls U-11: Diksha Aurobindo (TN) bt Uditi Mishra (Raj) 11-4 11-8 11-4; Pooja Arthi R. (TN) bt Nandini Kuchhal (Raj) 11-5 11-6 11-3; Abhisheka Shannon (TN) bt Gigi Pandol (Mah) 11-6 11-5 11-5; N. Mounisha (TN) bt. Yuvna Gupta (Mah) 7-11 11-9 6-11 11-8 11-7.
U-13: Thulasimathi Murugesan (TN) bt Aryaa Ogale (Mah) 11-5 11-9 11-6; Ananya Dabke (Mah) bt. Krithica J.S. (TN) 11-6 10-12 11-7 8-11 11-8; Avani Nagar (Mah) bt Jannia Singh (Chand) 11-9 11-6 9-11 11-8; Megha Bhatia (Del) bt Yoshna Singh (Mah) 11-7 14-12 11-7
U-15: Nikita Joshi (Mah) bt Simran Nagpal (Del) 11-1 11-2 11-4; Diya Joukani (Mah) bt Kiruttigha Murugesan (TN) 11-7 11-8 10-12 11-4; Amita Gondi (AP) bt Navmi Sharma (Mah) 11-9 11-8 11-5; Aakanksha Rao (Mah) bt Jeffrey Bianca (TN) 11-4 11-4 9-11 11-7
U-17: Akanksha Salunkhe (Goa) bt Vedika Meyyammai Arunchalam (TN) 11-4 11-4 11-1; Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Mah) bt. Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (TN) 10-12 11-9 11-3 5-11 11-7; Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) bt Jui Kalgutkar (Mah) 12-10 6-11 11-7 11-6; Adya Advani (Del) bt Nehaarika Balamurukan (TN) 11-6 11-6 12-10
U-19: Lakshya Ragavendran (TN) bt Amaya Kothari (Del) 11-3 11-4 11-7; Mayuri Namasivayam (TN) bt Vruddhi Doshi (MP) 11-6 11-6 11-5; Anandita Gupta (MP) bt Anna Avasthi (Del) 9-11 11-9 11-2 11-2; Harshit Kaur Jawanda (Del) bt Katyayini Sinh Wagela (Guj) 11-1 11-3 11-1.