Published: July 7, 2026 at 7:52 pm
Telangana’s Saanvi Shree put up a stupendous show before bowing out against top seed Vyomika Khandelwal of Tamil Nadu in the Under-19 girls’ semifinals of the NMDC Telangana Squash Open at the Sports Complex in Secunderabad Club on Tuesday.
After going down in a tight opening game, Shree hit back to level the match by taking the second game 14-12, before Khandelwal regrouped to close out the contest 11-6, 12-14, 11-6, 11-6. The home player’s fighting display against the top seed was one of the highlights of the day’s play at Secunderabad Club.
Elsewhere, top seeds largely held firm in the marquee categories: Telangana’s Aryaa Dwivedi eased past Nivedita Basu of Maharashtra in straight games to reach the Women’s final, while Sandhesh Pr of Tamil Nadu advanced to the men’s final.
In the junior draws, top seeds Agastya Uppal and Nirvaan Uppal, both of Delhi, Fareed Andrabi of Rajasthan, Rahul Sanjay Balakrishnan of Karnataka, Inaya Andrabi of Rajasthan, Aarna Rao of Maharashtra, Vasundhara Nangare of Maharashtra, and Vyomika Khandelwal of Tamil Nadu booked their places in Wednesday’s finals.
There was a strong showing for the home state in the girls’ Under-17 category, where an all-Telangana semifinal saw Arnaa Dwivedi get the better of Kaitlyn Varkey in straight games to reach the final. Elsewhere, unseeded Mohd Anas of Delhi produced the upset of the day, ousting top seed Vivek Bennet of Kerala in the Masters (over 35) semifinal, while in the boys’ Under-11 category, Vedant Shinde of Maharashtra edged out third/fourth seed Viraj Shinde, also of Maharashtra, in a hard-fought four-setter to reach the final.
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With the finals across Junior, Senior, and Masters categories set to be decided on July 8, action continues at the Sports Complex, Secunderabad Club, with entry free for all spectators.
Results (semifinals) Boys Under-11: 1-Agastya Uppal (DL) beat Kandha Swamy (TN) 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 15-13; Vedant Shinde (MH) beat 3/4-Viraj Shinde (MH) 11-6, 11-4, 4-11, 11-6. 5th/6th place: 5/8-Vivaan Saravanan (TN) beat Harshveer Pahwa (MP) 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7.
Under-13: 1-Nirvaan Uppal (DL) beat Lakhvanth AP (TN) 11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9; 3/4-Aryan SK (KA) beat Nirvaan Parikh (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3. 5th/6th place: Aritra Debnath (KA) beat 5/8-Nilesh Patel (MH) 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4. 7th/8th place: Kavya Shankar (UP) beat 5/8-Ved Sanganaria (WB) 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.
Under-15: 1-Fareed Andrabi (RJ) beat Arush Sharma (UP) 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-13, 11-4; 3/4-Armaan Choudhary (MH) beat Ansh Kumar (UP) 11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7. 5th/6th Place: 5/8-Kiaan Kulkarni (MH) beat Vivek Shinde (MH) 12-14, 11-7, 13-11, 11-5. 7th/8th Place: Reyansh Karia (MH) won by walkover against Shubham Kumar (UP).
Under-17: Pradeepsingh Rathore (KA) beat 9/16-Vivaan Sagar (MH) 8-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9; 5/8-Shresht Iyer (KA) beat Reyansh Kulshreshtha (CG) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5. 5th/6th Place: 1-Mihir Bopana (TN) beat Naresh Hariharan A (TN) 11-4, 11-1, 11-9. 7th/8th Place: Arnav Agarwal (MH) beat 5/8-Adithya K (TN) retired.
Under-19: 1-Rahul Sanjay Balakrishnan (KA) beat Arjun Morey (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Aatik Yadav (MH) beat 5/8-Meyyappan P (TN) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7. 5th/6th Place: Parthvir Singh (DL) beat 5/8-Lakshmana Harri (TN) 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-3.
Girls: Under-11: 1-Inaya Andrabi (RJ) beat Barisha Begam (TN) 12-10, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6; Amirtha Kundave (Goa) beat JN Iniya (TN) 11-9, 11-6, 11-8. 5th/6th place: 3/4-Avni Nandal (HR) beat Irya Chandra (KA) 11-4, 11-3, 11-8. 7th/8th place: Lakshanya Rajawat (RJ) beat Navya Khatri (TN) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5.
Under-13: 1-Aarna Rao (MH) beat Pranaya Choudhry (TN) 11-6, 9-11, 2-11, 11-4, 11-8; Arunima Chaubey (KA) beat 3/4-Aarna Pandey (KA) 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 12-10. 5th/6th Place: Anshika Kumari (KA) beat Sharanya Thakur (MP) 11-9, 11-7, 11-6. 7th/8th Place: Suhasini Mishra (DL) beat Ruhi Lodha (MH) 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4.
Under-15: 5/8-Deepa Debiram (TN) beat Kiara Gada (MH) 11-2, 13-11, 11-4; Shanaya Roy (MH) beat 5/8-Sameera Gorsia (MH) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6. 5th/6th place: 3/4-Shanaya Parasrampuria (MH) beat Swara Trehan (CH) 11-7, 13-11, 11-2. 7th/8th place: Nehmat Nayar (CH) beat Devki Anand (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.
Under-17: 1-Vasundhara Nangare (MH) beat Samara Bilimoria (MH) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2; Arnaa Dwivedi (TS) beat Kaitlyn Varkey (TS) 11-1, 11-5, 11-1. 5th/6th place: Saanvi Bakshi (DL) beat Aisha Sharma (TS) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2.
Under-19: 1-Vyomika Khandelwal (TN) beat Saanvi Shree (TS) 11-6, 12-14, 11-6, 11-6; Sehar Nayar (CH) beat 3/4-Riyansika Verma (KA) 7-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8. 5th/6th place: 3/4-Sahana Kalaivanan (TN) beat Kairavi Sachdev (HR) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4.
Masters (Over-35): Mohd Anas (DL) beat 1-Vivek Bennet (KL) 11-3, 11-8, 11-5; Ashish Keskar (Ser) beat 5/8-Vinoth Kumar Kuppuswamy (TN) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1.
Over-45: Benjamin Nedarapalli (MH) beat Vikas Nayar (CH) 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5; Aditya Maheshwari (MH) beat 5/8-Priyatosh Dubey (TS) 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3.
Over-60: 1-Ashun Bahl (MH) beat Srikanth Venkatraman (KA) 5-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-4; Deepak Moolani (MH) beat Pranav Bhatia (TS) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2.
Men: 3/4-Sandhesh PR (TN) beat Mohit Bhatt (MH) 11-6, 11-4, 11-8.
Women: 1-Aryaa Dwivedi (TS) beat Nivedita Basu (MH) 11-1, 11-4, 11-5; Sreya BS (KL) beat 3/4-Priyanshi Rani (UP) 7-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-8.
