Published: July 5, 2026 at 10:03 pm
Top seed Agastya Uppal of Delhi brooked no challenge as he cruised to a comfortable win over Shivin Yuvaraj of Tamil Nadu in the Under-11 boys’ category of the NMDC Telangana Squash Open at the Sports Complex, Secunderabad Club, on Sunday.
Agastya Uppal defeated Shivin Yuvaraj 11-5, 11-0, 13-11 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Nirvaan Uppal, also of Delhi, led the way in the Under-13 category, while top seed Fareed Andrabi of Rajasthan had no issues in advancing in the Under-15 category. In the Under-17, seeded players Vivaan Sagar of Maharashtra, Mitul Sharma of Telangana, and Vismay Prabhu, also of Telangana, progressed to the next round.
On the girls’ side, Devki Anand of Maharashtra and Ada Gupta of Haryana were among the standout winners in Under-15 category.
The Masters categories (over 35 and over 45) also produced strong performances from Telangana’s Nirmal Jha, Hitesh Sharma, Vishy Nadimpally, and Navin Rao, among others.
Speaking on the sidelines of the tournament, Christopher Hartnett, director of HSPL, highlighted the strides squash has made in the state in recent years. “Squash level in Telangana has raised massively in the last 3-5 years with so much effort by HSPL, TSRA and Gamepoint. Joint effort is needed to support young athletes develop their games for competitive levels,” Hartnett said.
With over 350 players competing across Junior, Senior, and Masters categories through July 8, the tournament continues to draw strong crowds at Secunderabad Club, with free entry for all spectators.
Results: Under-11 boys (Round of 16): 1-Agastya Uppal (DL) beat Shivin Yuvaraj (TN) 11-5, 11-0, 13-11; Shaunik Malhotra (MH) beat 9/16-Parth Kanoria (WB) 11-5, 11-4, 11-8; 5/8-Vivaan Saravanan (TN) beat Husain Dewaswala (MP) 12-10, 11-2, 11-5.
Under-13 boys (Round of 16): 1-Nirvaan Uppal (DL) beat Arvind Sendilnath (TN) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8; Nilesh Patel (MH) beat 9/16-Sumersingh Rajput (KA) 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-8; 5/8-Ved Sanganaria (WB) beat Jasvansh Singh (DL) 11-7, 11-3, 11-5; Lakhvanth AP (TN) beat 9/16-Nakshatra Gangwani (MP) 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; 3/4-Aryan SK (KA) beat Ashim Chand (MH) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4; Aritra Debnath (KA) beat Aaren Khanna (PB) 13-11, 11-5, 11-9; Kavya Shankar (UP) beat Aman Goswami (MH) 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; Nirvaan Parikh (MH) beat 9/16-Aarav Chakkravarthi (TN) 11-2, 11-8, 11-9.
Under-15 boys (Round of 16): 1-Fareed Andrabi (RJ) beat Arav Aneja (MH) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3; Shubham Kumar (UP) beat Prathmesh Ghute (MH) 11-1, 11-5, 11-9; 3/4-Arush Sharma (UP) beat Arjun Kanoria (WB) 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5; Kiaan Kulkarni (MH) beat 9/16-Anup Kumar (UP) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7; 3/4-Armaan Choudhary (MH) beat Prabhaas Kondaparthy (TS) 10-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 12-10; 5/8-Reyansh Karia (MH) beat Siddhanth Ranjith (MH) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9; 9/16-Ansh Kumar (UP) beat Vinay Shinde (MH) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5.
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Under-17 boys (Round of 32): Aham Yadav (UP) beat Arhaan Lunkad (MH) 11-9, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6; 9/16-Vivaan Sagar (MH) beat Samarth Agarwal (HR) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Yohan Rajwansh (RJ) beat Sherbir Singh Poonia (MP) retired; Sagnik Sarkar (AS) beat Bhavik Ghuge (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; 9/16-Mitul Sharma (TS) beat Paranjay Gupta (MH) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3; Naresh Hariharan A (TN) beat Rohan Mandal (MH) 11-7, 11-6, 11-2; 9/16-Vismay Prabhu (TS) beat Yashwant Choudhary (RJ) 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8.
Under-19 boys (Round of 32): Arjun Ramdas (KA) beat Angad Vashist (TS) 11-2, 11-1, 11-2.
Under-11 girls (Round of 32): Saina Yadav (HR) beat Jeevikamohan Chalageri (KA) 11-8, 11-2, 11-2; Puli Rama Thanvi Reddy (TS) beat Nilani Karthikeyan (TN) 11-5, 11-4, 11-7.
Under-11 girls (Round of 16): Navya Khatri (TN) beat Syra Tayal (DL) 11-7, 11-2, 3-11, 12-10; Avni Nandal (HR) beat Swara Bakshi (DL) retired.
Under-13 girls (Round of 32): Yashashvi Sansanwal (HR) beat Veda Ponnappa (KA) 11-1, 11-1, 11-6; Anshika Kumari (KA) beat Jerusha Jebindran (TN) 15-13, 11-7, 11-9; Rahini Chheda (MH) beat Blessy Shannon Pilla (AP) 11-1, 11-3, 11-2; Myra Aramreddy (TS) beat Garvi Choudhary (HR) 12-10, 11-8, 11-6.
Under-15 girls (Round of 32): Devki Anand (MH) beat Aradhya Reddy (TS) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Ada Gupta (HR) beat Anya Sharma (TS) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4; Aanya Prashant Nichani (TS) beat Aditi Ponugoti (MH) retired; Muthu Shanmugam (TN) beat Yashika Vinothkumar (TN) retired.
Under-15 girls (Round of 16): 5/8-Swara Trehan (CH) beat Akshara Cariappa (KA) retired.
Masters over-35 (Round of 32): Biswas Nambiar (Ser) beat Mahesh Babu Ramala (TN) 11-1, 11-2, 11-0; Nirmal Jha (TS) beat Aditya Bharadwaj (TS) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7; Hitesh Sharma (TS) beat Vishesh Khandelwal (TS) 11-7, 11-3, 11-2.
Over-45 (Round of 32): Vishy Nadimpally (TS) beat Parth Sanghavi (TS) 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10; Samsher Pawar (TS) beat Sushant Divakar (TS) 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10; Vijay Krishnamurthy (TS) beat Sanjay Kumar (KA) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4; Navin Rao (TS) beat Aditya Reddy (TS) 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9.
