Unseeded Vivaan Sagar of Maharashtra pulled off the biggest upset in the quarterfinals by defeating top seed Mihir Bopana of Tamil Nadu in the Boys’ Under-17 category of the NMDC Telangana Squash Open at the Sports Complex, Secunderabad Club on Monday.
Vivaan proved too good for this fancied opponent. Vivaan took the first game at 11-8 but faced some challenge from Mihir in the second one. However, he managed to win it 14-12. In the decider, Vivaan made sure that there were no comeback attempts by Mihir as he cruised to a 11-2 win.
Agastya, Nirvaan, Fareed, Vivaan, Devika and Ada cruise to victories at NMDC Squash
Several other fancied names fall as the draw sharpened towards the business end of the tournament. Play continues through July 8 with entry free for all spectators.
Results (quarterfinals): Boys Under-11: 1-Agastya Uppal (DL) beat Shaunik Malhotra (MH) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5; Kandha Swamy (TN) beat 5/8-Vivaan Saravanan (TN) 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9; 3/4-Viraj Shinde (MH) beat Aayansh Kolte (MH) 11-7, 16-14, 5-11, 11-4; Vedant Shinde (MH) beat 5/8-Harshveer Pahwa (MP) 11-8, 11-4, 11-9.
Under-13: 1-Nirvaan Uppal (DL) beat Nilesh Patel (MH) 11-8, 11-4, 11-5; Lakhvanth AP (TN) beat 5/8-Ved Sanganaria (WB) 6-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-5; 3/4-Aryan SK (KA) beat Aritra Debnath (KA) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7; Nirvaan Parikh (MH) beat 9/16-Kavya Shankar (UP) 13-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8.
Under-15: 1-Fareed Andrabi (RJ) beat Shubham Kumar (UP) 11-8, 11-2, 11-7; 3/4-Arush Sharma (UP) beat Kiaan Kulkarni (MH) 5-11, 11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 11-3; 3/4-Armaan Choudhary (MH) beat Vivek Shinde (MH) 13-11, 11-3, 11-8; Ansh Kumar (UP) beat 5/8-Reyansh Karia (MH) 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 12-10.
Under-17: Vivaan Sagar (MH) beat 1-Mihir Bopana (TN) 11-8, 14-12, 11-2; Pradeep Singh Rathore (KA) beat 5/8-Adithya K (TN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-2; Shresht Iyer (KA) beat 9/16-Naresh Hariharan A (TN) 11-1, 11-4, 11-3; 5/8-Reyansh Kulshreshtha (CG) beat Arnav Agarwal (MH) 11-4, 13-11, 11-5.
Under-19: 1-Rahul Sanjay Balakrishnan (KA) beat Rohan Arigala (TS) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7; Arjun Morey (MH) beat 5/8-Lakshmana Harri (TN) 11-5, 13-11, 11-3; Meyyappan P (TN) beat 3/4-Ishaan Dabke (MH) 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10; Aatik Yadav (MH) beat Parthvir Singh (DL) 13-11, 11-4, 11-3.
Girls: Under-11: 1-Inaya Andrabi (RJ) beat Navya Khatri (TN) 11-1, 11-1, 11-5; Barisha Begam (TN) beat Avni Nandal (HR) 3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; J N Iniya (TN) beat 3/4-Irya Chandra (KA) 11-4, 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 14-12; Amirtha Kundave (Goa) beat Lakshanya Rajawat (RJ) 11-1, 11-5, 11-5.
Under-13: 1-Aarna Rao (MH) beat Suhasini Mishra (DL) 11-3, 11-2, 11-9; Pranaya Choudhry (TN) beat Anshika Kumari (KA) 13-11, 11-1, 11-0; 3/4-Aarna Pandey (KA) beat Ruhi Lodha (MH) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3; Arunima Chaubey (KA) beat 5/8-Sharanya Thakur (MP) 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9.
Under-15: Deepa Debiram (TN) beat 3/4-Shanaya Parasrampuria (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; Kiara Gada (MH) beat Devki Anand (MH) 13-11, 11-3, 11-9; 5/8-Sameera Gorsia (MH) beat Nehmat Nayar (CH) 11-2, 11-9, 11-5; Shanaya Roy (MH) beat 5/8-Swara Trehan (CH) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6.
Under-17: 1-Vasundhara Nangare (MH) beat Rida Bahadur (TS) 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; Samara Bilimoria (MH) beat Aisha Sharma (TS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6; Kaitlyn Varkey (TS) beat 3/4-Sreya Sreejith (KA) retired; Arnaa Dwivedi (TS) beat Saanvi Bakshi (DL) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.
Under-19: 1-Vyomika Khandelwal (TN) beat Ritkriti Kumar (KA) 11-2, 11-0, 11-2; Saanvi Shree (TS) beat Sahana Kalaivanan (TN) 11-8, 11-2, 10-12, 9-11, 11-9; 3/4-Riyansika Verma (KA) beat Lalima Mishra (MP) 11-3, 11-0, 11-3; Sehar Nayar (CH) beat Kairavi Sachdev (HR) 11-2, 11-4, 11-4.
Masters: Over-35: 1-Vivek Bennet (KL) beat Survesh Chauhan (TS) 7-11, 13-11, 11-1, 11-5; Mohd Anas (DL) beat Sandeep Kondaparthy (TS) 11-8, 11-4, 11-9; Ashish Keskar (Ser) beat Hitesh Sharma (TS) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3.
Over-45: Vikas Nayar (CH) beat 1-Bharath Danam (TS) 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8; 5/8-Benjamin Nedarapalli (MH) won by walkover against Ranjith Bala (MH); Priyatosh Dubey (TS) beat Samsher Pawar (TS) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5; Aditya Maheshwari (MH) beat 5/8-Mahesh Sukumar (KA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-8.
Over-60: 1-Ashun Bahl (MH) beat Vaman Apte (MH) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7; Srikanth Venkatraman (KA) won by walkover against Raj Dubey (MH); Pranav Bhatia (TS) won by walkover against Ajay Kohli [3/4] (DL); Deepak Moolani (MH) beat Ravikrishna Burla (TS) 8-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-4.
Women: Nivedita Basu (MH) beat Loveesha Trivedi (RJ) 11-1, 11-2, 11-1.
