Anahat, Tiana in 3rd round of World Junior squash
The 16-year-old women's national champion, seeded 5/8, on Friday eased past South African Dene Van Zyl 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 in the second round following a first-round bye.
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Anahat Singh
NEW DELHI: Young Anahat Singh has stormed into the girls' third round of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston.
The 16-year-old women's national champion, seeded 5/8, on Friday eased past South African Dene Van Zyl 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 in the second round following a first-round bye.
She will next meet Samantha Jaffe (17/32) of the US.
Compatriot Tiana Parasrampuria (17/32) also advanced to the third round with a 14-12, 11-5, 11-5 win over Emma Merson of New Zealand, while five Indian boys recorded first-round victories.
Boys results:
1st round: Ayaan Vaziralli bt Md Alnasfan (Saudi Arabia) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5; Shaurya Bawa (17/32) bt Md Ammad (Pak) 12-10, 11-3, 11-9; Arihant KS bt Jonathan Reyes (Philippines) 11-5, 11-3, 11-6; Harith Danial Jefri (9/16) (Malaysia) bt Tavneet Singh Mundra 11-4, 11-7, 11-7; Yuvraj Wadhwani (17/32) bt Shu Takahashi (Japan) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9; Avlokit Singh bt Kasper Cheung (Australia) 11-9, 11-9, 11-2.
Girls results:
2nd round: Malika Elkaraksy (17/32) (Egypt) bt Shameena Riaz 11-3, 11-6, 11-2; Dixon Hill (17/32) (USA) bt Nirupama Dubey 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Helen Tang (17/32) (Hong Kong) bt Unnati Tripathi 11-4, 11-5, 11-8.
1st round: Shameena bt Maiden-Lee Coe (NZ) 11-4, 13-11, 11-1; Nirupama bt Maria Gomez (Colombia) 11-4, 11-6, 7-11 11-4; Savannah Moxham (Belgium) bt Sehar Nayar 11-8, 11-7, 11-5; Unnati bt Mariam Ayad (Germany) 12-10, 11-2, 11-2; Tiana bye.