Sethi seemed to be through to the quarters when he was up 6-0 in the decider but made too many unforced errors. Machra then never gave back the serve, taking all the points in succession from 1-7 to 9-7.

Eleven-year-old Alisha Mashruwala of the CCI overpowered Natasha Lall in a five-setter in the women's event. However, Alisha could not play her matches in the under-13 and under-19 on account of a stomach infection.

Jay Bhagat of the CCI had an opportunity to take revenge over Sandeep Jangra of Jindal in the under-13 as Jangra had thrashed him in three straights in the Air-India Junior Open Squash held earlier this month. Jangra had no hassles in repeating the feat, sidelining Bhagat 9-7, 9-1, 9-4.

In the under-17, Junaid Nathani, Amjad Khan, Gaurav Nandrajog and Neerav Tomar had made it semisand in under-13, Imran Khan, Sadiq Madraswala, Sandeep Jangra and Gautam Kalani are through to last four.

Results
Boys 19 (pre-quarters): Junaid Nathani bt Sachin Obaid 9-1 9-2 7-9 9-6; Mihir Kapoor bt Supreet Singh 9-1 9-2 9-4; Taran Machre bt Karanpal Sethi 10-8 9-4 4-9 4-9 9-7; Gaurav Nandrajos bt Arvind Singh 9-1 9-6 9-5; Neerav Tomar bt Jagbir Singh 1-9 9-6 1-9 9-6 9-4; Amjad Khan bt Neville Madon 9-5 9-4 9-6; Karan Singh bt Samir Wali 9-4 3-9 9-6 9-3; Manish Mehta bt Aditya Manjrekar 9-4 8-10 9-4 9-5.

Women (first round): Mekhla Subedar bt Rachna Patnaik 9-1 9-1 9-0; Nusrat Madraswala w/o Deboo Liana; Alisha Mashruwala bt Natasha Lall 5-9 9-4 6-9 9-0 9-4; Rhea Bhandare bt Saachi Mehta 9-0 9-0 9-0; Supriya Balsekar bt Rachita Vose 9-1 9-0 10-8; Priyanka Yadav bt Shaila Pandole 9-1 9-1 9-1; Deepali Annekar bt Anahita Dhalla 9-0 9-0 9-0.

Under-17 (quarters): Junior Nathani bt Karanpal Sethi 9-4 9-1 3-9 9-1; Amjad Khan bt Mihir Shetty 10-9 10-9 9-2; Gaurav Nandrajos bt KaranSingh 10-8 9-7 2-9 9-3; Neerav Tomar bt Supreet Singh 9-3 10-8 9-2.

Girls under-19 (quarters): Deepali Annekar bt Rachita Vose 9-0 9-0 9-0; Rhea Bhandare bt Priyanka Yadav 9-5 9-2 9-7; Joshna Chinappa w/o Alisha Mashruwala; Supriya Balsekar bt Natasha Lall 9-1 9-1 9-3.

Under-13 (quarters): Imran Khan bt Manek Mathur 9-1 9-1 9-1; Sadiq Madraswale bt Naishadh Lalwani 4-9 9-5 9-2 9-5; Sandeep Jangre bt Jay Bhagat 9-7 9-1 9-4; Gautam Kalani w/o Alisha Mashruwala.