Nikhil Seth labours his way into under-13 squash semi-finals

Nikhil Seth labours his way into under-13 squash semi-finals
Express News Service

Mumbai, October 2: Nikhil Seth just about beat Jay Bhagat 7-9 3-9 10-8 9-5 10-8 in an absorbing and lively boys under-13 quarter-final duel of the Indian Junior Open Squash Tournament, sponsored by Rabo India Finance, at the Willingdon Gymkhana, on Monday. In another interesting tussle, Rhea Bhandare edged-out Rachita Vora 2-9 9-10 9-6 9-7 9-2 in the girls under-17 quarter-final encounter.

Results - Boys U-19 (QF): Bikram Uberoi bt Tejveer Singh 9-0 9-5 9-1, Yeshwardhan Singh bt Deepak Yadav 9-1 9-2 9-2, Junaid Nathani bt Sahil Vora 9-3 9-0 9-2, Vishalraj Kapoor bt Navin Samarasinghe 9-4 9-0 9-2. U-17 (QF): Yeshwardhan Singh bt Mihir Sheth 9-3 9-6 9-4, Neerav Tomar bt Supreet Singh 9-5 9-2 8-10 9-3, Saurav Ghosal bt Sahil Vora 6-9 4-9 9-5 9-1 9-0, Vishalraj Kapoor bt Anurag Gill 9-2 9-2 9-4. U-15 (QF): Mihir Sheth bt Sandeep Jangra 9-2 9-3 9-1, Vikas Jangra bt Abhimanyu Baweja 10-8 9-1 9-2, Karan Singh bt Aditya Manjrekar 8-10 9-5 9-4 9-3, Saurav Ghosal bt Prateek Patni 9-3 9-5 9-7. U-13 (QF): Gautam Kalani bt Eranga Alwis 9-3 9-0 9-2, Nikhil Seth bt Jay Bhagat 7-9 3-9 10-8 9-5 10-8, Manek Mathur bt Naishadh Lalwani 9-1 9-2 9-1, Sandeep Jangra bt Vikram Malhotra 4-9 9-6 9-0 9-3. U-11 (QF): Jay Bhagat bt Udaychand Rai 9-2 9-0 9-0, Akitha Gunasekera (Sri Lanka) bt Yuvraj Pathak 9-2 9-2 9-0, Vir Seth bt Ishaan Balwani 9-0 9-6 9-6, Vikram Malhotra bt Jay Dalal 9-1 9-0 9-5.

Girls U-19 (QF): Deepali Anvekar bt Shubhika 9-1 9-0 9-1, Rachita Vora bt Nide Ghouse 9-1 9-0 9-0, Rhea Bhandare bt Kanika Premnarayan 9-1 9-0 9-3, Priyanka Yadav bt Divya Rajan 10-9 9-0 9-1. U-17 (QF): Vaidehi Reddy bt Natasha Lall 9-0 9-0 9-0, Rhea Bhandare bt Rachita Vora 2-9 9-10 9-6 9-7 9-2, Joshna Chinnappa bt Radhika Kashyap 9-0 9-0 9-0, Supriya Balsekar bt Kanika Premnarayan 9-3 9-4 9-3. U-15 (QF): Vaidehi Reddy bt Tehani Guruge 9-1 9-1 9-0, Joshna Chinnappa bt Natasha Lall 9-2 9-3 9-4, Alisha Mashruvala bt Menusha Hettiarachchi 9-1 9-1 9-1, Supriya Balsekar bt Shweta Pathak 9-1 9-1 9-1.

St Lawrence in final
ST LAWRENCE (Borivli) beat Holy Family `B' (Andheri) through a goal by Aasim Kazi in an under-12 semi-final encounter of the MSSA-Colgate Inter-School Football Tournament at the MSSA-Castrol Schools Sports Centre, Azad Maidan, on Monday. In another match of the same competition, St Pius (Mulund) also made the final grade when they beat Don Bosco `B' (Borivli) 1-0 through a goal by Mikhail Menezes.

Other results - At St Stanislaus ground, Bandra - U-8-QF: St Stanislaus 3 (Jeremaiah Henriques, Scott Tellis, Sean D'Souza) bt Campion 0; St Mary's SSC (Mazagaon) 3 (Rajneesh Gurnani 2, Omkar Sawant) bt St Francis D'Assisi 1 (Shivam Yagnik). U-10-QF: St Xavier's `A' (Fort) 4 (Porus Irani, Pratik Shah, Zerxus Coutinho, Egypsio Noronha) bt St Mary's ISC `A' (Mazagaon) 3 (Kazi Jaffer, B Pande, Meishner Fernandes) via the tie-breaker.

Lotlikar nets winner
CENTRAL Railway defeated Western Railway by a solitary goal in the Mumbai District Football Association Harwood Super League at the Cooperage, on Monday. The all-important goal was scored in the dying minutes by Amir Lotlikar following a cross by Dauzy Godinho.

Easy for Dena Bank
DENA Bank trounced Bosco Strikers 6-1 in a Division I-A tie of the Mumbai District Football Association League at the St Xavier's ground, Parel, on Monday.

Francis Pereira (2), Aldrin Lobo (2), Ammar Ansari and Yakoob Ansari scored for the bankmen. Rehman S pulled a goal back for Bosco Strikers.

In the Division I-B tie, Companeroes routed BPT Reynolds 3-0. Vasant Tendurkar, Kayzin D'Souza and John Pinto scored in that order for the winners.

Podar claim title
PODAR dethroned holders Ruparel by eight wickets in the final of the CK Nayudu (Under-19) Cricket Tournament at the Oval Maidan. Shardashram beat IES VN Sule by six wickets to emerge supreme in the boys under-14 section.Brief scores: Ruparel 139 (Sushil Tulaskar 31; Pralhad 3-25) lost to Podar 140-2 (Paul Vanthalty 62, Swapnaj Thakur 82).

Narasimhan advances
NARASIMHAN Keshavan, the top seed, had things his own way when defeating Hryday Chheda 9-0 in the boys under-14 first-round tie of the Hero Honda MSLTA Circuit Open Junior State Ranking Tennis Tournament at the CCI, on Monday.

Results: Boys U-14 (1st-round): Narasimhan Keshavan bt Hryday Chheda 9-0, Kaushal Mahale bt Manan Shah 9-1, Arnav Jain bt Rahil Makharia 9-5, Agnel Gladwin bt Manikala Janmali 9-3, Shewakramani Rohan bt Abhishek Mahadik 9-2, Telang Salil bt Tushar Sharma 9-3, Akshay Chellappa bt Aaron Fernandes 9-0, Rohan Gide bt Quadros Kenneth 9-7, Allana Irshad bt Anirudha Kowtha 9-5, Karan Jhaveri bt Zaryan Patel 9-1, Krishank Shah bt Quadros Keegan 9-1, Moses Alon bt Gajwani Goldie 9-1, Coelho Marlon bt Richender Nanda 9-7, Kasliwal Utkarsh bt Kartik Rao 9-3, Karan Rastogi bt Anugraha Chandra 9-0. Boys U-10 (1st-round): Das Debdra bt Lewis Eltong 8-1, Vasant Varun bt Tushar Taliyan 8-1, Kapur Dhruv bt B Manjay 8-1, Gaokar Nehal bt Aditya Mehta 8-2, Marwah Gurjotsingh bt Karan Jhaveri 8-3, Akash Gupta bt Shiv Nikam 8-2, Mansingh Athare bt Vivek Parekh 8-2, Laad Sagar bt Sagar Shah 8-1, Chinmay Agharkar bt Jay Singh 8-3, Luv Sodha bt Megh Shah 8-0, Akash Wagh bt Vikunj Jakharia 8-0, Ninaad Vahikar bt Sameer Paranjape 8-2,Narasimhan Madhavan bt Kaushal Pratap 8-2, Jigar Gada bt Sanchit Ganeriwal 8-7, Gaurav Wallia bt Bharat Kapadia 8-0. Girls U-14 (1st-round): Sharma Neena bt Maloo Parija 9-3, Agarwal Neha bt Shetye Sonal 9-3, Sinha Ayushi bt Parab Shruti 9-3, Siddiqui Moneeza bt Sampada Kanade 9-6, Vasant Aditi bt Modi Titiksha 9-4, Mehta Kanisha bt Chopra Muskan 9-2, Khyati Shah bt Ridhi Ganguly 9-5, Daksha Mulay bt D'Mello Salomi 9-0. Girls U-10 (1st-round): Sana Mulla bt Ahuja Arshia 8-2, Alekhya Shastri bt Nyan Tara 8-2.

Suburban Dist. TT
THE Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships will be held at the Kalidas Sports Complex, Mulund (W), from October 6 to 8. For details, contact Dilipbhai at the Lions Sports Club on Tel: 568 9971, Avinash Kothari Tel: 561 2181/ 569 4326 or VR Torgalkar.