Delhi’s GS Sidhu had a fight on his hands and was taken the distance before prevailing in five hard fought games over K.Razi in the boys under-19 pre-quarterfinal match of the All-India squash tournament being played at the Kendriya Vidyalaya Squash courts, Sector 8, R K Puram on Monday.

Sidhu began on a roll, winning the first game 11-6, before Razi began finding the corners to take the next two games 11-9 11-9. However, Razi lost the fourth game rather tamely at 6-11. In the decider, Sidhu’s superior overall game saw him prevail 14-12. He also remained in contention in the boys under-17 category, accounting for B. Purusarth 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4.

The girls under-17 matches saw third seed Vishruti Sahni advance to the quarter-finals with an easy 11-2 11-3 11-3 victory over S. Mahveen.

Results: Boys u-19 (RD 2): GS Sidhu bt K. Razi (11-6 9-11 9-11 11-6 14-12), Surya Prakash bt Adil Khan (11-5 11-4 11-3), Sumer Sandhu bt Harman Singh (12-10 11-2 11-3), Sachit Jolly bt Ashish Gupta (11-2 11-1 11-4); Boys u-17 (RD 2) Sachit Jolly bt R. Kartik (11-2 11-6 11-8), Abhijit Malik bt Amit Bhanda (11-5 11-3 11-2), Abhishek Kumar bt Amit Aimocha (11-3 11-7 11-3), Ranvijay bt C. Binoy (11-1 11-2 11-3), Kabir Kumar bt Ankish Singh (11-5 11-2 11-4); GS Sidhu bt B.Purusarth (11-4 9-11 11-5 11-4), Aditya Advani bt Devrath Jalan (11-5 11-3 11-2), Sajid Hussain bt Abhishek Kumar (11-4 11-9 11-6); Boys u-15 (RD 2): Yohan Pandole bt Asif Ahmed (11-5 11-5 11-3), Umam Karim bt Robin Maan (11-4,11-8,11-9); Ashraf Hussain bt Amay Sabla (11-5 11-4 11-4), Ranjit Singh bt Mukul Yadav (11-3 8-11 11-5 11-4), Hiteshwar Singh bt Rajat Sharma (11-6 1-11 11-6 6-11 7-11), Divij Singh bt Ashraf Hussain (11-7 11-3 11-9); Girls u-17: Mahjabeen bt M. Priti (4-11 3-11 7-11), Harshita Kaur bt Yusra (2-11 2-11 1-11), (3) Vishruti Sahni bt S. Mahveen (11-2 11-3 11-3); Handicap Doubles (RD 1): Farman Khan/Akash Moitra bt Umman Kareem/ Qurban Hassan (15-11 17-16), Puneet Makkad/Vaibhav Gupta bt Kunal Mehra/Vedant Issar (17-15 7-15 15-12), Sikander Kamal/Kshitij Seth bt Kabir Kaur/Kartik Rastogi (15-13 12-15 11-15).