Jaipur: Promising Rajasthan player Dhairya Gogia caused a big upset by stunning second seed Fareed Andrabi in a tough five-set encounter to storm into the quarter-finals of the Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championship at the SMS Stadium courts here on Monday.Dhairya, who reached the main draw from the qualifying rounds, knocked out his state-mate and second seed Fareed 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, 16-14 to make it to the quarters in the U-15 boys category.Rajasthan’s Gauravi Ajmera, Inaya Andravi, Yuvan Verma, Divyanshi Jain, Jain Ali and Subhash Choudhary have also reached the quarter-finals in their respective age groups.
Rajasthan teenager Dhairya Gogia shocks second seed Fareed Andrabi in five sets to storm into the U-15 boys quarter-finals of the Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championship at the SMS Stadium courts in Jaipur on Monday
In the U-11 girls section, Gauravi Ajmera of Rajasthan edged past Anaisha Sahu of Jharkhand 3-2, while Inaya Andravi thumped Aadya Chauhan of Haryana 3-0 to make it to the last eight.Yuvan Verma thumped Angad Singh of Delhi 3-0 to reach the U-11 boys quarter-finals.In the U-13 boys group, Jain Ali of Rajasthan outclassed Haribala K of Tamil Nadu 3-0 in the pre-quarter-finals. International player Divyanshi Jain of Jaipur dismissed her state mate Rashi Choudhary of her own state 3-0 to seal a spot in the last-eight in the U-15 group.
Rajasthan’s promising players Divyanshi Jain and Dhairya Gogia enter the quarter-finals of the Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championship at the SMS Stadium courts in Jaipur on Monday
In the U-19 boys, Subhash Choudhary of Rajasthan defeated Jad Gani of Tamil Nadu 3-0 to make it to the last eight.Meanwhile, top seed Agastya Uppal (Delhi) in U-11 boys, Riya Dalal (Maharashtra) in U-13 girls and Aaron Aramban (Maharashtra) in boys, Dhruv Johri (Haryana) in U-15 boys and Anika Kalanki (Madhya Pradesh) in girls, Aadya Budhiya (Jharkhand) in U-17 girls and Shreyansh Jha (Maharashtra) in boys and Akanksha Gupta (Maharashtra) in U-19 girls won their matches and made it to the quarter-finals.According to organising secretary Surbhi Misra, quarter-final matches of all age groups will be played on Tuesday.
