Mumbai: After securing victories in their inaugural matches, Mumbai Mavericks and Phantom Stars have more reasons to celebrate as they have made it to the semi-finals of the Transcon Super Squash Mumbai Junior Tournament which would be played at the Juhu Ville Parle Gymkhana on Sunday.
Against all expectations, it was Rutva Samant, who after a mediocre performance on the first day defeated Aaryamaan Jaising. Paarth Ambani from Wiz Kids also grabbed some eyeballs with his playing style against Jay Vakhnilli on Saturday.
Adhish Kancharla of Phantom Stars too had a good contest against Ekambir Singh of Wiz Kids and eventually ended up defeating him 10-12 11-8 11-3.
Aleya Masand was simply blown away by Tisha Jasani in straight sets as the latter didn’t offer any chances of a comeback.
Vivaan Shah fought hard on Saturday but the latter ended up losing the first set 5-11 to Devay Mehta. Shah however staged a fightback and gave a flipping coin to the other two sets, winning them 11-6 and 11-8.
A bigger audience is expected on Sunday, the last of the day of the tournament, which has already seen a large crowds accumulate in the squad court corridors.
(Reporting by Dipesh Mali)
Results:
Mumbai Mavericks lost to Racquet Rangers 30-40 (Kavya Anand lost to Priyaan Thakker 4-11 11-4 6-11; Aaryaman Jaising lost to Rutva Samant 8-11 11-9 7-11; Devay Mehta lost to Sharan Punjabi 7-11 3-11; Ranbir Minocha bt Dhairya Shah 8-11 11-8 11-9; Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Kaavya Bansal 11-4 11-6; Karina Phipps bt Vyomika Khandelwal 11-9 11-7; Nayna Taneja lost to Aaryaa Belsare 6-11 5-11)
Phantom Stars lost to Squash United
30-40 (Anshuman Jaising lost to Dev Sharma 7-11 11-7 3-11; Jay Vaknalli bt Sunny Yadav 11-3 11-6; Adhish Kancharla lost to Ayaan Vaziralli 4-11 9-11; Neil Malaney lost to Prakash Aujhi 6-11 6-11; Saniya Jaggi lost to Yuvna Gupta 5-11 1-11; Akanksha Gupta bt Diva Shah 11-2 11-3; Tiana Parasrampuria bt Jiya Chotrani 11-3 11-7)
The UnSquashables lost to Lightning Strokes 30-40 (Dhruv Khanna lost to Arjun Morey 4-11 2-11; Mohit Bhatt bt Om Semwal 11-7 11-4;
Vivaan Bhatia lost to Vivaan Shah 1-11 10-12;
Hunarpal Kohli bt Deemant Dhar Dubey 11-4 7-11 11-5; Sakshi Karnani lost to Tanishka Jain 6-11 1-11; Ipsa Mishra bt Pia Singh 11-4 11-2; Tisha Jasani lost to Aleya Masand 3-11 0-11)
Wiz Kids bt The Incredibles 40-30 (Teerth Jilka lost to Vedant Chheda 6-11 6-11;
Paarth Ambani bt Ahaan Bhansali 11-6 11-4; Ekambir Singh bt Siddhant Rewari 11-6 11-6; Aimaan Zakaria bt Kabir Taraporewala 11-9 11-3; Sarah Vethekar lost to Anjali Semwal 4-11 9-11 ; Saara Joukani bt Aelina Shah 11-4 11-2 ; Tanya Bafna lost to Diya Yadav 1-11 0-11)
Mumbai Mavericks bt Lightning Strokes 50-20 (Kavya Anand bt Arjun Morey 11-4 12-10; Aaryaman Jaising bt Om Semwal 7-11 17-15 11-5; Devay Mehta lost to Vivaan Shah 11-5 6-11 8-11; Ranbir Minocha bt Deemant Dhar Dubey 11-4 11-6; Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Tanishka Jain 11-3 11-3 ; Karina Phipps bt Pia Singh 11-6 11-6; Nayna Taneja bt Aleya Masand 7-11 11-8 11-13)
Phantom Stars lost to Squash United
30-40( Anshuman Jaising lost to Dev Sharma 7-11 11-7 3-11; Jay Vaknalli bt Sunny Yadav 11-3 11-6; Adhish Kancharla lost to Ayaan Vaziralli 4-11 9-11; Neil Malaney lost to Prakash Aujhi 6-11 6-11; Saniya Jaggi lost to Yuvna Gupta 5-11 1-11; Akanksha Gupta bt Diva Shah 11-2 11-3; Tiana Parasrampuria bt Jiya Chotrani 11-3 11-7)
The UnSquashables lost to Lightning Strokes 30-40 ( Dhruv Khanna lost to Arjun Morey 4-11 2-11; Mohit Bhatt bt Om Semwal 11-7 11-4; Vivaan Bhatia lost to Vivaan Shah 1-11 10-12; Hunarpal Kohli bt Deemant Dhar Dubey 11-4 7-11 11-5; Sakshi Karnani lost to Tanishka Jain 6-11 1-11; Ipsa Mishra bt Pia Singh 11-4 11-2; Tisha Jasani lost to Aleya Masand 3-11 0-11)
Phantom Stars bt Wiz Kids
40-30 ( Anshuman Jaising bt Teerth Jilka 11-6 11-1; Jay Vaknalli lost to Paarth Ambani 4-11 10-12; Adhish Kancharla bt Ekambir Singh 10-12 11-8 11-3; Neil Malaney lost to Aimaan Zakaria 1-11 6-11; Saniya Jaggi lost to Sarah Vethekar 8-11 5-11; Akanksha Gupta bt Saara Joukani 11-7 3-11 11-3; Tiana Parasrampuria bt Tanya Bafna 11-0 11-0)
