Chennai, Sep 8 (IANS) India's Ashita Bhengra upset second seed compatriot Akanksha Salunkhe in straight games as the trainees of the Indian Squash Academy occupied eight semi-final spots in various age group categories in the third Indian Junior Open squash tournament here Thursday.
P Sankaran, Sandeep Ramachandran, Kush Kumar, Vrishab Kotian and Abhishek Pradan in Boys Under 13, 15, 17 and 19 categories, Ashita (Girls-13), Anaka Alankamony and Aparajitha Balamurugan (both in Girls 19) progressed to the penultimate round.
Sankaran (5-8) eliminated higher ranked Advait Adik (3-4) to author a notable victory on a day when Indian players dominated.
The results (all quarter-finals):
Boys U-11: Veer Chotrani bt G Yashwant Raghav 11-9 11-3 11-3; Ayush Menon (USA) bt Yash Fadte 7-11 11-6 8-11 11-6 11-6; P Shankaran bt Advait Adik 11-13 11-4 12-10 11-5; Tushar Shahani bt Druinka M Perera (SL) 11-6 9-11 9-11 11-3 11-7.
Boys U-13: Mohammad Alsarraj (Jor) bt Shamil Wakeel (SL) 11-5 11-5 11-5; Yash Bhargava bt Chu Kwok Kee (HK) 8-11 11-6 11-3 11-9; Robin Mann bt Ravi Solomon 11-7 11-6 7-11 12-10; Ranjit Singh bt Lai Cheuk Nam Matthew 11-3 11-4 11-6.
Boys U-15: Yuen Tsun Hei (HK) bt Roshan Kumarakannan 11-3 11-3 11-4; Mohd. Farez Izwan (Mal) bt Aishwary Singh 11-13 11-8 11-6 11-7; Sandeep Ramachandran bt Velavan Sentilkumar 11-7 10-12 11-7 11-8; Yohan Pandole bt Hamza Alzubaidi (Jor) 11-8 11-8 11-6.
Boys U-17: Ahmad Alsaraj (Jor) Lo Cheuk Hin Chris (HK) 11-2 11-7 11-7; Yeung Ho Wai (HK) bt Varish Sawlani 11-4 11-7 11-7; Gurshan Singh (Mal) Deepak Mishra 9-11 11-9 11-9 11-9; Kush Kumar bt Vijay Kumar 11-9 11-8 11-7.
Boys U-19: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Abhijit Malik 11-5 11-1 11-3; Tang Cheuk Yan (HK) bt Vivek Dinodia 9-11 11-3 8-11 11-8 11-7; Vrishab Kotian bt Akshay Deepak 11-4 11-6 11-5; Abhishek Pradhan bt Shashi Pandey 11-7 11-4 11-6.
Girls U-11: Adwiteya Kasliwal bt V.Darshana 11-2 11-0 11-0; Diya Joukni bt Jeffrey Bianca 11-3 11-6 11-4; Lui Hiu Lam (HK) bt S Samitha 11-1 11-2 11-0; Aditi Raheja bt Abhilasha Bhasin 11-7 10-12 12-14 11-7 11-8.
Girls U-13: Aishwarya Bhattacharya bt Nikita Joshi 9-11 11-0 11-2 11-4; Cheng Nga Ching bt Daksha Pathak 11-8 11-8 11-9; Ho Ka Wing (H.K) bt Neharika Balamurukan 11-9 11-4 11-1; Ashita Bhengra bt Akanksha Salunkhe 11-7 12-10 12-10.
Girls U-15: Adya Advani bt Jui Kalgutkar 11-6 11-7 11-7; Harshit Kaur bt Tanvi Khanna 11-8 11-1 11-5; Mihiliya Methsarani (SL) bt N Mayuri 13-11 11-8 11-6; Chan Ho Ching bt Aishwarya Nambiyar 11-4 11-9 11-4.
Girls U-17: Ho Tze Lok (HK) bt Saai Meera 11-5 11-6 11-7; Chu Ka Hei (HK) bt Lakshya Ragvendran 11-8 11-4 11-9; Choi Uen Shan bt Sachika Ingale 11-6 11-5 11-8; Chan Pui Hei Pansy (HK) bt Urvashi Joshi 11-5 11-8 11-9.
Girls U-19: Anaka Alankamony w/o Aarthy Kasturiraj; Lee Ka Yi (HK) Nadindhi Udangawe (SL) 11-2 11-5 11-0; Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Ankita Sharma 11-9 11-3 13-11; Ho Ka Po (HK) bt Shria Khatri 11-4 11-4 9-11 11-6.