SPO-SQUASH-JUNIOR

Yash, Chaitanya advance to last four of squash tournament
    Mumbai, Aug 14 (PTI) Unseeded Yash Fadte and Chaitanya
Shah stole the show by reaching the U-19 boys' semi-finals of
the 3rd Indian Classic Junior Open Squash Tournament today.
    Fadte, a 16-year-old Goa boy who has been making waves
in the mens and the junior circuit, outplayed Raunak Advani
of Maharashtra 11-7, 11-1, 11-4 at the Bombay Gymkhana here.
    "This has been a great couple of weeks for me as I
have been putting my training to good use. I have gained a lot
of confidence by playing some of the top players," said Fadte.
    "Ive played Raunak before and he is a very skilled
opponent. Raunak was relentless at first, but I made him move
around the court which helped me gain an advantage over him.
The other two games were easier to control as he was tired and
it helped win the game," he said after the match.
    Shah, who caused an upset in the last round, followed
it up by defeating Ajay Unadkat, who is seeded in the (5/8)
bracket. He won a close contest 11-9, 11-8, 11-2.
    Shah is to take on India No.1 Tushar Shahani in the
semis. Shahani defeated Shloke Sahay 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 to
advance to the last four.
    In the girls U-19 group, unseeded Sanya Vats stunned
second seed Radhika Rathore to reach the semis.
    Sanya dominated the match, leaving no room for Radhika
to make a comeback, and easily won 11-3, 11-5, 11-8.
    She will meet Navmi Sharma for a berth in the final.
Navmi breezed past Bhavna Goyal, seeded in the 5/8 bracket,
11-7, 11-0, 11-3.
    Top seed Amita Gondi trounced Sparshi Mattas, placed
in the 5/8 bracket, 11-8, 11-1 11-5 in another quarter-final
encounter.
    Results Boys U-19 (Quarter-finals): Tushar Shahani [1]
bt Shloke Sahay [5/8] 11-8 11-6 11-4; Chaitanya Shah bt Anuj
Unadkat [5/8] 11-8 11-9 11-2; Yash Fadte bt Raunak Advani 11-7
11-1 11-4; Rahul Baitha [2] bt Avinash Yadav [5/8] 11-6 11-5
11-7.
    Girls U-19 (Quarter-finals): Amita Gondi [1] bt
Sparshi Mattas [5/8] 11-8 11-1 11-5; Jannia Singh bt Abhilasha
Bhasin [3/4] 11-2 11-2 11-2; Navmi Sharma [3/4] bt Bhavna
Goyal [5/8] 11-7 11-0 11-3; Sanya Vats bt Radhika Rathore [2]
11-3 11-5 11-8. PTI SSR NRB
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