UP's Yusha and Unnati emerge national squash champions
LUCKNOW, Oct. 30 -- Uttar Pradesh duo of Yusha Nafees and Unnati Tripathi won their maiden U-19 boys and girls crowns respectively, beating the top seeds on the concluding day of the Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championship in Jaipur on Thursday.
Second seeded and last year's runner-up Nafees beat Maharashtra's Purav Rambhia in straight games 11-9, 11-6, 11-6, while 3/4 seed Unnati defeated last year's runner-up Akanksha Gupta of Maharashtra in four games 8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-5.
Contrasting wins marked the Day One of the four-day State Sub-Junior Badminton Championship at Azamgarh on Thursday.
In the boys' category, Vansh Srivastava defeated Shashwat Tiwari 30-17, Ujjwal Yadav defeated Akshat Singh 30-2, and Vivan Agarwal defeated Adarsh Singh 30-14. In the girls' category, Pragati Kumar defeated Urvi Srivastava 30-7, Aditi Jha defeated Vartika Singh 30-15, Unnati Kumar defeated Devanshi Singh 30-13, and Meghan Goyal defeated Kimaya Singh 30-13.
Vanshraj Jalota and Aniruddh Kumar made it to the boys' singles final of the Braj Mohan Lal Tiwari Memorial AITA Championship Series Under-18 Tennis Tournament after hard-fought semi-final victories on Thursday. Aniruddh also won the doubles title alongside Aarav Bhaskar, keeping alive his bid for a tournament double.
Top-seeded Jalota of Uttar Pradesh overcame fifth-seeded compatriot Aarav Bhaskar 6-2, 6-7 (3), 6-3. After taking the opening set, Vanshraj lost a tight second-set tie-break, but regained control in the decider to seal his place in the final, at the SDS Tennis Academy here.
In the other semi-final, third-seeded Aniruddh Kumar recovered from losing the first-set tie-break to beat second-seeded Faiz Kidwai 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4. Aniruddh raised his intensity after the opening set and took the next two sets to set up a meeting with Vanshraj.
Aarav Bhaskar and Aniruddh Kumar, seeded second, won the doubles title by defeating fourth-seeded Virat Singh and Dhruv Singh 7-6 (7), 7-5. Both sets were closely contested, with the winning pair holding firm in the decisive moments.
The 18th Padma Shri Pt Jaman Lal Sharma Memorial Under-14 Hockey Tournament, scheduled to be played from November 1, has been postponed due to some unavoidable circumstances, states a release....
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