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Darshana enters semis in junior squash meet
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Darshana Vasudevan enjoyed a dream run here on Tuesday in the ISA Open junior squash tournament as she swept aside two higher seeded opponents to earn a semi-final berth.
Darshana, an under-15 Indian Squash Academy trainee, first defeated Abhilasha Bhasin in the round of 16 and then got past Jefffrey Bianca in the quarter-final, winning both matches in straight games.
Among the top seeds on view, Harishit Kaur had the shortest stay on court winning over Hema Dhanya, conceding just one point in three games in the girls Under-19 section.
The results (quarter-finals):
Boys – U-19: Yohan Darius Pandole (Mah) bt Dhruv Dabriwal (WB) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; Junaid Muzaffar Thoker (Del) bt Suraj Prathik Kumar (UP) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5; Velavan Senthilkumar (TN) bt Harshavardhan Wadhwa (Mah) 11-8, 12-10, 13-11; Aishwarya Singh (Mah) bt Aseem Mehra (Del) 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9.
U-17: Adhitya Raghavan (TN) bt Arman Jindal (Mah) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Ranjit Singh (UP) bt Yash Bhargava (Del) 4-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9; Abhay Singh (TN) bt Siddant Iyer (Mah) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Robin Singh Mann (Del) bt Vikas Mehra (TN) 11-5, 11-1, 11-1
U-15: Tushar Shahani (Mah) bt Gowtham Karthick (TN)A 11-3, 11-8, 11-5; Yash Fadte (Goa) bt Pranav N Visvesh 11-3, 11-3, 11-8; Rahul Baitha (Mah) bt Utkarsh Baheti (Raj) 11-1, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7; Veer Chotrani (Mah) bt Gautam Nagpal (Del) 11-5, 11-7, 11-3.
U-13: Navaneeth Prabhu (TN) bt Athrva Yadav (Del) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5; Tanay Punjabi (Mah) bt Shreyas Mehta (Mah) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7; Kanhav Nanavati (TN) bt Shreemann Raghavan (TN) 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8; Neel Joshi (Mah) bt Aakash Gupta (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6.
U-11: Paarth Ambani (Mah) bt Rutwa Samanth (Mah) 11-5, 12-10,11-3; Sharan Punjabi (Mah) bt R Sree Karthikeyan 11-1, 8-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-9; Vivaan Shah (Mah) bt Jaivir Singh Dhillon (Del) 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7; Ansh Tripathi (TN) bt Rohan Arya Gondi (AP) 11-2, 11-4, 13-11.
Girls – U-19: Harshit Kaur Jwanda (Del) bt Hema Dhanya (TN) 11-0, 11-0, 11-1; Riddhi Sampat (Mah) bt AV Apoorva (TN) 11-13, 11-7, 11-3, 7-11,11-1; Mayuri Namasivayam (TN) w/o Priyal Jain (TN); Adya Advani (Mah) bt Anmol Dhindsa (Del) 11-0, 11-3, 11-1.
U-17: Akanksha Salunkhe (Goa) bt Kiruttiga Murugesan (TN) 11-5, 11-0, 11-2; Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (TN) bt Koel Shankar (Mah) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3; Nikita Joshi (Mah) bt Nehaarika Balamurukan 11-7, 11-4, 11-3; Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) bt Sanika Choudhari (Mah) 11-4, 11-7, 11-2.
U-15: Diya Joukani (Mah) bt Adwiteya Kasliwal (MP) 11-4, 11-2, 11-2; Darshana Vasudevan (TN) bt Jeffrey Bianca (TN) 11-4, 11-9, 11-7; Navmi Sharma (Mah) bt Thulasimathi Murugesan (TN) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9; Samita Sivakumar (TN) bt J.S. Krithica 11-9, 11-7, 11-6.
U-13: Megha Bhatia (Del) bt Rewa Bharma (Mah) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Aarya Ogale (Mah) bt Abhisheka Shannon (TN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6; Avani Nagar (Mah) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (Mah) 13-11, 11-7, 11-4; Ananya Dabke (Mah) bt Diksha Aurobindo (TN) 11-6, 11-5, 12-14, 11-5.
U-11: Yuvna Gupta (Mah) bt V. Harini (TN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Geetanjali Vasudevan (TN) bt Saisha Gupta (Mah) 11-3, 11-7, 11-1; S. Akshaya Sri (TN) bt Archita Singh (Mah) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7; Pooja Aarthi (TN) bt Tagyaa Parakh (WB) 11-3, 11-5, 11-1.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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