Chennai: The precociously-talented Anahat Singh moved into the girls’ third round of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston on Friday night.
The 16-year-old women’s National champion, seeded 5/8, eased past South African Dene Van Zyl 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 in the second round following a first-round bye.
She will next meet Samantha Jaffe (17/32) of the US.
Her compatriot Tiana Parasrampuria (17/32) also advanced to the third round with a 14-12, 11-5,11-5 win over Emma Merson (NZ), while five Indian boys recorded first-round victories.
Other Indian results:
Boys:
1st round:
Ayaan Vaziralli bt Md Alnasfan (Saudi Arabia) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5;
Shaurya Bawa (17/32) bt Md Ammad (Pak) 12-10, 11-3, 11-9;
Arihant KS bt Jonathan Reyes (Philippines) 11-5, 11-3, 11-6;
Harith Danial Jefri (9/16) (Malaysia) bt Tanveet Singh Mundra 11-4, 11-7, 11-7;
Yuvraj Wadhwani (17/32) bt Shu Takahashi (Japan) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9;
Avlokit Singh bt Kasper Cheung (Australia) 11-9, 11-9, 11-2.
Girls:
2nd round:
Malika Elkaraksy (17/32) (Egypt) bt Shameena Riaz 11-3, 11-6, 11-2;
Dixon Hill (17/32) (USA) bt Nirupama Dubey 11-4, 11-4, 11-5;
Helen Tang (17/32) (Hong Kong) bt Unnati Tripathi 11-4, 11-5, 11-8.
1st round:
Shameena bt Maiden-Lee Coe (NZ) 11-4, 13-11, 11-1;
Nirupama bt Maria Gomez (Colombia) 11-4, 11-6, 7-11, 11-4;
Savannah Moxham (Belgium) bt Sehar Nayar 11-8, 11-7, 11-5;
Unnati bt Mariam Ayad (Germany) 12-10, 11-2, 11-2;
