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India’s Anahat, Tiana in 3rd round of World Jr squash

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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;

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