AGENCIES, MUMBAI: Top seed Yash Fadte of Goa scored a clinical 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 win over Shivamraaj Gulati of Chandigarh to advance to the Boy’s U-19 quarter-finals of the Western Slam (Junior) sponsored by JSW, Raheja Corp, Shoppers Stop, Indospace Logistics and played at the Bombay Gymkhana Squash Courts on Saturday.
It was a day of upsets in the Boy’s U-19 category in Bombay Gymkhana as unseeded Neel Joshi of Maharashtra defeated his higher-ranked state-mate Deepak Mandal by 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 margin to enter the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Advait Adik who is seeded in the [9/16] bracket managed to get past a tired Vivaan Jaikishan with ease winning 11-9, 11-5, 11-2 on his way to the quarters.
In the Men’s Open, while top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar eased past Araash Mehta, 2nd seed Abhishek Pradhan had quite a fight on his hands as he rallies from 1-2 down to beat unseeded Ravi Dixit 12-10, 11-13, 9-11, 11-1,11-5.
Yash Fadte and Rahul Baitha also secured easy victories and are in the hunt for dual titles.
