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TN `B' in semifinals

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CHENNAI: Sujat Barua guided Tamil Nadu `B' to the semifinals of the boys' under-19 category in the junior inter-State squash championship here on Wednesday. Tamil Nadu `B' beat Rajasthan `A' 2-1.

Barua, Assamese by origin, had represented Rajasthan twice before in the Nationals before enrolling with TNSRA five months ago. He went on to play a near-flawless game against his good friend and once-sparring partner Farid Singh, to post a convincing 9-3, 9-1, 9-2 victory.

Maharashtra `A' advances

From Pool A, Maharashtra `A' was the other team to qualify for the last four, while Tamil Nadu `A' and Delhi `A' made the grade from Pool B.

In the girls' under-19 division, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu `A' are on course for a final showdown.

The results (round-robin league):

Boys: Under-19: Tamil Nadu `B' bt Rajasthan `A' 2-1 (Vinayak Shetty lost to Gunraj Singh 2-9, 1-9, 9-2, 9-1, 6-9; Ashwin Sridhar bt Shaj Gulati 9-2, 10-8, 7-9, 9-5; Sujat Barua bt Farid Singh 9-3, 9-1, 9-2).

Maharashtra `A' bt West Bengal 3-0 (Manek Mathur bt Ramit Tandon 9-4, 9-4, 9-2; Vikram Malhotra bt Kabir Juggi 9-0, 9-2, 9-3; Naishad Lalwani bt Rohan Vajpeyi 9-0, 9-0, 9-0).

Tamil Nadu `A' bt Maharashtra `B' 3-0 (Harinder Pal Singh bt Sadiq Madraswala 9-5, 9-1, 9-2; A. Parthiban bt Laxman Joshi 9-3, 9-4, 9-3; Parth Sharma bt Navin Jhangra 9-5, 9-1, 9-7).

Delhi `A' bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (Uday Das bt Paramjit Singh 9-4, 9-2, 5-9, 0-9, 9-1; Sohail Kapur bt Mohd. Saqib 9-0, 9-0, 9-3; Raghav Malik bt Akash Sharma 9-1, 9-0, 9-0).

Under-15: Maharashtra `A' bt West Bengal 3-0 (Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Rishi Tandon 9-4, 9-1, 9-2; Aditya Gupta bt Vivek Dinodia 9-3, 9-0, 9-1; Aadit Zaveri bt Himanshu Jatia 9-1, 9-1, 9-4).

Rajasthan `A' bt Tamil Nadu `B' 3-0 (Rishi Jalan bt Naman Jha 9-1, 9-6, 9-4; Karan Kanodia bt Imaad Musvee 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Vipul Saran bt H. Vineet 9-6, 9-6, 9-3).

Tamil Nadu `A' bt Rajasthan `B' 3-0 (Karan Malik bt Mayank Jain 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Akshay Deepak bt Ashrai Orj 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; Yaksh Dawar bt Shivraj Singh 9-5, 9-1, 9-0).

Delhi `A' bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (Ravi Dixit bt Shaqir Hussain 9-1, 9-0, 9-3; Karan Kumar bt Bheem Sagar 10-8, 9-6, 9-0; Sumer Bhal bt Deepak Misra 9-0, 9-2, 9-1).

Girls: Under-19: Tamil Nadu `B' bt Delhi 3-0 (Sruti Reddy bt Lydia John 6-9, 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; A. Anaka bt Gayatri Mathur 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; B. Aprajitha bt Nanki Grewal 9-0, 9-0, 9-0).

Maharashtra bt Uttar Pradesh 3-0 (Shivangi Paranjpe bt Somya Sachan 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Madhura Paranjpe bt Kashika Gupta 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Shaheen Madraswala bt Shivangi Mishra 9-0, 9-3, 9-0).

Under-15: Maharashtra `A' bt Maharashtra `B' 2-1 (Sachika Balwani bt Rinki Soni 9-6, 9-10, 9-8, 9-1; Ankita Sharma bt Saumya Karki 7-9, 9-6, 3-9, 9-0, 10-8; Namrata Purohit lost to Shriya Khatri 3-9, 4-9, 0-9).

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