Veer Chotrani, Sankalp Anand set up final clash

Mumbai lad Veer Chotrani and Delhi's Sankalp Anand put it across higher-ranked opponents to enter the boys under-19 final of the Southern Slam junior squash, an SRFI national five-star event here Wednesday. In the girl's under-19 section, Ananya Dabke of Mumbai pulled off an upset win over second-seeded Jannia Singh for a spot in the final.

The match between Chotrani and second-seeded Yash Fadte of Goa witnessed high-quality squash with the latter rallying after trailing 1-2 before winning in five games. After starting strongly, the Mumbai player lost his way as Fadte played in a solid manner.

Chotrani, however, regained his composure to register an 11-5, 10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 11-7 win. The lanky Sankalp played consistently to upstage No.1 seed Utkarsh Baheti 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 12-10.

In the girl's under-19 event, left-hander Sanya Vats, the top seed had it easy over local girl Radhika Suthanthira Seelan, winning 11-8, 11-4, 11-8. The talented Dabke stole the show with an 11-7, 11-4, 11-3 demolition of the No.2 seed Jannia Singh.