Veer Chotrani, Sanya Vats win titles

Maharashtra's Veer Chotrani and Sanya Vats of Haryana Thursday won the under-19 boys and girls titles respectively in the inaugural Southern Slam junior squash, an SRFI five-star tournament held here. Chotrani made short work of Delhi boy Sankalp Anand (seeded in the 5/8 bracket) 17-15 11-2 11-6 to emerge the champion.

Anand, conqueror of the top-seed Utkarsh Baheti in the semis, faded away after a close first game. In the girl's section, top-seed Sanya Vats gave no chance to the talented Mumbai girl Ananya Dabke and won in straight games, dropping just 18 points in all.

The girls under-17 final between second-seed Taniskha Jain and local girl Abhisheka Shannon went the distance before the former prevailed 11-6 in the decider. Results: All finals: Boys: Under-19: Veer Chotrani (3/4) bt Sankalp Anand (5/8) 17-15, 11-2, 11-6.

U-17: Arnaav Sareen (1) bt Navaneeth Prabhu S (3/4) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7. U-15: Paarth Ambani (1) bt Rutva Samant (2) 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6.

U-13: Tavneet Singh Mundra (2) bt Arihant KS (1) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7. U-11: Agastya Bansal (3/4) bt Subhash Choudhary (1) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.

Girls: Under-19: Sanya Vats (1) bt Ananya Dabke 11-6, 11-6, 11-6. U-17: Tanishka Jain (2) bt Abhisheka Shannon (3/4) 6-11, 11-6, 14-12, 7-11, 11-6; U-15: Kaavya Bansal (2) bt Aaryaa Belsare (9/16) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7.

U-13: Anahat Singh (2) bt Nayna Taneja (3 /4) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3. U-11: Akanksha Gupta (1) bt Sanvi Batar (2) 12-10, 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9..