Tandon shocks top seed Dixit for junior squash title

CHENNAI - Second seed Ramit Tandon provided the only surprise result of the day when he beat Asian junior champion Ravi Dixit in the all-Tamil Nadu boys under-19 final of the National sub-junior and junior squash championship, here Friday.

After winning a close first game, Tandon wrapped up the tie by taking the next two even as top seeded Dixit faded from the contest. Tandon won 13-11, 11-3, 11-8.

Anaka Alankamony of Tamil Nadu duly emerged junior girls champion with a straight forward win against second seeded Ankita Sharma of Maharashtra.

The results (all finals):

Boys:

U-11: 1-Chaitanya Shah (MAH) bt 2-Aryan Parekh (MAH) 12-10 11-9 11-5.

U-13: 1-Roshan Kumarakannan (TN) bt Velavan Senthilkumar (TN) 15-13 11-3 11-6.

U-15: 1-Kush Kumar (TN) bt Abhimanyu Shah (MAH) 11-9 7-11 11-5 11-9.

U-17: 1-Mahesh Mangoankar (MAH) bt 2-Vrishab Koitan (TN) 11-9 11-3 11-1.

U-19: 2-Ramit Tandon (TN) bt 1-Ravi Dixit (TN) 13-11 11-3 11-8.

Girls:

U-11: 1-Nikita Joshi (MAH) bt 2-Daksha Pathak (MAH) 9-11 11-9 11-3 12-10.

U-13: 1-Adya Advani (DEL) bt 2-Aishwarya Bhattacharya (MAH) 10-12 11-3 11-9 10-12 11-5. U-15: 1-Lakshya Ragvendra (TN) bt Pankhuri Malhotra (DEL) 11-7 11-7 14-12.

U-17: 1-Saumya Karki (MAH) bt 2-Aparajitha Balamurukan (TN) 5-11 11-5 11-6 11-8.

U-19: 1-Anaka Alankamony (TN) bt 2-Ankita Sharma (MAH) 11-2 11-5 11-9.