Chennai, July 15 (UNI) India's Anahat Singh and Shaurya Bawa advanced to the quarterfinals in the girls' and boy's sections respectively in the World Junior Squash Championships at Houston in US
on Sunday.
This was for the first time two Indians will feature in the quarterfinals of the competition in the same year.
Anahat has made it to the last eight stage for the third straight year, reports received here today said.
The 16-year-old women’s National champion, seeded 5/8, defeated Japan’s Akari Midorikawa (9/16) 11-6, 13-11, 11-2 in the fourth round.
She will take on Egypt’s Nadien Elhammamy (3/4) in the quarters.
Meanwhile, Shaurya Bawa (17/32) too moved to the boys’ singles quarterfinals with a 11-9, 5-11,
11-5, 13-11 win over Segundo Portabales (17/32) of Argentina.
He will meet Malaysia’s Low Wa-Sern (17/32) in the last eight stage.
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