Squash: Unheralded Aparajitha shocks Sachika to enter final

Mumbai, Dec 20 (PTI) Unseeded Aparajitha Balamurukan of Tamil Nadu upset second seed Sachika Balvani of Maharashtra in five games to enter the women's final of the 74th CCI- Western India Open Squash Tournament here today.

Aparajitha dumped an error-prone Sachika 2-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6 in the semi-final and will meet top seed Urwashi Joshi in the final.

Urwashi had things well in control in the other semi final to carve out a 11-3, 11-1,11-1 victory over 3/4 seed Amruta Swami in the other semi final.

Top seed Ravi Dixit of Haryana and second seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi advanced to the men's semi-finals along with Mumbai duo, Aditya Jagtap and Abhishek Pradhan.

Results: Men (Quarter-finals): Ravi Dixit bt Jamal Sakib 11-3, 11-9, 12-10; Aditya Jagtap bt Sandeep Jangra 11-8, 11-4, 11-8; Abhishek Pradhan bt Abhishek Agarwal 11-7, 11-2, 11-8; Gaurav Nandrajog bt Naveen Jangra bt 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

Women (Semi-finals): Urwashi Joshi bt Amruta Swami 11-3, 11-1, 11-1; Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Sachika Balvani 2-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-6.

Girls U-11 (Semi finals): Diya Yadav bt Unnati Tripathi 3-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; Anahat Singh bt Jiya Chotrani 11-4, 11-6, 11-9.

Girls U-13 (Semi-finals): Aasya Patel bt Nayna Taneja 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Pooja Arthi R. bt Kaavya Bansal 13-11, 9-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.

Girls U-15 (Semi-finals): Aishwarya Khubchandani bt Tanishka Jain 11-1, 11-9, 11-4; Yuvna Gupta bt Sarah Vethekar 6-11, 11-9, 4-11, 16-14, 11-9.

Girls U-17 (Semi-finals): Jannia Singh bt Megha Bhatia 11-8, 11-6, 11-5; Ananya Dabke bt Anannya Morey 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4.

Girls U-19 (Semi-finals): Ashita Bhengra bt Sparshi Mattas 11-5, 11-9, 11-5; Radhika Rathore bt Aaradhana Kasturiraj 9-11, 11-0, 11-6, 11-5.

Boys U-11 (Semi-finals): Ekambir Singh bt Siddharth Bhandari 11-3, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9; Dev Sharma bt Aakash Kannan 3-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-13, 11-8.

Boys U-13 (Semi-finals): Yuvraj Wadhwani bt Shaurya Bawa 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7; Rutva Samant bt Devay Mehta 11-7, 11-9, 11-5.

Boys U-15 (Semi-finals): Tanay Punjabi bt Shreyas Mehta 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 4-11, 11-5; Arnaav Sareen bt Jay Vaknalli 11-2, 11-3, 11-5