Squash: Jeh, Ahaan ease into Round Three

Maharashtra's Jeh Pandole and Ahaan Bhansali were both in cracking form and hardly broke a sweat to advance to the third and final round of the boys' under-13 qualification round in the NSCI Indian Classic Junior Open

Maharashtra's Jeh Pandole and Ahaan Bhansali were both in cracking form and hardly broke a sweat to advance to the third and final round of the boys' under-13 qualification round in the NSCI Indian Classic Junior Open squash championship at Worli, Mumbai yesterday.

Jeh Pandole

In second round encounters, Jeh with a solid attacking performance did not face any challenge from Ketan Pawankar and just dropped three points in the third game to waltz to a 11-0, 11-0, 11-3 victory in just 10 minutes.

Earlier on the same court, Ahaan outplayed Tamil Nadu's Anush Kar, who could only manage to win just one point in each of the three games.

Ahaan struck some fine winners to completely dominate his southern opponent and complete an 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 win a little less than 13 minutes.

Meanwhile, Saniya Jain of Karnataka snatched a tight victory against Aishwaria Payyan of Telangana in a girls' under-13 first round match.

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