Seven Indians advance to 2nd round in World Junior Squash

New Delhi: All the seven Indians, who took the field for their first round matches of individual competitions, emerged victorious on the opening day of the WSF-World Junior Squash Championship in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Sunday.

Aishwary Singh received a walk over from his Spanish opponent Nilo Vidal in the boys' section while Akanksha Salunkhe breezed past Kuzivakwashe Madungwe of Zimbabwe without conceding a point in the girls' section.

The Results:

Boys: Aishwary Singh w/o Nilo Vidal (Spain); Vikas Mehra bt Eissa Mohammad (Kuwait) 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9; Adithya Raghavan bt Thijs Van Der Pluijm (Netherlands) 11-6, 11-3, 11-3.

Girls: Sunayna Kuruvilla bt Victoria Leow (Aus) 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, 11-4; Jui Kalgutkar bt Kato Verwilt (Belgium) 11-3, 11-3, 11-1; Nikita Joshi bt Annika Engstrom (Sweden) 11-9, 11-3, 11-4; Akanksha Salunkhe bt Kuzivakwashe Madungwe (Zimbabwe) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0.