Mumbai is certainly a happy hunting place for Indian teenager Anahat Singh who emerged champion, convincingly winning the women’s crown in the JSW-Willingdon Little Masters and Senior Squash Open at the Worli Sports Club courts on Wednesday. This 4-star tournament is being conducted in association with the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI).
The 15-year-old National champion and top seed Anahat, playing in her third PSA Tour, was in a class of her own and with some clever deceptive play often wrong-footed the Japanese to dictate the rallies. Having taken control of the proceedings from the start she came out trumps, recording an 11-4, 11-3, and 11-7 win with a degree of comfort. This was Anahat's fifth success after winning both the women’s and girls’ under-19 titles in the Bombay Gymkhana 46th Maharashtra State Open Squash last September and the 78th CCI Western India Slam Squash last December.
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Later, India number two and top seed Abhay after initial resistance in the first game from second seed Suraj Kumar Chand finally found his range of shots and cruised to a smooth 11-9, 11-5, and 11-2 victory in the all-Indian men’s final.
Earlier in the under-17 competition, top seed Navya Sundararajan defeated second Chhavi Saran 11-4, 11-5, and 11-2 to win the girls title and in the boys’ final, second seed Yusha Nafees got the better of joint third-fourth seed Udit Mishra 11-8, 11-9, 11-1.
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