Indian sports wrap, April 11: Akanksha Salunkhe moves to quarterfinal of RC Pro Series squash

Here are all the major updates, scores, and results of Indians in the world of sports on Thursday, April 11.

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: Akanksha Salunkhe moves to quarterfinal of RC Pro Series squash. | Photo Credit: The Hindu/ Vino John

SQUASH

Akanksha Salunkhe moves to quarterfinal of RC Pro Series squash

Top-seeded Indian Akanksha Salunkhe advanced to the quarterfinals of the RC Pro Series squash tournament in St Louis, USA.

Akanksha, the reigning National Games squash champion, edged out Madeleine Hylland of Norway 3-2 (13-15, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6) in 41 minutes in the second round on Wednesday.

She had received a bye in the opening round.

The player from Goa will meet Jana Swafy of Egypt in the quarterfinals at the USD 15,000 prize money PSA Challenger Tour event.

- PTI

TENNIS

AITA National Series Juniors: Snigdha knocks out top seed Kumari to reach semifinal

Snigdha Patibandla of Assam knocked out top seed Shagun Kumari 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the girl’s quarterfinals of the AITA National Series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Thursday.

In the semifinals, Snigdha will challenge Mahika Khanna. The other semifinal will be between Sejal Bhutada and Danica Fernando.

In the boys section, Rian Sharma, Ashwajit Senjam, Jatin Nain and Parth Deorukhakar made the semifinals.

The results (quarterfinals):

Under-18 boys: Rian Shara bt Aditya Mor 6-1, 6-0; Ashwajit Senjam bt Ojas Mehlawat 6-4, 7-5; Jatin Nain bt Tanussh Ghildyal 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-4; Parth Deorukhakar bt Rishi Yadav 7-5, 6-2.

Under-18 girls: Snigdha Patibandla bt Shagun Kumari 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Mahika Khanna bt Jasmine Kaur 6-2, 6-1; Sejal Bhutada bt Nandini Kansal 6-1, 6-4; Danica Fernando bt Ananya Dhankhar 6-4, 6-4.

- Kamesh Srinivasan