Indians made an impressive show in the Technoform Lion City junior squash open event here by winning two titles and earning a runner upplace in another age category here on Saturday.
The two winners came in the U-11 category with Guruveer Singh in the boys and Anahat Singh in the girls getting the honours. Both these talented children, the top seeds, did not lose a single game on way to the title. Guruveersingh defeated second seed Jayden Oon of Malaysia 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 in the final while Anahat beat the second seed from Singapore, Simmy Ong Zhe Sim 11-5,11-9, 11-2.
In the U-19 boys' section, Rutvik Rau, the top seed who had a smooth run to the title round, looked off colour in the final to lose to the second seed Sanjay Jeeva of Malaysia. Sanjay won 11-6, 11-8, 12-10.
Aside from these, there were other Indian juniors in the fray in this tournament. Ekam Singh came 5th in the U-15 category, Gitanjali Vasudevan also placed 5th in the girls u-15 section while Shreeman Raghavan was 7th in the U-17 boys placings.
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