Jaipur, Oct 24 Tamil Nadu’s Shiven Agarwal and Karnataka’s Riyansika Verma recorded thrilling five-game victories over Shresht Iyer and Fabiha Nafees respectively in the quarterfinals of the Sub-Junior & Junior National Squash Championship here on Tuesday.
Agarwal rallied to beat Karnataka’s Iyer 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, while Riyansika fought back from 2-1 down to edge out Uttar Pradesh’s Fabiha 11-4, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9 in the U-17 category.
In U-19 boys, Subhash Choudhary upset higher seed Raghav Vashistha of Uttar Pradesh 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 to advance to the semifinals.
The championship is being held across 10 categories with the finals to be played on Thursday.
(PTI News)
