SQUASH
Dhairya shines
India’s Dhairya Gogia recorded an upset 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7 win over Hong Kong’s 5/8 seed Tse Ka Chun in the boys’ Under-13 first round at the 33rd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in Panzhihua, China.
Indians shone bright with dominant performances across age-groups on the opening day of the four-day competition.
Results involving Indians (1st round):
U-13: Boys: 3/4-Amarya Bajaj bt Chau Hyo Chon (Mac) 11-1, 11-1, 11-5; 3/4-Abhyuday Arora bt Danuja Jayasinghe (SL) 11-5, 11-4, 11-1; Dhairya Gogia bt 5/8-Tse Ka Chun (HK) 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7. Girls: Riyaa Dalal bt Dheerya Mithali Silva (SL) 11-0, 11-6, 11-7; 5/8-Alia Kankaria bt Eun Choi (Kor) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5.
U-15: Boys: Jackrish Kumar Sashikumar (SGP) bt Vedant Agarwal 10-12, 11-9, 11-13, 11-5, 11-3; Dhruv Johri bt Disas Subasinghe (SL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3.
U-17: Boys: Hridhaan Shah bt Shi Yuxi (Chn) 11-8, 11-6, 11-4; 5/8-Lokesh Subramani bt Wong Yat Him (HK) 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8; 5/8-Shiven Agarwal bt Julio Kazim (Mac) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5; Raghav Vashishta bt Wu Cheok Lo (Mac)11-6, 11-5, 11-4. Girls: Saanvi Kalanki bt He Keren (Chn) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Riyansika Verma bt Lee Yu-Lin (Tpe) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2; Diva Shah bt Orkhun-Begim Orgil (Mgl) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0.
U-19: Girls: 5/8-Unnati Tripathi bt Li Shiqi (China) 11-4, 11-1, 8-1 retd; Akanksha Gupta bt Anna Kuwahara (Japan) 11-2, 11-4, 11-7; Vyomika Khandelwal bt Yeeun Kim (Kor) 11-1, 11-2, 11-2; Eesha Shrivastava bt Huang Meili (Chn) 11-0, 11-5, 11-9.
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Published on May 20, 2026
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