Chandigarh, August 7
In the first upset of the boys’ junior singles category, Shaquib beat second seed Piyush Sood in the 16th Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament on the 3rd day in progress here at St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today. The tournament is being organised by the Chandigarh Carrom Association.
Raj Kumar, Bunty, Kartik, Hassan, Arish, Tasavar Ali, Mohd. Naushad and Shaquib entered into the quarter-finals of the Boys’ Junior Category beating their opponents in the pre-quarter finals.
Farheen, Akanksha, Gulshan, Bhanu Sadana, Harshpreet, Vishakha and Surbhi Hemdan sailed into the quarter-finals of the Girls Junior category.
Results 3rd Day:
Men’s Singles: 2nd Round:
Raj Kumar b D S Aithani 12-22, 21-08, 25-06, Mohd. Shahzad b Mukesh Piplani 23-01, 19-04, Furkan Ansari b Devil 25-04, 25-05, Bunty b Shahnawaz 24-18, 24-05, Salim Ahmed b Mohd. Yusuf 25-00, 25-04, Mohd. Aslam b Mohd. Wasim Akram 25-04, 25-02, Jaffar Khan b Sayyad Taslim 25-00, 25-12, Varun Sood b Didar Singh 14-12, 23-15, Nadeem Akhtar b Sudhir Sidhu 25-11, 10-20, 23-19, Riyasat Ali b Dhruva Ch. 24-09, 25-12, Meesum Hussain b Mandeep Singh 25-00, 25-09, Salim Ahmed b Mohd. Yusuf 25-00, 25-04, Neeraj Bharti b Rizwan 21-05, 24-11, Mohd Aslam b Mohd. Wasim Akram 25-04, 25-02, Amjad Khan b Naushad Ali 23-15, 13-21, 25-01, Asif Iqbal b A K Sinha 25-09, 25-07;
Boys’ Junior: Pre-quarter finals:
Raj Kumar b Sidharth Uppal 25-00, Bunty b Shahnawaz 21-09, Kartik b Sartaj 25-10, Hassan b Mohd. Gufran 25-01, Arish b Lakshya Piplani 23-01, Tasavar Ali b Harmanjeet 20-11, Mohd. Naushad b Mandeep Singh 25-01, Shaquib b Piyush
Sood 22-04;
Pre-quarter finals:
Hassan b Govind Dhamija 25-00, Mukul Sharma b Shaurya Sethi 20-00, Ayush Hemdan b Sahil Mohd. 25-00, Ojhal Anand b Puneet Jain 25-06;
Girls Juniors (2nd round):
Vishakha Pandit b Aamiya 25-00, Ayushi Sharma b Rupneet Mann 25-00, Surbhi Hemdan b Parul Katyal 25-05;
Pre-quarter finals:
Farheen b Tuba 25-05, Akanksha Vohra b Pallavi Piplani 25-00, Gulshan b Chahat 21-12, Bhanu Sadana b Jasmine 25-00, Harshpreet b Jyoti 24-07, Anjali b Alisha Aggarwal 24-10, Vishakha Pandit b Gunjan Arora 25-04, Surbhi b Ayushi Sharma 25-00;
Girls’ Sub-Junior: Ist round: Tuba b Harleen 25-00,
2nd Round: Farheen b Sawkriti Chauhan 25-00, Gulshan b Mansimran Kaur 25-10, Simridhi Piplani b Ayushi 25-00, Anjali b Radhika Mehta 25-04, Tuba b Mankriti Saini 25-00, Himanshi Singh b Gunjan Arora 22-14, Surbhi Hemdan b Shabnam 25-00.
