Jaipur: The Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championships will be held from October 23 to 29 here at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium squash courts. Nearly 900 players from across the country will participate in the week-long tournament. The tourney, which returned to Jaipur after a long gap, will feature boys and girls in the Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17, and Under-19 categories.
Tournament organising secretary Surbhi Misra, Jaipur Club president Ajit Saxena and secretary Himanshu Sehgal address a press conference in Jaipur on Wednesday
Surbhi Misra, organising secretary of the tournament and a former international player, said here on Wednesday that Jaipur has once again got a chance to host this prestigious tournament after eight years. In 2018, the tournament was held at the SMS Stadium.
Tournament organising secretary Surbhi Misra, Jaipur Club president Ajit Saxena and secretary Himanshu Sehgal address a press conference in Jaipur on Wednesday
However, due to the increased number of entries this year, the matches will be held at the SMS Stadium, as well as at the Jaipur Club and the Modern School in Mansarovar.Jaipur Club president Ajit Saxena and secretary Himanshu Sehgal stated that the qualifying round ties will be played from Oct 23 to 25, while the main draw will begin on Oct 26. The main draw will consist of 16 players, with eight qualifiers. State sports and youth affairs minister Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore will inaugurate the tournament on Oct 23 at the SMS Stadium.
Tournament organising secretary Surbhi Misra, Jaipur Club president Ajit Saxena and secretary Himanshu Sehgal address a press conference in Jaipur on Wednesday
Surbhi Misra said that several international athletes will compete in the competition including World Junior bronze medallists Yusha Nafees and Purav Rambia. In addition, Anika Dubey, Shivan Agarwal, Lokesh Subramani, Divyanshi Jain, Shanaya Parasrampuriya, Abhyudaya Arora, and Amarya Bajaj, who won medals in their respective age groups at the Asian Championships, will be the star attraction.
