Jaipur: Rajasthan’s talented youngsters Gaurvi Ajmera, Inaya Andrabi, Yuvaan Verma and Divyanshi Jain stormed into the finals of their respective age groups in the Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championship being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium courts here on Wednesday.The hosts are sure to win the gold and silver medals in the U-11 girls category as two city girls Gaurvi and Inaya will face each other in the final.In the semi-finals played on the sixth day of the competition, Gaurvi rallied back to down Avisha Agarwal of Jharkhand 9-11, 11-4, 11-6, 1-11, 12-10 to reach the final. Similarly, Inaya also fought hard to get the better of second seed Avni Nandal of Haryana 4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-9 to seal the spot in Thursday’s summit clash.In the boys category of the same age group, Yuvaan knocked out second seed Rudransh Prabhakar (Delhi) 2-11, 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 12-10 to reach the final, where he will face top seed Agastya Uppal of Delhi. Agastya edged past Viraj Shinde of Maharashtra 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 in the other semi-final.In the U-15 girls, Rajasthan’s Divyanshi also made it to the final by shocking second seed Gushika M of Tamil Nadu 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9. The city teenager will lock horns with Anika Kalanki of Madhya Pradesh in the final. Anika thumped Aashisha (Maharashtra) 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6 in the other semis.According to organising secretary Surbhi Misra, finals for all age groups will be played on Thursday. State health minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar will be the chief guest at the closing ceremony, while state finance commission chairperson Arun Chaturvedi will be the special guest.RESULTS (ALL SEMI-FINALS)Under-13 Girls: Riya Dalal (Maharashtra) beat Aadya Grover (Haryana) 3-0, Aliya Kankaria (Bengal) beat Akshara Makhija (Karnataka) 3-1.Under-13 Boys: Aaron Aarambh (Maharashtra) beat Aritra Devnath (Karnataka) 3-0, Aryan SK (Karnataka) beat Zeyn Ali (Rajasthan) 3-0.Under-15 Boys: Dhruv Johri (Haryana) beat Ayan Dhanuka (Bengal) 3-0, Vedant Agarwal (Jharkhand) beat Ruan Ram Tadanki (Haryana) 3-0.Under-17 Girls: Riyanshika Verma (Karnataka) beat Aadya Budhia (Jharkhand) 3-2, Sanvi Kalanki (Madhya Pradesh) beat Vasudha Nandre (Maharashtra) 3-1.Under-17 Boys: Ridhan Shah (Maharashtra) beat Shreyansh Jha (Maharashtra) 3-1. Shivan Agarwal (Tamil Nadu) beat Lokesh Subramani (3-2).Under-19 Girls: Unnati Tripathi (Uttar Pradesh) beat Anika Dubey (3-1), Akanksha Gupta (Maharashtra) bt Isha Srivastava (Maharashtra) (3-0).Under-19 Boys: Yusha Nafees (Uttar Pradesh) beat Subhash Choudhary (Rajasthan) (3-0).
