Jaipur: Six players from Rajasthan secured medals for the state on Tuesday by reaching the semifinals in their respective age categories at the Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championship being played at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium courts here on Tuesday.In the U-11 girls, Gauravi Ajmera and Inaya Andrabi, and in boys, Yuvaan Verma have reached the semifinals. Zeyn Ali has confirmed his place in the last four in the U-13 boys and Divyanshi Jain in the U-15 girls section.In the quarterfinal matches played on Day 5, in Under-11 Girls, Gauravi Ajmera blanked Iria Chandra (Karnataka) 3-0 in the U-11 girls, while Inaya dig deep to get the better of Barisha Begum (Tamil Nadu) 3-2.In the same age group in boys, Yuvaan edged past Kandha Swamy of Tamil Nadu 3-1.In U-15 girls, Divyanshi Jain outclassed Diva Parasrampuria of Tamil Nadu 3-1 to seal the last-four spot.Zeyn, a student of Mayo College, Ajmer, kept his cool to pip Nirvaan Uppal (Delhi) 3-2 to enter the U-13 boys semis.In the U-19 boys, Subhash Choudhary had no problem in dismissing Raghav Vashistha (Delhi) 3-0 to reach the semifinals.In the semifinals on Wednesday, Gauravi Ajmera will face Avisha Agarwal (Jharkhand), Inaya will lock horns with Avni Nandal (Haryana), Yuvaan will take on Rudransh Prabhakar (Delhi), Divyanshi Jain will clash with Gaushika M (Tamil Nadu), Zeyn will battle withAryan SK (Karnataka) while Subhash Choudhary will meet Yusha Nafees (Delhi).Other players who reached the semifinals include in Under-11 Boys Viraj Shinde (Maharashtra) and Agastya Uppal (Delhi), in Under-13 Boys Aaron Arambhan (Maharashtra), Aritra Devnath (Karnataka), in Girls Riya Dalal (Maharashtra), Aradhya Grover (Haryana), Akshara Makhija (Karnataka) and Alia Kankaria (Bengal), in Under-15 Boys Dhruv Johri (Haryana), Ayaan Dhanuka (Bengal), Ruaan Ram Tanki (Haryana), Vedant Agarwal (Jharkhand), in Girls Anika Kalanki (Madhya Pradesh), Ashisha (Maharashtra), in Under-17 Boys Shreyash Jha (Maharashtra), Shiven Agarwal (Tamil Nadu), Lokesh Subramani (Tamil Nadu), in Girls Adya Budhia (Jharkhand), Riyanshika Verma (Karnataka), Vasundhara Nandre (Maharashtra) and Saanvi Kalanki.According to organising secretary Surbhi Misra, semifinal matches of all age categories will be played on Wednesday.
