Akanksha Gupta , Rachit Shah lift titles with upset wins

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Maharashtra's Akanksha Gupta and Rachit Shah continued their fine seed-bashing form to crown themselves with glory, winning the girls U-17 and boys U-15 titles respectively in the KH Rambhia Memorial Juhu Gymkhana Junior Squash Open at the JVPG Club.

The unseeded Akanksha accounted for Karin Phipps in the title round, winning 7-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-2, 11-4 while Rachit, who had knocked out the top seed in the semis, trained his guns on the second seed, Anshuman Jaising, winning the title match 2-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8.

The trend of upset wins continued in the other final matches as well, with second seed Anika Dubey defeating top seed Vyomika Khandelwal for the girls U-15 title and Harshal Rana and Saanvi Kalanki, defeating the top seed for the boys and girls U-13 titles respectively. Om Semwal and Aditya Chandani, the top seeds in the boys U-19 and U-17 categories, scored straight game wins over Saran Punjabi and Arjun Somani respectively.

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