Top seed Samir Mistry in quarters of Matunga Gym squash

Boys' U-19 top seed Samir Mistry of Otters Club registered contrasting wins to advance to the quarter-finals, in the Matunga Gymkhana Junior Open Squash Tournament on Tuesday

Boys' U-19 top seed Samir Mistry of Otters Club registered contrasting wins to advance to the quarter-finals, in the Matunga Gymkhana Junior Open Squash Tournament on Tuesday.

Mistry kicked off his campaign in the competition with a hard-fought 11-8, 11-6 first round win over qualifier Prithvir Solanki of Chembur Gymkhana. Later, he found his form to crush unseeded Sikander Soin of MCA, Bandra 11-1, 11-2, 11-4 in the pre-quarter-finals. Mistry led other fancied players into the last eight including Arjun Kochhar of CCI, Sumer Rao of Otters, Dattaraj Nadkarni of Matunga Gym and Rohan Paranjape of Willingdon Sports Club.

Results: (Qualifying Rd) M Vora bt K Kingar 11-8, 11-6; A Desai bt P More 11-5, 11-9; P Solanki bt D Sheth 11-3, 11-4.

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