Mixed day for India at World Junior Squash Championship

Indian players had mixed fortunes on the opening day of the WSF-World Junior squash championship today in Chennai with Rahul Baitha and Yash Fadte, Veer Chotrani progressing to the third round in the junior men's section while three others bowed out of the competition.

Baitha beat Swiss player Nils Roesch 11-5, 12-10, 11-8 while Yash Fadte ousted lanky German Abdel Rahman Ghait with a mix of intelligent



play and resilience. Veer Chotrani won a close encounter with South Africa’s Mikael Ismail 11-8, 11-8, 13-11. 

However, Advait Adik and Utkarsh Baheti bowed out along with Sankalp Anand. The top-seed and defending champion Marwan Tarek of Egpyt opened his campaign with a win over Adik in the second round after receiving a first-round bye.