India’s Velavan Senthilkumar rallied from two games down to beat Mohammad Al Sarraj of Jordan 12-14, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 in the final to emerge the u-19 boys’ champion in the Asian junior individual squash championship here on Saturday.
Velavan is the second Indian to win the title after Ravi Dixit, who won it in 2010.
National coach Cyrus Poncha said, “I expected this of Velavan, and he has lived up to it. It is a proud moment for Indian squash.”
Also, Tushar Shahani won the boys’ u-17 silver and Yash Fadte, an u-15 bronze. India sent 31 players in all.
The results: Finals: Boys: U-19: Velavan Senthilkumar bt Mohammad Al Sarraj (Jor) 12-14, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7. U-17: Abbas Zeb bt Tushar Shahani 11-7, 11-8, 14-16, 11-7.
Semifinal: U-15: Danial Nurhaqiem Shahrul Izham (Mas) bt Yash Fadte 11-7, 3-11, 11-7, 11-1. —
