MUMBAI: The 15-year-old National champion and top seed Anahat Singh beat second seed Erisa Sano Herring from Japan 11-4, 11-3, 11-7 to claim the women's crown in the JSW-Willingdon Little Masters and Senior Squash Open at the Worli Sports Club courts on Wednesday. This 4-star tournament is being conducted in association with the Professional Squash Association (PSA) and the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI).
Anahat was in a class of her own and with some clever deceptive play often wrong-footed the Japanese to dictate the rallies. Having taken control of the proceedings from the start she came out trumps with a degree of comfort. This was Anahat's fifth success after winning both the women's and girls' under-19 titles in the Bombay Gymkhana 46th Maharashtra State Open Squash last September and the 78th CCI Western India Slam Squash last December.
Later, India No. 2 and top seed Abhay, after initial resistance in the first game from second seed Suraj Kumar Chand, found his range of shots and cruised to a smooth 11-9, 11-5, and 11-2 victory in the all-Indian men's final.
Earlier in the under-17 competition, top seed Navya Sundararajan defeated second Chhavi Saran 11-4, 11-5, and 11-2 to win the girls title and in the boys' final, second seed Yusha Nafees got the better of joint third-fourth seed Udit Mishra 11-8, 11-9, 11-1.
Results (all finals): Girls' under-9: 2-Naina Anans bt 1-Ariana Almoula 8-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7.
Boys' under-9: 1-Vedant Shinde bt 3/ 4-Vishrut Arora 11-9, 11-3, 11-7.
Girls' under-11: 1-Yashika Vinothkumar bt 2-Shanaya Parasrampuria 11-7, 6-11, 9-11, 14-12, 13-11.
Boys' under-11: 1-Aaditya Shah bt 2-Dhairya Gogia 11-8, 11-5, 11-4.
Girls' under-13: 3/ 4-Arnaa Dwivedi bt 1-Gauri Jaiswal 10-12, 11-6, 11-9, 16-14.
Boys' under-13: 2-Dhruv Bopana bt 1-Swarit Patil 11-9, 11-3, 11-8.
Girls' under-15: 1-Diva Shah bt 2-Kaashvi Mangal 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2.
Boys' under-15: 1-Varun Shah bt 2-Savir Sood 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.
Girls' under-17: 1-Navya Sundararajan bt 2-Chhavi Saran 11-4, 11-5, 11-2.
Boys' under-17: 2-Yusha Nafees bt 3/ 4-Udit Mishra 11-8, 11-9, 11-1.
Boys' under-19: 2-Avalokit Singh bt 3/ 4-Ansh Tripathi 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-1.
Women: 1-Anahat Singh (IND) bt 2-Erisa Sano Herring (JPN) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7.
Men: 1-Abhay Singh (IND) bt 2-Suraj Kumar Chand (IND) 11-9, 11-5, 11-2.
Men over 35: Stephane Galifi bt Rohit Kadam 11-1, 11-1, 11-9.
Men over 45: 1-Sachin Jadhav bt 2-Hemant Nadkarni 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9.
Men over 55: 1-Anil Mohite bt 2-Samir Khare 11-9, 13-11, 11-6.
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