Akshaya Sri hogs the limelight
It was Akshaya Sri’s day out in the HCL-SRFI Indian squash tour Chennai Leg-3 at the ISA courts here on Monday.
The 16-year-old ISA trainee, who defeated higher-ranked Radhika Rathore in the first round, returned to put it across the sixth-seeded Sanika Choudhari 8-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-5.
Akshaya will take on Sachika Balvani, the third seed, in the last-eight clash.
Calculated drives
Akshaya pushed Sanika to the corners with calculated drives from the back of the court and often caught the latter deep on the backhand.
“I am very happy that I’ve put in my best performance yet in only my second PSA event,” said Akshaya.
The results (pre-quarterfinals): Men: Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu bt Jaideep Sethi 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 10-12, 12-10; Velavan Senthilkumar bt Tarun Mammen 11-2, 11-4, 11-6; Kanhav Nanavati bt Rounak Yadav 12-10, 11-8, 11-6.
