Asian Junior Squash from today

The four-day competition is organised by the Tamil Nadu Squash Rackets Association under the aegis of Squash Rackets Federation of India. This is the fifth time that India will be hosting the premier junior event and the city has played host to all of them on previous occasions. Except for 1997, the rest were organised at the ISA.

In all, 163 participants from 10 countries will take part in the championship which will witness matches from 10 am to 6 pm on all days. To name a few, Jansher Khan of Pakistan and Nicol David of Malaysia are a couple of legends who have gone through the portals of the Asian Junior Championship on a triumphant note at various times.

With Indian players too making an impact in the championship on a regular note, the expectations are high here. Yuvraj Wadhwani will be the top seed in the boys U-13 section while Yash Fadte is seeded second in the U-17 boys section. Several others are seeded lower but there is hope for a challenging show from each of them in home conditions. As far as the local contingent is concerned, promising youngster KS Arihant is seeded two in the boys U-13 section and his campaign will get underway on Wednesday.

Seedings: Top two and the Indians (including unseeded)

Boys: U-13: 1. Yuvraj Wadhwani; 2. KS Arihant; 5/8 Ansh Tripathi; Avalokit Singh; Adhish Kancharia; Ayaan Vaziralli

U-15: 1. Andrik Lim Kai Shan (Malaysia); 2. Joachim Chuah Han Wen (Malaysia); 3/4 Arnaav Sareen; 5/8 Paarth Ambani; 5/8 Shreyas Mehta; Raunak Singh; Jaivir Singh Dhillon; Kulvir Sharma

U-17: 1. Danial Nurhaqiem (Malaysia) 2. Yash Fadte; 9/16 Diwakar Singh; 5/8 Neel Joshi; Prithvi Singh; 5/8 Veer Chotrani; 9/16 Sankalp Anand

U-19: 1. Siow Yee Xian (Malaysia); 2. ChungYat Long (Hong Kong); 5/8 Rutvik Rau; 5/8 Utkarsh Baheti; 9/16 Rahul Baitha; 5/8 Tushar Shahani; Inderjith Singh; 9/16 Aryan Parekh

Girls: U-13: 1. Leung Ka Huen (Hong Kong); 2. Lee Sze Lok (Hong Kong); Khusboo; 3/4 Kavya Bansal; 3/4 Tiana Parasrampuria; Chitrangda Goel; Nandini Jain; Nayna Taneja

U-15: 1. Aira Azman (Malaysia); 2. Yee Xin Ying (Malaysia); Uditi Mishra; 5/8 Aishwarya Khubchandani; Diksha Aurobindo; Yuvna Gupta; Abhisheka Shannon; Gurlin Kaur

U-17: 1. Chan Sin Yuk (Hong Kong); 2. Jessica Keng Jia Hui (Malaysia); 5/8 Yoshna Singh; 5/8 Amira Singh; Jannia Singh; 5/8 Sanya Vats; 5/8 Ananya Dabke; Megha Bhatia

U-19: 1. Lai Wen Li (Malaysia); 2. Chan Yiwen (Malaysia); 9/16 Tanya M. Parakh; 5/8 Navmi Sharma; 9/16 Radhika Rathore; 9/16 Pranjali Sharma; 9/16 Bhavna Goel; 9/16 Abhilasha Bhasin