Anahat, Aryaveer advance to round-of-16 in World Junior squash

Anahat Singh and Aryaveer Dewan registered facile wins to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the World Squash Junior Individual Championships in Ontario, Canada.

Women's top seed Anahat brushed aside Hong Kong's Pui Yin Chole Lo in straight games in the round of 32 and will next meet Malaysian Doyce Ye San Lee.

Aryaveer, on the other hand, eased past South African Joseph Feast in straight games and will take on American Yaseen Shalaby next.

However, Gurveer Singh, Yusha Nafees, Saanvi Kalanki, Rudra Singh and Anika Dubey bowed out of the competition after losing to higher seeded opponents.

Results (Round of 32): Men: 5/8-Aryaveer Dewan bt Joseph Feast (RSA) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3; 2-Adam Hawal (Egy) bt Gurveer Singh 11-6, 11-8, 11-3; 5/8-Nickhileswar Moganasundharam (Mas) bt Yusha Nafees 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.

Women: 5/8-Savannah Moxham (Bel) bt Saanvi Kalanki 11-7, 11-4, 11-2; 3/4-Barb Sameh (Egy) bt Rudra Singh 11-5, 11-6, 11-1; Tsz Ching Cheung (HK) bt Anika Dubey 11-6, 11-7, 11-5; 1-Anahat Singh bt Pui Yin Chole Lo (HK) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3.