Top seed Rahil Fazelbhoy of Willingdon Sports Club, Mahalaxmi fashioned an easy win to cruise into the boys’ under-15 quarter-finals, in the DHFL Junior Open Squash Tournament at the Matunga Gymkhana on Thursday.

On a rewarding day for Willingdon Sports Club lads, Fazelbhoy eased to a 11-2, 11-4 win over unseeded Ansh Patel to advance to the next round, where he will be up against club mate Mishal Nathani who overcame C V Prashant 11-3, 11-2.

Unseeded Armaan Shaikh joined his club mates in the quarter-finals following an exciting 11-6, 11-9 win over Bhavik Thakkar of Matunga Gymkhana.

In what proved to be the closest match of the day, Shaikh won a tight opening game and survived a late challenge in the second where Thakkar had his chances in a game that could have gone either way.

Also advancing to the quarter-finals was second seed Vardhan Ladiwala of CCI who blanked unseeded Sagar Wadhwani of Acres Club 11-2, 11-0.

Results

Boys Under-15 (2nd Rd): 1-Rahil Fazelbhoy (Willingdon SC) bt Ansh Patel 11-2, 11-4; Mishal Nathani (Willingdon SC) bt C V Prashant 11-3, 11-2; Armaan Shaikh (Willingdon SC) bt Bhavik Thakkar (Matunga Gym) 11-6, 11-9; Aditya Khatri (Hiranandani Club) bt Pranay Motta (Matunga Gym) 11-9, 11-5; Akshay Balwani (Acres Club) bt Kshitij Avlani (Matunga Gym) 11-1, 11-3; 2-Vardhan Ladiwala (CCI) bt Sagar Wadhwani (Acres Club) 11-2, 11-0.