Among them is Tricia Chuan who heads the seedings for both girls under-16 and under-19 events. She won the under-19 at the Hong Kong Open this year and will be challenged by Deepali Anvenkar, the National runner-up, in the under-19.

Teng Ooi Ean, also of Malaysia, is the top seed among the girls under-14. Her team-mate Sally Looi, a Sports Excel champion, is the fourth seed in the event, after Rhea Bhandare and Joshna Chinnappa.

This is the first time an International squash event for juniors is being held in the country. Hopefully, it will become an annual feature said Gopal Vazirani of WMI Cranes, the sponsors. There are over 100 participants.

Seedings:

Boys under-19: 1 Ritwick Bhattacharya, 2 Bikram Uberoi, 3 Mubashir Gul, 4 Parth Doshi, 5Ibrahim Gul, 6 Abhijit Kukreja, 7 Amit Pal Kohli, 8 Mahesh Verma.

Boys under-16: 1 Mubashir Gul, 2 Junaid Nathani, 3 Abhimanyu Jain, 4 Jaikaran Juneja, 5 Yashwardhan Singh, 6 Auloke Mathur, 7 D S Ahlawat, 8 Mahesh Verma.

Boys under-14: 1 Mihir Sheth, 2 Wong Kim Lee, 3 Siddarth Suchde, 4 Amjad Khan, 5 Auloke Mathur, 6 Digvijay Singh Ahlawat, 7 Karan Pal Sethi, 8 Saurav Ghosal.

Girls under-19: 1 Tricia Chuan, 2 Deepali Anvekar.

Girls under-16: 1 Tricia Chuan, 2 Tery Ooi Ean, 3 Rhea Bhandare, 4 Joshna Chinnappa.

Girls under-14: 1 Teng Ooi Ean, 2 Rhea Bhandare, 3 Joshna Chinnappa, 4 Sally Looi.