Squash gamers Tanvi Khanna, Anahat Singh in quarterfinals

Tanvi Khanna. File.
| Picture Credit score: Akhila Easwaran

Indian squash participant Tanvi Khanna brought on a serious upset, defeating high seed N Ching Cheng of Hong Kong within the opening spherical of the World Championship Qualifying Occasion (Asia) in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

Tanvi, ranked 134th on this planet defeated the Hong Kong participant, ranked 76th, 3-1 (11-7 11-8 8-11 12-10) to guide a spot within the quarterfinals.

She’s going to tackle Helen Tang of Hong Kong (World rank 97) within the last-eight.

In one other opening spherical match, main India participant Anahat Singh (No.63) simply defeated Philippines’ lower-ranked Jemyca Aribado (No. 126) 3-0 (11-4 11-5 11-7).

Anahat will tackle Japanese opponent Akari Midorikawa within the quarterfinals.

Second seeded Akanksha Salunkhe (No. 70) overcame Japan’s lower-ranked Risa Sugimoto 3-0 (11-4 11-3 11-8) to arrange a quarterfinal conflict in opposition to sixth seed Wai Yhann Au Yeong of Singapore.

In males’s competitors, Veer Chotrani, ranked 63rd on this planet, defeated lower-ranked Malaysian rival Ong Sai Hung 3-0 (11-7 11-8 14-12) to enter the quarterfinal.

He’ll meet one other Malaysian Mohammad Syafiq Kamal within the last-eight.