Telangana Squash Open 2026: Top seed KS Arihant cruises into round of 16 in Secunderabad

Top-seeded K.S. Arihant of Tamil Nadu dominated Gautham Atmakur with a seamless straight-sets victory to headline the men’s round of 32 at the NMDC Telangana Squash Open. Dynamic junior action unfolded simultaneously in the Under-11 and Under-13 categories

Hyderabad: Top-seeded K.S. Arihant of Tamil Nadu comfortably defeated Karnataka’s Gautham Atmakur 11-3, 11-2, 11-0 in the men’s round of 32 at the NMDC Telangana Squash Open Championship, held at the Secunderabad Club here on Saturday.

Results:

---

Boys (Under-11)

Shivin Yuvaraj (TN) def. Viraat Goidani (TN) 11-2, 11-5, 12-14, 11-7

Vivaan Saravanan (TN) def. Vyaan Pandey (MH) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2

Husain Dewaswala (MP) def. Sharav Yuvaraj (TN) 11-3, 11-1, 11-4

Kandha Swamy (TN) def. Suyash Yadav (MH) 11-1, 11-1, 11-7

Viraj Shinde (MH) def. O. Srivathsav Reddy (TS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-0

Sk. Praneesh (TN) def. Hirav Sharma (TS) 11-2, 11-0, 11-3

Boys (Under-13) — Round of 64

Advait Agarwal (JH) def. Krishank Nayak (MH) 11-4, 9-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7

Prathamesh Tambade (MH) def. Gedela Karthikeya Prajnesh Srikara Venidhar (AP) 11-2, 11-2, 11-7

V. Kavin (TN) def. SM Eshaan Kanna (TN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4

Kavin Karthikeyan (TN) def. Abhyudai Gupta (DL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-3

Jasvansh Singh (DL) def. Sushen Saladi (TS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2

Yuvraj Udasi (MP) def. Ravi Kumar (DL) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5

Eshan Shaik (TS) def. Aarav Varakavi (TS) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9

Aaren Khanna (PB) def. Vivaan Nallan Chakravartula (TS) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1

Advaith Thottapayil (KA) def. Shubh Varun Deshpande (TS) 11-2, 11-3, 11-5

Aman Goswami (MH) def. Moksh Fomra (TN) 11-9, 11-2, 11-6

Aditya Kumar (BR) def. Kabirruperee Mathpal (TS) 11-6, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7

Men — Round of 32

K.S. Arihant (TN) def. Gautham Atmakur (KA) 11-3, 11-2, 11-0

Sankalp Anand (DL) def. Aayush Verma (MH) 12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-5

Vaibhav Chauhan (Ser) def. Mehul Kumar (Ser) 11-4, 11-2, 11-9

Ranjit Singh (Ser) def. Sajid Khan (KA) 11-7, 11-3, 11-3

Kunal Singh (MP) def. Ashish Keskar (Ser) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6

Abinjo J. Williams (KL) def. Aditya Singh (UP) 11-2, 11-9, 11-3

Jamal Sakib (Ser) def. Saddam Hussain (UP) 11-1, 11-2, 11-5

P.R. Sandhesh (TN) def. G. Naveen Kumar (TS) 11-4, 11-1, 11-8

Avinash Sahani (MH) def. Ravik Kanjilal (KA) 11-5, 11-3, 11-3

G. Dhruv Kumar (TS) def. Rahul Kumar (BR) 11-2, 11-5, 12-10

L. Meyyappan (TN) won via walkover (w/o)

S. Abhay Vasudev (UP) def. Rishi Panwar (RJ) 11-4, 11-5, 11-9

Rounak Yadav (Ser) vs. Ajnav Dhawan (DL) — In progress

11-5, 11-7, 11-4; Arman Darukhanawalla (MH)

bt Matthew Godwin (TN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-7

Mohit Bhatt (MH) bt Ansh Das (KA) 11-1, 11-4, 11-7.