Top seed Vir Beri overcame a spirited Aarav Rathi 11-6, 13-11, 12-10 in the Boys’ U-17 round of 32 at the Maharashtra State Open Squash Tournament in Mumbai. Tanmay Samaiya and Aajay Agarwal also advanced, while Shaurya Bakshi edged Vishrut Arora in a thrilling five-game Boys’ U-13 contest.

Mumbai: Top seed Vir Beri overcame a spirited challenge from Aarav Rathi pulling off 11-6, 13-11, 12-10 win in Boys’ U-17 round 32 match of the 49th Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Tournament 2026, at the Bombay Gymkhana glassback court on Sunday.

In other hard-fought matches, Tanmay Samaiya defeated Manav Bhanej 11-9, 12-10, 11-8 and Aajay Agarwal got the better of Pratik Daravada 11-8, 11-8 12-10.

In an interesting Boys’ U-13 round 32 encounter, Shaurya Bakshi rallied to prevail over Vishrut Arora 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9

Results - Boys' U-17 (round 32): Kanav Dalal bt Hridhay Haria 16-14, 11-7, 11-0; Vir Beri bt Aarav Rathi 11-6, 13-11, 12-10; Tanmay Samaiya bt Manav Bhanej 11-9, 12-10, 11-8; Aajay Agarwal bt Pratik Daravada 11-8, 11-8 12-10; Vivaan Sagar bt Veer Pankhania 11-1, 11-4, 11-2; Rohan Kejriwal bt Daksh Firoda 11-5, 11-2, 11-8.