Squash: Yusha Nafees, Unnati Tripathi clinch U19 national titles
Nafees defeated Maharashtra’s Purav Rambhia in straight games, while Unnati beat last edition’s runner-up Akanksha Gupta.
Winners of 2026 National sub-junior and junior Squash championships (Photo credit: Special Arrangement)
Uttar Pradesh’s Yusha Nafees and Unnati Tripathi won their maiden U-19 boys’ and girls’ titles respectively at the 2026 Sub-Junior and Junior National Squash Championships on Thursday.
Last year’s runner-up Nafees defeated Maharashtra’s Purav Rambhia in straight games, while Unnati beat last edition’s runner-up Akanksha Gupta, also from Maharashtra, in four games.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s Hridhaan Shah defeated Tamil Nadu’s Shiven Agarwal in a five-game thriller to win the U-17 boys’ title.
West Bengal’s Alia Kankaria and Rajasthan’s Inaya Andrabi claimed the girls’ U-13 and U-11 titles respectively, defeating top-seeded opponents in five games.
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