Abhishek Pradhan knocks out top seed Abhay Singh

Akshaya continues her dream run; Sunayna Kuruvilla marches on; Harinderpal injured

Playing in his first tournament since COVID-19 struck the country, Abhishek Pradhan made short work of top-seeded Abhay Singh 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 in just 24 minutes to progress to the semifinals of the HCL-SRFI Indian Tour squash tournament, a PSA Challenger Tour-10 event, at the ISA courts here on Tuesday. However, it was smooth sailing for the top seed in the women’s section with Sunayna Kuruvilla overcoming Urwashi Joshi, the fifth seed, 17-15, 11-6, 11-3 in the quarterfinals. Harinderpal Singh Sandhu, the second seed, conceded complaining of groin pain, while trailing 4-9 in the first game against S. Velavan, in the men’s quarterfinals.