Indian sports wrap, October 18: Lokesh clinches U-17 title at Malaysia Junior Open Squash
Lokesh Subramani won the U-17 champion board at the Malaysia Squash Junior Open in Kuala Lumpur. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Lokesh Subramani won the U-17 champion board at the Malaysia Squash Junior Open in Kuala Lumpur. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
SQUASH
Malaysia Junior Open 2026: Lokesh Subramani wins U-17 boys title, Aadya Budhia, Aryaman Singh reach semifinals
India’s Lokesh Subramani won the boys’ U-17 title at the Malaysia Squash Junior Open on Sunday, beating local challenger Muhammad Ifwat Zulkifli in straight games in the final.
The Indian Squash Academy ward and second seed defeated his 17/32 opponent 11-6, 11-2, 11-8 in the title round.
Among others Indians who competed in the tournament, Aadya Budhia and Aryaman Singh were semifinalists in the U-17 girls and boys categories respectively, while Divyanshi Jain (U-13 girls), Avisha Agarwal (U-11 girls) and Shravin Jain (U-19 boys) were quarterfinalists.
WRESTLING
Jaskaran, Chandermohan enter bronze medal bouts at U23 Wrestling Championship
Jaskaran Singh and Chandermohan entered the bronze medal bouts in their respective weight categories, while Rohit and Shivan remained in contention through the repechage at the U23 World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas.
Competing in the 65kg freestyle category, Jaskaran registered two technical superiority wins before edging past American wrestler Bowen William Bassett 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
However, he failed to make the final after losing his semifinal bout by technical superiority to Japan’s Kaiji Ogino, leaving him to fight for a bronze medal.
Chandermohan also made it to the bronze medal bout in the 79kg category after an impressive run to the semifinals.
He began with a 14-4 win over Georgia’s Giorgi Gogritchiani before blanking Brazil’s Kydyn Luk Correa Lima 14-0. He then recorded another technical superiority victory, beating American Joseph Lee Sealey 11-0.
However, Chandermohan narrowly missed out on a place in the final, losing his semifinal 3-4 to Iran’s Mahdi Mohammad Yousefihajivar.
In the 57kg category, Rohit began his campaign with a technical superiority win over Jamaica’s Irie Alexander Jackson but suffered a 6-10 defeat to Turkiye’s Bekir Keser in the pre-quarterfinals.
He kept his medal hopes alive by progressing through the repechage and is scheduled to face Moldova’s Ion Bulgaru.
Shivam also remained in the medal race in the 97kg category through the repechage route.
However, Sumit Bharaskar’s campaign ended in the 70kg category, with the Indian failing to remain in contention for a medal.
-PTI
Published on Oct 18, 2026
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