Sim yeak wei

Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships: Yusha Nafees and Dhruv Bopana won their respective opening-round matches in the 31st Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. Sixth seed Nafees beat local challenger Ubaid Ullah 11-7, 10-12, 11-5, 11-4 in the Boys’ U-17 category, while Bopana put it past Iranian Amirreza Alvansaz Yazdi 11-4, 11-2, 11-7 in the Boys’ U-13 section.

Lokesh Subramani lost to Sim Yeak Wei in the first round in the Boys’ U-15 section, with the Malaysian winning 7-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2.

The other Indians in the fray received first-round byes.