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Maharashtra State Open Squash Tournament: Top seed Anahat Singh of Delhi scored an authoritative 3-0 win against Nirupama Dubey of Maharashtra in a women's quarterfinal match of the 46th Maharashtra State Open Squash Tournament 2023 here on Monday.

Anahat, the 15-year-old Delhi girl, who had won the girls' U-17 gold medal in the Asian Junior Squash Championship in Thailand last month, proved too good for Nirupama, who was often caught on the wrong foot. Anahat showed great touch and charged to a quick 11-2, 11-3, 11-2 victory.

Second seed Janet Vidhi of Maharashtra also advanced to the semifinals defeating her statemate Bijali Darvada 11-4, 11-6, 11-5. Tamil Nadu’s 3-4th seed Rathika Suthanthira Seelan also booked her place in the last four with an easy 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 victory against Maharashtra’s Reiva Nimbalkar and will meet Janet in the next round.