Ten junior squash players will lead India's challenge in German Open

New Delhi, May 4 (UNI) A team of ten promising squash players will lead the Indian contingent in the German Junior Open to be held in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany from May 4 to May 6.

The boys team includes Yash Bhansali in the U-13 category, Aditya Jagtap, Adesh Bhansali and Ramit Tandon in the U-15 category, Karan Malik in the U-17 category and Sujat Barua in the U-19 category, an SRFI release stated.

Among the girls, the prominent players are Anaka Alankamony in the U-13 category, Aparajitha Balamurukan in the U-15 category, while Harita Omprakash and Anwesha Reddy will fight it out in the U-17 category.

Hopeful about India's performance, National squash coach Cyrus Poncha said, ''India's performance in the junior circuit last year was evident with Indians winning the U-13 category. Our experiment with success continues this year too with more promising junior players headed for this Championship.'' ''Ramit and Aparajitha, who were also the runner-up in the same event held last year, are quite confident this time too,'' he added.

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