Velavan Senthilkumar wins U-19 Asian title of Squash

India’s squash player Velavan Senthilkumar has won the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title.

In the final match held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia’s capital), he defeated Jordan’s Mohammad Al-Sarraj by 12-14, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 score. With this he becomes, second Indian to win this title after Ravi Dixit in 2010.

Among 31 Indian players that had participated in various age categories at the tournament, there were two more medal winners. Tushar Shahani had won the silver medal in boys’U-17 and Yash Fadte had won bronze medal in boys’ U-15 section.