Sun 20th, Finals Day :
Finals day at the Touch n go SRAFT KL junior open 2025, saw the day a full day of great finals and 3/4 playoff matches.
Altamis and Najwa Zara both claimed the under 19 titles beating Kreethi Pillay and Ayesha Rania 3.1 in the finals.
Aqil Mirza continued his fine form with a three game victory over top seed Erwin Kros.
In the girls under 17s Dakshayani Thangaraja recovered after losing the opening game to win the next three.
In the boys under 15s age group, Matthew Leung from England beat top seed Simarver in four games.
In the girls under 15s top seed Niea Chew beat Yin Zi Yuan from China in four games.
Wayne Isaac Wilson and Maisarah won the under 13 titles.
A great event and a very successful event. We look forward to next years edition and wish everyone a safe trip home
Andrew Cross
Sat 19th, Day FIVE :
Semi finals day at the Touch N Go SRAFT KL junior open 2025, was an unbelievable day of squash.
In the girls under 17s top seed Dakshayani Thangaraja beat Emelda Camalia in three games, but the other semi final went all the way to five games between Ooi Wen Min and Nurul Nisa. Wen Min came from two games behind to win this one.
In the girls under 19s top seed Ayesha Rania won in three games and will take on Najwa Zara after she beat second seed Haneesha Veerakumar in four games.
In the boys under 19s Altamis beat top seed Johnathan Reyes in four games. In the lower half of the draw Kreethi Pillay beat Izz Nabil in five tight games.
The boys under 17s semi finals were both won by the top seeds quite comfortably with Erwin Kros and Aqil Mirza both making the finals.
Tomorrow is the last day of the event and it promises to be a great day
Fri 18th, Day FOUR :
Quarter finals day at the Touch n Go SRAFT KL junior open saw the majority of the top four seeded players moving through to the semi finals.
Top seed in the girls under 15s Niea Chew survived a scare when she beat Jaydyn Mishaye in five games.
In the boys under 15s Yaalvennthan Ravikumar beat 3/4 seed Vidhurran Ruthiran in four games to set up a semi final with Matthew Leung from England.
In the girls under 13s Avantikashrii Seenivasagam beat Karesha Kugan in three games to make the semi finals.
All semi final matches are tomorrow, looks to be plenty of tough matches ahead.
Thu 17th, Day THREE :
Day three of the touch n go SRAFT KL junior open sees every player now having played a match.
Day three saw all the top 8 seeds in nearly every single draw progress to the quarter finals.
Girls under 15s category is where we saw the most 3.2 matches but luckily for the seeds the majority of them survived. The only upset was caused by Jaydyn Mishaye who beat Jacintha Han 12.10 in the fifth.
As we move to the business end of the competition, as tomorrow is quarter finals days.
Wed 16th, Day TWO :
Day two of the touch n go SRAFT KL junior open got under way with now every age group being active. Only some of the top seeds in the older age groups are yet to have a match.
Day two saw some really close matches in the younger age groups especially the boys 15s which seems to be competitive.
With everyone playing tomorrow day three promises to be evening more exciting as the matches start to get closer.
Tue 15th, Day One :
Day one of the touch n go STAFT KL junior open got under way today with players travelling from most parts of Asia and a few from Europe for the event. Most of the younger age groups with much bigger draws kicked off the day and although there wasn’t many upsets there was plenty of excitement.
With more age groups joining in tomorrow it should be another eagerly anticipated day.
Preview :
583 players have registered to take part in the Touch n go SRAFTKL international junior open 2025. This is the first ever edition of this event so the total number of entries is impressive.
Johnathan Reyes from the Philippines will be top seed for the boys under 19s event but he faces some tough competition from a number of local players.
Ayesha Rania will be the number one seed for the under 19s girls event having finished 2024 very strongly with two titles. Ayesha Rania faces competition from reigning national champion Haneesha Veerakumar.
Dakshayani Thangaraja will be top seed in the girls under 17s event with Niea Chew top seed in the girls under 15s.
Boys under 17s event looks interesting with the top four boys all having good results in the last few months. Aqil Mirza might be the slight favourite having just won the nationals.
All the matches will be played at the National squash centre Jalan duta or the Astaka complex.
Join us for an exciting week.
Andrew Cross
