Top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar lived up to his billing, outplaying Arun Kumar in a second round match of the 43rd Maharashtra State Men's squash tournament, which started here today.
Unseeded Aryaman Jaising put up a strong performance to overpower Divit Poojary with 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 margin.
Aryaman will meet Mangaonkar in the 3rd round.
In another match, Chennai's Vijay Kumar dropped only five points on his way to an 11-3, 11-1, 11-1 victory over Amarendu Srivastava.
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Goa's Yash Fadte sailed to the third round defeating Krish Shah by a comfortable 11-3, 11-1, 11-6 scoreline.
Results Men's Round 2: Mahesh Mangaonkar (1) bt Ch Arun Kumar 11-0 11-2 11-4; Aaryaman Jaising bt Divit Poojary [17/32] 11-3 11-2 11-6; Yash Bhargava [17/32] bt Atul Kumar Yadav 12-10 11-7 11-4; Puneet Pareek [9/16] bt Ajay Singh Bhadoria 11-5 11-8 11-4; Vijay Kumar [9/16] bt Amarendu Srivastava 11-3 11-1 11-1; Chaitanya Shah bt Harsh Kumar [17/32]11-7 11-8 11-2; Jamal Sakib [5/8] bt Nishit Jain 11-6 11-1 11-3; Jatin Bery bt Rohan Vaziralli 11-7 11-3 11-6; Aryan Parekh [17/32] bt Puminder Kumar 7-11 11-1 11-1 11-3; Yash Fadte [9/16] bt Krish Shah 11-3, 11-1, 11-6.
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