# Southern Slam squash finals set in Chennai 2026-08-21T23:07:14+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Top seed Purav Rambhia will face Shravin Jain in the boys' U-19 final, while Akanksha Gupta takes on Esha Shrivastava in the girls' U-19 title clash at the Southern Slam squash tournament. The semifinals were played on Friday at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai. In an upset, Dhruv Johri defeated Singaporean top seed Jackrish Sashikumar in the boys' U-15 semifinals. He will play second seed Fareed Andrabi for the title. Other finals include Shreyansh Jha versus Lokesh Subramani in boys' U-17, and Diva Parasrampuria against Goushika M in girls' U-15. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Southern Slam is a key junior squash event in India, drawing players from across the country and Southeast Asia. The finals on Saturday will decide age-group champions who often graduate to national and Asian-level competition. Notably, Singaporean and Malaysian seeds were upset in several categories, highlighting the depth of Indian junior talent. The tournament is a stepping stone for selection to national camps. ## Coverage - sportstar.thehindu.com Straight results reporting with no editorial framing or commentary This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Akanksha Gupta, Chennai, Purav Rambhia Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/southern-slam-squash-finals-set-in-chennai/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/southern-slam-squash-finals-set-in-chennai/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/