Top seeds Vivaan Sagar, 12, of JBCN School (Borivli) and Kimaayra Jain, 11, of JP Petit School (Fort) advanced to the penultimate rounds in the boys’ and girls’ U-13 competitions respectively in the MSSA inter-school squash tournament at the Bombay Gymkhana courts on Wednesday.

The energetic Vivaan, who celebrated his 12th birthday on a week back (October 25) and was ranked India No. 3 in the boys’ U-11 category last year, showed good match temperament as he staved off a late fight from Yusuf Pardiwala of Campion School (Cooperage), posting a 11-2, 11-9 win in a quarter-final match. “In the first game, I played freely, but in the second, he showed a big improvement and was reading my game and engaged me in long rallies. I was a bit tense and despite leading throughout, I gave away quite a few points. Thankfully, I recovered in time,”  Vivaan, who trains under coach Puneet Singh at the Andheri Sports Complex, told mid-day.