WSF WORLD JUNIOR RANKINGS – JANUARY 2012

India’s Mahesh Mangaonkar and Anaka Alankamony have both moved up to the second spot in the World Junior Circuit Rankings issued by the World Squash Federation.

BRITISH JUNIOR OPEN 1-6 JAN 2012

Anaka Alankamony was the only Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the British Open junior squash championship held in Sheffield from 1-6 January 2012.

JANUARY 2012 PSA / WSA WORLD RANKINGS

Dipika Pallikal moves up to 15 in World squash rankings. After a brilliant 2011 Dipika moved 2 places from 17 in December. 

SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – Article in the SPORTSTAR

Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal are united by their desire to excel. In the last couple of years, their game has improved by leaps and bounds. Their repertoire of strokes, strategy on court, and mental outlook have improved manifold.

KL Junior Open 2011, Malaysia (13–18 Dec’11)

Navneet Prabhu BU9 from Tamil Nadu , Robin Mann Bu13 and Harshit Kaur GU15 both from Delhi win 3 titles for India at the KL Junior Open.

Dipika wins Crocodile Chalenge Cup (13-18 Dec ’11)

India’s highest ranked professional Dipika Pallikal finished the year winning the $16,000 Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong from 13-18 December 2011. 

Saurav wins 7th & Dipika 1st National Title (5-10 Dec’11)

Highest world ranked Indian star Dipika Palikal clinched her maiden national title  defeating Anaka Alankamony 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7, while defending champion Saurav Ghosal came from behind to beat Harinder Pal Singh 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-1 in the respective finals of the National Squash Championship.

1st NSCI OPEN (20-24 Nov’11)

Top seed and India No. 3 Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu helped himself to a double crown in the 1st NSCI Open Squash Championship 2011 at the National Sports Club of India, Worli.
 

68th CCI-Western India (14-20 Nov’11)

Top seed Siddharth Suchde bagged the men’s title, while Saumya Karki helped herself to a second straight double crown, in the 68th CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament at the Cricket Club of India.

World Open 28 Oct – 6 Nov 2012

Dipika Pallikal carved her name into the history books of Indian squash becoming the first player to reach a World Open quarterfinal.