Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Championship

31st HSBC-Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Championship, co-sponsored by Westside and Lee, held at the Bombay Gymkhana

Semi-finals:
Men: Gaurav Nandrajog (Chennai) bt Manish Chotrani (Mah) 9-4, 9-3, 9-2; Harinderpal Singh (Chennai) bt A. Partibhan (Chennai) 4-9, 9-1, 9-6, 7-9, 9-5
Women: Mandy Kennedy (Eng) bt Madhura Paranjpe (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-7; Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) bt Rhea Bhandare (Mah) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2
Boys U-19: Sandeep Jangra (Mah) bt Cyrus Vakil (Mah) 9-0, 9-7, 9-5; Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Naishadh Lalwani (Mah) 9-1, 9-3, 9-5
Boys U-17: Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Jay Dalal (Mah) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Cyril Kuhn (Chennai) bt Laxman Joshi (Jindal) 9-8, 3-9, 9-5, 9-1
Boys U-15: Abhishek Pradhan (Mah) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) 3-9, 10-8, 10-8, 10-8; Aadit Zaveri (Mah) bt Aakash Borwankar (Mah) 6-9, 9-3, 9-5,  9-0
Boys U-13: Shashi Pandey (Jindal) bt Ishaan Advani (Mah) 4-9, 9-2, 9-5, 7-9, 9-2
Boys U-11: Raghav Mehrotra (Mah) bt Kunj Rawani (Mah) 10-8, 9-3, 9-1; Yohan Pandole (Mah) bt Devchand Rai (Jindal) 8-10, 9-7, 9-4, 9-1
Under-9: Rajat Agarwal (Mah) bt Yohann Surti (Mah) 9-5, 9-7, 9-2; Mohit Yadav (Mah) bt Sandeep Paswan (Jindal) 9-3, 9-3, 9-5
Girls U-19: Madhura Paranjpe bt Shaheda Madraswala 9-3, 9-0, 9-5; Shivangi Paranjpe bt Ankita Sharma 9-2, 9-0, 9-0
Girls U-17: Shaheda Madraswala (Mah) bt Anushka Patel (Mah) 9-6, 9-3, 9-6; Namrata Purohit (Mah) bt Chanda (Raj) 9-7, 9-3, 9-1
Girls U-15: Ankita Sharma (Mah) bt Namrata Purohit (Mah) 9-3, 9-1, 9-0; Soumya Karki (Mah) bt Sachika Balvani (Mah) 9-2, 9-4, 9-2
Girls U-13: Soumya Karki (Jindal) bt Shweta Yadav (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
Over-45: Chandrakant Pawar bt Vaman Apte 4-9, 9-5, 8-10, 9-2, 9-4
Pro: Dalip Tripathi bt Rohit More (Mah) 9-7, 9-0, 2-9, 6-9, 9-5; Mahesh Verma (Mah) bt Gautam Das 4-9, 3-9, 9-6, 9-4, 10-8
Men’s Open (QF): Gaurav Nandrajog (Chennai) bt Sandeep Jangra (Mah) 9-4, 9-3, 9-0
Boys U-19 (QF): Sandeep Jangra (Mah) bt Akhilesh Nayak (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Cyrus Vakil (Mah) bt Cyril Kuhn 3-9, 9-5, 9-4, 10-8; Naishadh Lalwani (Mah) bt Shankar Menon (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Jay Dalal (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Boys U-17 (QF): Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Amay Merchant (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Jay Dalal (Mah) bt Riyad Seervai (Mah) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2; Laxman Joshi (Jindal) bt Akhilesh Nayak (Mah) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Cyril Kuhn bt Aadit Zaveri (Mah) 9-6, 9-3, 9-6
Boys U-15 (QF): Abhishek Pradhan (Mah) bt Pranay Merchant (Mah) 9-8, 9-5, 9-4; Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Vrishab Kotian (Mah) 9-1, 9-4, 9-0; Aakash Borwankar (Mah) bt Viraj Nayar (Mah) 9-5, 9-5, 9-2; Aadit Zaveri (Mah) bt Rahil Fazelbhoy (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1
Boys U-13 (QF): Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Rahil Fazelbhoy (Mah) 9-2, 9-4, 9-4; Arjun Kochhar (Mah) bt Vardhan Ladiwala (Mah) 9-6, 9-2, 9-3; Ishan Advani (Mah) bt Raghav Mehrotra (Mah) 9-2, 9-3, 5-9, 2-9, 9-2; Shashi Pandey (Jindal) bt Kunj Rawani (Mah) 9-2, 9-0, 10-8
Boys U-11 (QF): Raghav Mehrotra (Mah) bt Akhilesh Yadav (Jindal) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Kunj Rawani (Mah) bt Madhav Gupta (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Yohan Pandole (Mah) bt Aditya Singhi (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-5
Girls U-19 (QF): Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) bt Rinky Soni (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Shaheda Madraswala (Mah) bt Chanda R. (Raj) 9-0, 9-1, 9-4; Madhura Paranjpe (Mah) bt Anushka Patel (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
Girls U-17 (QF): Shaheda Madraswala (Mah) bt Kruti Suchde (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Chanda R. (Raj) bt Anissa Malhotra (Mah) 9-3, 2-9, 9-6, 9-7; Namrata Purohit (Mah) bt Sanaya Merchant (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.
Girls U-15 (QF): Namrata Purohit (Mah) bt Sanaya Merchant (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Sachika Balvani (Mah) bt Zarina Sani (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.
Girls U-13 (QF): Soumya Karki (Jindal) bt Ruchi Mishra (Jindal) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Shweta Yadav (Jindal) bt Smriti Deora (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2; Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt Varsha Pandey (Jindal) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Sachika Balvani (Mah) bt Anju Sharma (Jindal) 9-3, 9-0, 9-3.
Professionals (QF): Dalip Tripathi bt Baban More (Mah) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Rohit More (Mah) bt Vijay Waghela (Mah) 9-7, 9-4, 9-8; Gautam Das bt Gopichand Mohite (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1; Mahesh Verma (Mah) bt Sanjay Pawar (Mah) 9-0, 9-4, 9-6
U-9 (QF): Rajat Agarwal (Mah) bt Ashish Gavankar (Mah) 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; Yohann Surti (Mah) bt Ankit Jayant (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Mohit Yadav (Mah) bt Zahan Mistry (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Over-45 (QF): Deepak Kochhar (Mah) bt Samir Purohit (Mah) 9-0, 9-2, 9-3.
Over-55 (QF): Sudhir Sood (Mah) bt Dara Billimoria (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2.
Men’s Open (3rd round): Vikas Jangra (Mah) bt Raja Parthasarathy (Mah) 9-3, 9-6, 9-1; Supreet Singh (Mah) bt Cyrus Vakil (Mah) 9-3, 9-0, 9-1.
Boys U-19 (2nd round): Akhilesh Nayak (Mah) bt Aditya Gupta (Mah) 9-4, 1-9, 9-4, 9-4; Cyrus Vakil (Mah) bt Rohit Kulshrestha (Mah) 9-10, 9-1, 9-5, 9-2; Naishadh Lalwani (Mah) bt Vakar Pathan (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Jay Dalal (Mah) bt Kunwarpal Singh (Jindal) 9-2, 9-5, 9-7; Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Amay Merchant (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Sandeep Jangra bt Naishad Lalwani 9-3, 9-3, 9-2. Boys U-17 (3rd round): Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt
Abhishek Pradhan (Mah) 9-1, 9-5, 9-0; Amay Merchant (Mah) bt Aditya Gupta (Mah) 9-6, 9-3, 10-8; Jay Dalal (Mah) bt Sachin Singh (Jindal) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Riyad Seervai (Mah) bt Riyan Bhatia (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2; Aadit Zaveri (Mah) bt Javed Mohd (Jindal) 9-5, 9-1, 9-0; Cyril Kuhn (TN) bt Akash Borwankar (Mah) 10-8, 9-4, 9-7.
Boys U-15 (3rd round): Abhishek Pradhan (Mah) bt Vivek Dehan (Jindal) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1; Vrishab Kotian (Mah) bt Kahan Gandhi (Jindal) 9-5, 2-9, 9-3, 9-2; Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Nitin Singh (Jindal) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1; Aakash Borwankar (Mah) bt Anuj Bahl (Mah) 9-3, 9-0, 9-2; Rahil Fazelbhoy Mah) bt Ishaan Advani (Mah) 9-5, 9-7, 9-7; Aadit Zaveri (Mah) bt Neville Tata (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-5. Boys U-13 (3rd round): Ishaan Advani (Mah) bt Naman Jiandani (Mah) 4-9, 9-0, 10-9, 9-5.
Girls U-15 (1st round): Zarina Sani (Mah) bt Sera Merchant (Mah) 9-3, 9-3, 9-0.
Girls U-13 (1st round): Soumya Karki (Jindal) bt Sera Merchant (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Ruchi Mishra (Jindal) bt Khushy Aggarwal (Mah) 9-3, 9-3, 6-9, 9-3; Shweta Yadav (Jindal) bt Nandini Agarwal (Goa) 9-4, 9-1, 9-5; Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt Sanjna Merchant (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Varsha Pandey Jindal) bt Nandini Mullaji (Mah) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Anju Sharma (Jindal) bt Rhea Advani (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
Boys U-11 (3rd round): Akhilesh Yadav (Jindal) bt Aashay Kejdiwal (Mah) 9-6, 9-5, 9-7; Madhav Gupta (Mah) bt Aniruddh Amersey (Mah) 10-8, 9-2, 9-0; Kunj Rawani (Mah) bt Shikhar Soni (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Yohan Pandole (Mah) bt Rohaan Advani (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Aditya Singhi (Mah) bt Vishal Yadav (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Karan Kochhar (Mah) bt Viraj Nadkarni (Mah) 2-9, 9-1, 7-9, 9-7, 9-1.
Over-35 (2nd round): Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Sumeet Rewari (Mah) 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; Vinay Sanghi (Mah) bt Hemant Khera (Mah) 9-4, 9-0, 9-0; Vaman Apte (Mah) bt Miten Mehta (Mah) 9-7, 9-5, 9-5; Raja Parthasarathy (Mah) bt Dr. R. Seshadri (Mah) 9-2, 9-3, 9-5; Chetan Ladiwala (Mah) bt Sanjiv Saran Mehra (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
Pro (3rd round): Dalip Tripathi (WB) bt Kishanlal Passi (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Vijay Waghela (Mah) bt Santosh Kharat (Mah) 9-6, 9-5, 7-9, 9-1; Rohit More (Mah) bt Manish Chavan (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Gautam Das bt Devdas Tambe (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Gopichand Mohite (Mah) bt Uttam Patkar (Mah) 10-9, 9-1, 9-6; Sanjay Pawar (Mah) bt Sanjay Sonavne (Mah) 9-1, 9-4, 9-5.Men’s open: 2nd round: Gaurav Nandrajog (TN) bt Angad Marwah (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Sandeep Jangra (Mah) bt Satish Potdar (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Ravneet Singh (Mah) bt Sanjay Pawar (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2; Vikas Jangra (Mah) bt Ajay Pawar (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Raja Parthasarathy (Mah) bt Rohit Kulshrestha (Mah) 9-1, 9-2, 9-2; Shakti Singh bt Gautam Das 9-2, 9-5, 9-0.

Boys’ under-19: 2nd round: Cyril Kuhn (TN) bt Angad Marwah (Mah) 9-3, 9-2, 9-5. 1st round: Vakar Pathan (Mah) bt Rohan Zaveri (Mah) 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; Amay Merchant (Mah) bt Praveen Saini (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2.

Under-17: 2nd round: Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Yash Shah (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-7; Jay Dalal (Mah) bt Adesh Bhansali (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Sachin Singh (Jindal) bt Deepak Dhakana (Jindal) 9-0, 9-1, 9-4; Riyad Seervai (Mah) bt Guddu Gupta (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Neville Tata (Mah) bt Cyrus Sidhwa (Mah) 10-8, 9-4, 9-4; Javed Mohd (Jindal) bt Kunal Khaladkar (Mah) 9-4, 9-7, 9-5.

Pros: 3rd round: Vijay Waghela (Mah) bt Santosh Kharat (Mah) 9-6, 9-5, 7-9, 9-1; Gopichand Mohite (Mah) bt Uttam Patkar (Mah) 10-9, 9-1, 9-6.

Boys: U-17 (1st round): Yash Shah (Mah) bt Sidharth Sharma (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Adesh Bhansali (Mah) bt Rohan Vora (Mah) 9-3, 3-9, 9-8, 9-7; Riyan Bhatia (Mah) bt Laxman Singh (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Ashish Pal (Mah) bt Behram Modi (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Ness Billimoria (Mah) bt Rohan Zaveri (Mah) 9-2, 10-8, 9-0. U-15: (2nd round): Anuj Bahl (Mah) bt Abhishek Singh (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1;  Ness Billimoria (Mah) bt Vikas Singh (Jindal) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0. 1st round: Vivek Dehan (Jindal) bt Behram Modi (Mah) 9-5, 9-1, 9-2; Yash Bhansali (Mah) bt Somveer Sharma (Jindal) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Abhishek Pal (Mah) bt Chaitanya Desai (Mah) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1; Naman J bt Arjun Melwani (Mah) 9-5, 9-6, 9-0; Adesh Bhansali (Mah) bt Jai Ganatra (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Pranay Merchant (Mah) bt Prashant Nagpal (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-0; Kahan Gandhi (Jindal) bt Armaan Shaikh (Mah) 9-0, 9-3, 9-7; Vrishab Kotian (Mah) bt Shivam Mehta (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3. U-13 (2nd round): Rahul Shah (Raj) bt Mishaal Advani (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Ishaan Advani (Mah) bt Kunal Bhatia (Mah) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Raghav Mehrotra (Mah) bt Sumer Aggarwal (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.U-11 (2nd round): Raghav Mehrotra (Mah) bt Ravinder Dharia (Jindal) 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; Madhav Gupta (Mah) bt Arjun Mehra (Mah) 9-5, 9-6, 6-9, 9-6; Shikhar Soni (Mah) bt Firoz Mistry (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Kunj Rawani (Mah) bt Pareek Puneet (Jindal) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Yohan Pandole (Mah) bt Rajat Agarwal (Mah) 7-9, 9-1, 9-1, 10-8; Devchand Rai (Jindal) bt Trilok Sadarangani (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Vinod Sheoran (Jindal) bt Toshin Sequeira (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Viraj Nadkarni (Mah) bt Dheeraj Shrivastav (Jindal) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Karan Kochhar (Mah) bt Dhruv Jain (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0

About Cyrus Poncha
I was born and lived in Bombay before moving to Chennai in 2001 to coach the Indian national squash team....what a journey its been!!

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