Women’s Carol Weymuller US Open, New York (1-5 Nov 2009)

Joshna Chinappa lost in straight sets at the prestigious USD 42,450 event, 2-11 9-11 15-17 to fifth seed Laura Massaro in the 1st round in 37 minutes at the Heights Casino club. In her first qualifying she defeated Julie Carullo (USA) 6-11, 11-5, 11-4, 12-10 and in the final qualifying she defeated Manuela Manetta (Ita) 11-8, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9.

News clip – Solomon & Roshan (Jnr. National Champs)

NDTV Hindu did a small clip on Roshan & Solomon, national championships u 13 & u11 resp. starts at 4:10min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0GJxhzktcs

India’s top sports tweeple

Anita Lobo authored a post on India’s top sports tweeps….Please view the story:

http://www.sportsnetworker.com/2009/11/03/indias-top-sports-professionals-on-twitter/

World Open, Kuwait (1-7 Nov 2009)

India’s top ranked player Saurav Ghosal crashed out of the USD 277,500 World Squash Open after being defeated by top seeded Egyptian Karim Darwish in Kuwait City.

November – PSA/WISPA Rankings

Harinder & Anaka jump to the 3rd spot in the Indian ranking list of PSA & WISPA resp.

China Open (27 Oct – 1 Nov 2009)

Siddharth Suchde playing afater a month lay off lost in the quarter finals at the China Squash Open, being held at Shanghai, China.
In his 1st round he defeated eighth seed James Snell who went down 3-11, 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10 in 67m.
The 24-year-old then lost to Australia’s Matthew Karwalski in the quarter-finals 6-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3 (56m)

Junior Interstate Championships, Indore (26-29 October 2009)

Tamilnadu boys continued their dominance by winning both tiitles (u15 & 19) in the boys categories. While the girls from Maharashtra defeated the top seeds Tamil Nadu in the under 19. The u15girls was won by top seeded Delhi.

Junior National Squash, Indore 21-25 Oct 2009

Top Seeds Dipika Pallikal & Aditya Jagtap won the National junior title in 2009. A total of 5 titles for Tamin Nadu, 4 for Maharastra and 1 for Delhi.

MAHARASHTRA STATE SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 11-18 October 2009

Final Results:

Results: PSA #4 & WISPA #2 (5-10 October 2010)

Joshana lost in the final after defeating country mate Dipika in the semis. Both Harinder and Gaurav lost in the first round main draw. The results were: