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

Cyrus Poncha — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:15:45 +0000

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)

Cyrus Poncha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:18:31 +0000

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

Cyrus Poncha — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:10:06 +0000

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)

Cyrus Poncha — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:39:50 +0000

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.

World number 34 Ghosal, who for the first time in his career has made it to the second round of the premier event, lost 4-11 5-11 9-11 1-11 to top seed Darwish in 40 minutes at the all-glass court in Green Island last night.

Saurav, India’s lone challenge, had beaten French qualifer Mathieu Castagnet 0-11 11-6 11-8 11-5 in the opening round.

November – PSA/WISPA Rankings

Cyrus Poncha — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:18:16 +0000

Harinder & Anaka jump to the 3rd spot in the Indian ranking list of PSA & WISPA resp.
Saurav Ghosal   33
Ritwik Bhattacharya 75
Harinder Pal Sandhu 102
Siddharth Suchde 109
Naresh Kumar   144
Gaurav Nandrajog 176
Ravi Dixit 266
Karan Malik   382
Aditya Jagtap 412
Ramit Tandon 408
Mahesh Mangaonkar 412
Abhishek Pradhan 412

Women’s
Joshna Chinappa 32
Dipika Pallikal 48
Anaka Alankamony 113
Anwesha Reddy 129
Surbhi Misra 149
Aprajitha Balamurukan 151
Shria Khatri 202
Ankita Sharma 215

China Open (27 Oct – 1 Nov 2009)

Cyrus Poncha — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:33:59 +0000

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)

Cyrus Poncha — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:52:31 +0000

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.
B19 FINAL – TAMIL NADU ‘A’ beat RAJASTHAN ‘A’ 2-0
{2} Ramit Tandon {Tamil Nadu ‘A’} beat {1} Ashray Ohri {Rajasthan ‘A’} 11-7 11-8 5-11 11-2
{4} Vrishab Kotian {Tamil Nadu ‘A’} beat {3} Utaksh Kumar {Rajasthan ‘A’} 11-13 11-5 11-6 13-11

B19 3rd/4th Place Playoff – DELHI ‘A” beat MAHARASHTRA ‘A’ 2-0
{2} Shakir Hussain {Delhi ‘A”} beat {2} Pranay Merchant {Maharashtra ‘A’} 11-7 11-8 5-11 13-11
{4} Ashaya Jain {Delhi ‘A”} beat {4} Rohan Vora {Maharashtra ‘A’} 11-8 12-10 8-11 10-12 11-6

B15 FINAL – TAMIL NADU ‘A’ beat MAHARASHTRA ‘A’ 2-0
{1} Kush Kumar {Tamil Nadu ‘A’} beat {1} Anuj Bahl {Maharashtra ‘A’} 11-7 11-8 11-9
{3} Rishi Tandon {Tamil Nadu ‘A’} beat {3} Raghav Mehrotra {Maharashtra ‘A’} 11-8 11-5 11-7

B15 3rd/4th Place Playoff RAJASTHAN ‘A’ beat MAHARASHTRA ‘B’ 2-1
{1} Vijay Kumar {Rajasthan ‘A’} beat {1} Arjun Kochhar {Maharashtra B} 13-11 11-7 9-11 11-2
{3} Siddharth Singh {Rajasthan ‘A’} lost to {3} Madhav Dhingra {Maharashtra B} 4-11 12-10 6-11 5-11
{2} Harshit Muchhal {Rajasthan ‘A’} beat {2} Ishan Advani {Maharashtra B} 11-8 8-11 7-11 12-10 13-11
Final positions in Girls 19 (round robin)

1. Maharashtra
2. Tamil Nadu ‘A’
3. Delhi ‘A’
4. Tamil Nadu ‘B’
5. Delhi ‘B’
6. Gujarat

Final Positions in Girls 15 (round robin)

Delhi ‘A’
1. Maharashtra ‘A’
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Maharashtra ‘B’
4. Tamil Nadu
5. Delhi ‘B’
6. Gujarat

Junior National Squash, Indore 21-25 Oct 2009

Cyrus Poncha — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:41:11 +0000

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.

B11 - FINAL
Soloman Ravi {TN} beat R.A. Charaiyaselvan {TN} 11-4 11-5 11-9

B11 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Dev Vazirani {MAH} beat Aryaman Adik {MAH} 12-10 10-12 11-4 11-9

B11 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Yash Bhargava {DEL} beat Chaitanya Shah {MAH} 11-7 12-10 5-11 11-9

B11 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Adhitya Raghavan {TN} beat Param Maru {MAH} 11-7 11-4 5-11 5-11 11-8

B13 - FINAL
Roshan Kumarakannan {TN} beat Sandeep Ramachandran {TN} 12-10 11-9 11-7

B13 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Yohan Pondole {MAH} beat Kunj Rawani {MAH} 11-6 9-11 9-11 12-10 11-7

B13 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Junaid {DEL} beat Ranjit Singh {UP} 7-11 15-13 11-7 12-10

B13 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Aditya Khatri {MAH} beat Sidharth Singh {RAJ} 11-8 12-10 11-8

B15 - FINAL
Deepak Mishra {TN} beat Kush Kumar {TN} 11-4 11-6 8-11 11-8

B15 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Manik Dutta {MP} beat Rishi Tandon {TN} 7-11 8-11 11-5 11-5 11-9

B15 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Divij Singh {DEL} beat Vijay Kumar {RAJ} 8-11 11-7 11-8 11-3

B17 - FINAL
Abhishek Pradhan {TN} beat Mahesh Mangoankar {MAH} 13-15 11-8 11-7 11-8

B17 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Vrishab Kotian {TN} beat Vivek Dinodia {WB} 11-3 11-7 9-11 11-6

B17 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Aakash Borwankar {MAH} beat Dhananjay Singh {MP} 11-7 10-12 14-12 5-11 11-1

B17 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Siddharth Nahar {MP} beat Tushar Kothari {RAJ} 11-6 11-8 5-11 11-9

B19 - FINAL
Aditya Jagtap {MAH} beat Ramit Tandon {TN} 11-8 11-8 11-5

B19 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Ravi Dixit {TN} beat Karan Malik {TN} 11-7 7-11 12-10 7-7 {Retired}

B19 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Karm Kumar {DEL} beat Sami Johnson {MAH} 11-6 11-4 11-8

B19 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Akshay Deepak {TN} beat Aadit Zaveri {MAH} 11-8 11-9 7-11 12-10

G11 - FINAL
Nikita Joshi {MAH} beat Daksha Pathak {MAH} 12-10 11-3 11-9

G11 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Neharika Balamurukan {TN} beat Shamika Reddy {TN} 11-6 6-11 11-7 11-7

G11 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Ashita Bengra {TN} beat Vedika Arun {TN} 11-6 11-9 6-11 11-8

G13 - FINAL
Harshit Kaur {DEL} beat Adya Advani {DEL} 9-11 11-7 11-7 11-5

G13 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Aishwarya Nambiar {MAH} beat Jui Kalgutkar {MAH} 11-4 14-16 11-9 11-4

G13 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Aishwarya Bhattacharya {MAH} beat Gayatri Raheja {MAH} 11-7 6-11 11-4 11-4

G13 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Rayna Kishanchandani {MAH} beat Birva Godhasara {GUJ} 11-2 11-2 11-4

G15 - FINAL
Urvashi Joshi {MAH} beat Lakshya Ragvendra {TN} 11-8 3-11 11-7 9-11 11-7

G15 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Pankhuri Malhotra {DEL} beat Anandita Gupta {MP} 11-5 11-8 11-8

G15 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Aishwarya Kulkarni {MAH} beat Varsha Pandey {MAH} 11-9 11-3 11-8

G15 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Disha Thahryamal {RAJ} beat Heba G.A. Johnson {RAJ} 11-6 13-11 11-6

G17 - FINAL
Saumya Karki {MAH} beat Anaka Alankamony {TN} 6-11 4-11 11-6 11-5 11-6

G17 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Aprajitha Balamurukan {TN} beat Ankita Sharma {MAH} 11-8 13-11 10-12 11-8

G17 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Sachika Ingale {DEL} beat Shria Khatri {MAH} 11-4 6-2 {Retired}

G17 – 7th/8th Place Playoff
Diya Kumar {DEL} beat Shruti Dugar {TN} 6-11 6-11 11-9 11-3 11-8

G19 - FINAL
Dipika Pallikal {TN} beat V. Anwesha Reddy {TN} 11-5 11-5 11-6

G19 – 3rd/4th Place Playoff
Dheeya Somaiya {MP} beat Tanvi Jain {MP} 11-7 11-8 11-8

G19 – 5th/6th Place Playoff
Komal Sharma {TN} beat Tulika Lal {DEL} 11-3 11-7 11-4

MAHARASHTRA STATE SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 11-18 October 2009

Cyrus Poncha — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:50:10 +0000

Final Results:

Men: Saurav Ghosal bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-7 11-6 11-7;
Women: Joshna Chinappa bt Saumya Karki 11-8 11-2 11-9;
Boys U-19: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Karm Kumar 11-5 12-10 11-3;
Girls U-19: Saumya Karki bt Shria Khatri 11-6 11-8 11-8;
Boys U-17: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Aakash Borwankar 11-8 11-1 11-5;
Girls U-17: Saumya Karki bt Shria Khatri 11-7 11-8 11-5,
Boys U-15: Abhimanyu Shah bt Anuj Bahl 8-11 11-6 11-6 11-9;
Girls U-15: Urvashi Joshi bt Aishwarya Kulkarni 11-4 11-5 11-4;
Boys U-13: Yohan Pundole bt Kunj Rawani 11-9 11-6 11-13 11-2;
Girls U-13: Aishwarya Nambiar bt Aishwarya Bhattacharya 11-6 11-5 1-11 11-6,
Boys U-11: Dev Vazirani bt Chaitanya Shah 11-8 11-5 11-5;
Girls U-11: Nikita Joshi bt Daksha Pathak 7-11 5-11 11-9 12-10 11-9;
Professional: Amjad Khan bt Rohit More 11-5 10-12 11-7 11-9;
Over 55: Pranab Dutta bt Sudhir Sood 11-2 11-3;
Over 45: Col Ashun Bahl bt Vaman Apte 11-6 3-11 6-11 11-8 11-3

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

Cyrus Poncha — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:38:33 +0000

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:

The WISPA results
Qualifying Round Results:
Anaka Alankamony (ind) bt Shria Khatri (Ind) 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 (17 mins)
Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind) bt Zephanie Curgenven (Eng) 11-8, 5-11,11-7, 4-11, 11-7 (32 mins)

1st round:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Carmen Lee (HKG) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (23m)
Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt [7] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-5 (40m)
[3] Orla Noom (NED) bt [Q] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND) 11-1, 11-6, 11-2 (14m)
[5] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt Milou van der Heijden (NED) 11-9, 11-5, 13-11 (26m)
[6] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Jenna Gates (ENG) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 (22m)
[4] Elise Ng (HKG) bt [Q] Anaka Alankamony (IND) 7-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8 (43m)
Laura Pomportes (FRA) bt [8] Pushppa Devi (MAS) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (22m)
[2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Coline Aumard (FRA) 11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (19m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND) 11-7, 11-6, 11-3 (22m)
[3] Orla Noom (NED) bt [5] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 11-9, 11-4, 8-11, 11-4 (36m)
[6] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [4] Elise Ng (HKG) 11-2, 11-8, 11-4 (17m)
[2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Laura Pomportes (FRA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 (25m)

Semi-finals:
[3] Orla Noom (NED) bt [1] Sharon Wee (MAS) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (28m)
[2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [6] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (25m)

Final:
[3] Orla Noom (NED) bt [2] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (35m)
The PSA results
First Round Qualifying:
Kamran Khan(Mas) bt Sandeep Jangra (Ind) – 11-6,11-8,9-11,11-5 (38 mins)
Lucas Serme (Fra) bt Vrishab Kotian (Ind) – 11-4,11-3,11-6 ( 25 Mins)
Naresh kumar (Ind) bt Kush Kumar (Ind) – 11-5,11-4,11-7 (18mins)
Vikas Jangra(Ind) bt Abhishek Pradhan(Ind) – 8-11,11-8,11-8,11-6 (35 mins)
Ravi Dixit (Ind) bt Deepak Mishra (Ind) – 11-5,11-4,11-6 (23 mins)
Gaurav Nandrajog(Ind) bt Parthiban .A – 11-7,11-5,12-10 (22mins)
Lucas Vauzella (Fra) bt Akshay Deepak – 11-7,11-3,11-2( 22mins)
Karim Abdel Gawad(Egy) bt B. Balamurugan(Ind) 10-12,11-3,11-7,11-7(33mins)

Second Round Qualifying:
Kamran Khan(Mas) bt Lucas Serme (Fra) 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (36 mins)
Naresh kumar (Ind) bt Vikas Jangra (Ind) 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9 (40mins)
Gaurav Nandrajog(Ind) bt Ravi Dixit (Ind) 11-8, 12-10, 11-6 (30 mins)
Karim Abdel Gawad(Egy) bt Lucas Vauzella (Fra) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 (28mins)

Men’s 1st round:
[1] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 11-7, 13-11, 13-11 (45m)
[6] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (35m)
[4] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt [Q] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (45m)
[5] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [Q] Kamran Khan (MAS) 12-10, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7 (99m)
[7] Mazen Gamal (EGY) bt [Q] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9 (39m)
[3] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10 (88m)
[8] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) bt [Q] Naresh Kumar (IND) 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 (30m)
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 6-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-7 (40m)

Quarter-finals:
[6] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [1] Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-2 (70m)
[5] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [4] Matthew Karwalski (AUS) 11-6, 7-11, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10 (60m)
[3] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [7] Mazen Gamal (EGY) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (22m)
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [8] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-1 (32m)

Semi-finals:
[6] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [5] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 10-12, 11-5, 12-10, 11-8 (81m)
[2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt [3] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 12-10, 15-13, 10-12, 11-8 (83m)

Final:
[6] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [2] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (45m)