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WSF WORLD JUNIOR RANKINGS – JANUARY 2012

Cyrus Poncha — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:56:22 +0000

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.

Title success in the Indian Junior Open in September last year helped the 17-year-old Mangaonkar achieve the second position – pushing Egypt’s Mohamed Abouelghar, runner-up to El Shorbagy in Belgium, down to number three.

Alankamony, the 17-year-old from Chennai, followed her unexpected success in last year’s Asian Junior Championships followed up by winning the Indian Junior Open at Chennai in September.

In the Asian Junior Championships, Mangaonkar had finished with a bronze medal.

Another India, Apararajitha Balamurukan also made her way into the top 10.

Whilst Egyptian Marwan El Shorbagy retained his men’s number one ranking, England’s Emily Whitlock made her debut at the top of the women’s list.

BRITISH JUNIOR OPEN 1-6 JAN 2012

Cyrus Poncha — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:54:02 +0000

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.

In her quarterfinal match Anaka lost to lower ranked Egyptian Salma Esmat in straight. Earlier, Anaka defeated Victoria Temple-Murray of England 12-10, 11-9, 11-8.

The other Indians fell to higher ranked opponents. Second seeded Mohamed Abou El Ghar (Egypt) beat Mangaonkar 11-7, 11-7 11-5, while Pakistan`s Syed Ali Bukhari eliminated Kush Kumar 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9 and No.2 Emily Whitlock defeated Aparajitha 11-8, 11-2 11-1.

Boys u19 – Round 1

[9/16] Abhishek Pradhan (Ind) bt Scott Young (Eng) 9/11 11/9 11/3 11/9 (40m)

[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) bt Tom Turner (Eng) 11/3 11/6 11/3 (22m)

[17/32] Vrishab Kotian (Ind) bt Taiki Kaido (Jpn) 11/8 11/5 11/4

Boys u19 – Round 2

[17/32] Damien Volland (Fra) bt [9/16] Abhishek Pradhan (Ind) 5/11 4/11 11/6 11/6 14/12 (55m)

[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) bt Cole Osborne (Can) 11/3 11/5 11/4 (20m)

[2] Mohamed Abou El Ghar (Egy) bt [17/32] Vrishab Kotian (Ind) 11/8 11/4 11/2 (27m)

Boys u19 – Round 3

[2] Mohamed Abou El Ghar (Egy)bt [9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) 11/7 11/7 11/5 (33m)

Boys u17 – Round 1

[9/16] Kush Kumar (Ind) bt Arhum Saleem (USA) 7/11 11/6 11/6 11/6 (31 mins)

Boys u17– Round 2

[9/16] Kush Kumar (Ind) bt Russell Clark (Eng) 11/1 11/9 9/11 11/6 (39 mins)

Boys u17– Round 3

[3/4] Syed Ali Bukhari (Pak) bt [9/16] Kush Kumar (Ind) 11/7 11/9 10/12 11/9

Girls u19 – Round 1

[3/4] Anaka Alankamony (Ind) bt Milena Penkov (Sui) 11/2 11/0 11/3 (10m)

[9/16] Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind) bt Georgie Ingham (Eng) 13/11 11/7 12/10 (22m)

Girls u19 – Round 2

[3/4] Anaka Alankamony (Ind) bt [9/16] Victoria Temple-Murray (Eng) 12/10 11/9 11/8 (34m)

[2] Emily Whitlock (Eng) bt [9/16] Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind) 11/8 11/2 11/1 (21m)

Girls u19 – Quarter final

[5/8] Salma Hatem Youssef (EGY) bt [3/4] Anaka Alankamony (IND) 11-9, 11-6, 11-9

Girls u17 – Round 1

Lydia Hume (Eng) bt Urvashi Joshi (Ind) 12/10 8/11 9/11 9/11 (28 mins)

JANUARY 2012 PSA / WSA WORLD RANKINGS

Cyrus Poncha — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:50:07 +0000

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

25	Saurav Ghosal
48	Siddharth Suchde
114	Harinder Pal Sandhu
193	Ravi Dixit
194	Mahesh Mangaonkar
384	Ramit Tandon
435	Nikhil Punwaney
445	Abhishek Pradhan
445	Sandeep Jangra
445	Gaurav Nandrajog
445	Aditya Jagtap
445	Supreet Singh
445	Vrishab Kotian

Ranking	Player
15	Dipika Pallikal
36	Joshna Chinappa
102	Aparajitha Balamurukan
117	Anaka Alankamony
253	Anwesha Reddy
253	Surbhi Misra
253	Ankita Sharma
253	Harshit Kaur Jawanda

SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP – Article in the SPORTSTAR

Cyrus Poncha — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:54:51 +0000

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. The two highest ranked Indians in the world have polished their game to such an extent under the guidance of foreign coaches that the gulf between them and other Indian players has become quite huge.

Saurav and Dipika, ranked 26 and 17 respectively in the world, proved that they belonged to a different league by winning the Senior National squash championships at the Indian Squash Academy held in Chennai recently, losing just one game in the process, In the men’s section, Saurav tamed Harinder Pal Sandhu for the third successive time in the National final, while Dipika eased past Anaka Alankamony in the women’s summit clash.

Saurav’s record in the Nationals has been pretty awesome, clinching the prestigious title six times in a row and seventh overall. For Dipika it was certainly a memorable event as she clinched the National title for the first time. Twice earlier, she was stopped by Joshna Chinappa, who didn’t play this time due to a knee injury.

“It is difficult to explain in words,” said Saurav, when asked what he learnt from Malcolm Willstrop in Leeds. “Playing with James Willstrop and other top players has radically changed my approach to the game,” he said. Saurav plays regularly on the pro circuit and this has helped him reach the top level. “It does help,” he said. “I have been working hard after a minor injury in August this year. Playing in front of your audience gives you a high. Winning the Nationals is still a priority for me.”

Dipika, on the other hand, credited her career-best world ranking of 17 to the coaching she received from five-time World Open women’s champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald. “I’ve been training with her since August 2010. She has been a huge influence on me. She has changed my mental outlook to the game,” said Dipika. “She made me believe in myself. I am a more safe player.”

Nobody really stretched Saurav in the early rounds. The top seed routed qualifier Arjun Agnihotri of Services for the loss of just six games in the pre-quarterfinals, and then took apart Karan Malik, a trainee of Indian Squash Academy, in straight games. Karan had earlier put it across Vikas Jangra of Services, a higher seeded player.

The way Ravi moved and executed his shots against Mahesh Mangaonkar of Maharashtra, seeded higher than him, in the quarterfinals, did give an impression that Ravi would provide a tough fight to the defending champion in the next round.

But Saurav is made of a different mould. Delicate drop shots, amazing court coverage and a sharp squash mind marked his contest against Ravi. Saurav won with ease, much to the surprise of all, including Ravi.

Harinder Pal Sandhu is a wonderful player with oodles of talent. The 21-year-old defeated Maharashtra’s Siddharth Suchde, the second seed, in the semifinals to set up a summit clash with Saurav. Harinder was determined to put his best foot forward as he had lost to Saurav in the finals of the last two editions. Again, he came second best. Barring the first game which Saurav lost, his first in the championship, he was spot on.

Saurav controlled the rallies making Harinder run hard. The top-seed was a notch higher than Harinder in all aspects. As Harinder said after the match, “Playing in Leeds has made Saurav a much better player.

He plays in a lot more Professional Squash Association (PSA) tournaments and that has made him more confident and fit,” he said.

The standard of the women wasn’t up to the mark. Dipika and Anaka’s opponents in the early rounds looked like beginners, to say the least. Ankita Sharma of Maharashtra and local girls Aparajitha Balamurukan and R. Lakshya were the ones who showed a ray of hope.

The women’s final was pretty interesting. The best of Anaka emerged in the second game where she proved her talent in adequate measure. Dipika, however, controlled the proceedings and asserted her supremacy to claim her maiden National title.

The results (finals):

Men: Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Harinder Pal Sandhu (TN) 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-1; Women: Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Anaka Alankamony (TN) 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7.

By K. Keerthivasan

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

Cyrus Poncha — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:14:17 +0000

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.

14 players from India participated in the KL Junior Open held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 13 – 18 December 2011. Naveneet Parbhu a trainee at the Indian Squash Academy was the youngest player from India contingent to participate in this event and won his maiden international title in under boys 9 category.Seeded 3/4, he defeated Sacchin Kumar (Mal) second seed of the tournament 3-1. He the first Indian to win an U9 international event.

Robin Mann from Delhi was the top seed in the boys u15 category and registered his victory defeating Mathew Nam (HKG) in three straight sets.

Harshit Kaur also from Delhi won her second event in the Asian Circuit after winning the Indian Junior Open in Chennai. Harshit seeded to win started with an aggressive and attacking plan keeping her opponent Gilian May Ng from Malaysia deep into the corners. Playing with supreme confidence Harshit won her match 11-9,11-7,11-8.

In the quarters and semis Harshit defeated her Malaysian and Sri-lankan opponents respectively 3-2 .

The final positions were:

Boys

U 9 – Navaneeth Prabhu(TN) – Winner

U 11 – Yashwant Ragav(TN) – 5 th

Pranav Visvesh(TN) – 7th

U13 – Robin Mann(Del) – Winner

Yash Bhargava(DEL) – 5th

Abhay Singh(TN) – 9th

Siddhanth Iyer(MAH) – 17th

Aman Kumbhani(MAH) – 19th

U15 – Mudit Pant(DEL) – 14th

U17- Ranvijay Singh( DEL) – 17th

U19 – Akshay Deepak(TN) – 6th

Girls

U13 – Aishwarya Bhattacharya – 3rd

U15 – Harshit Kaur(Del) – Winner

Mayuri N(TN) – 8th

A.V.Apoorva – 16th

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

Cyrus Poncha — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:26:30 +0000

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.

Dipika Pallikal claimed her third WISPA title of the year when she overcame a spirited challenge from fourth seed Joey Chan.

Third-seed Pallikal defeated Hong Kong’s Chan 12-10, 8-11, 10-12, 11-8, 14-12 in a thrilling final that lasted 60 minutes.

The match went the full distance, with all five games featuring close finishes.

In the semifinal, Pallikal had defeated second seed Sarah Kippax 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 while in the quarters, she got the better of fifth seed Siti Munirah Jusoh 11-5, 11-6, 11-1.

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

Cyrus Poncha — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:53:58 +0000

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.

The winners, it could be said hadeasy times on court though they were stretched a bit by their rivals.

In the first women’s final, Anaka gave good account of her game against a highly seeded world star but Dipika made short work in clinching the title. In the earlier years, Dipika’s try at the title were ended by Joshna Chinappa, who could not compete in this nationals due to injury problems. Anaka tried her best keep Dipika in check but the latter always wriggled out of the rival clutches to come up with some delectable shots for points.

The men’s final seem to be heading for a tight finish as both Saurav and Harinder were going neck to neck and it looked as though Harinder is not going to give away easily. Harinder clinched the first game withhis strategy to stay at back court and keeping the pace at high levels and then get his shots to success. However, Saurav, who has bundle of experience having been in the circuit for longer time meant business and kept Harinder at bay in the next three games.

Saurav’s decision to keep Harinder at bay by keeping the ball away from him worked wonders. Though Harinder, at times, tried to make good to deny Saurav the ground to play his shots from back court, the latter refused to give in and merely kept the volleys long and then went for his shots to upset Harinder.

M.Vijayakuar I.A.S, Member Secretary, Sports Development Corporation of Tamil Nadu and Srivastan Subramaniam , Secretary General SRFI gave away the prizes to the winners.

The results (finals):

Men:
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Harinder Pal Sandhu (TN) 8-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-1
Women:
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Anaka Alankamony (TN) 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-7.
Over 55: Major S. Maniam (TN) bt Col. L.K. Agnihotri (retd.) 11-8, 11-9, 15-13
Over 50: Viney Singh (Kar) bt Vaman Apte (Mah) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
Over 45: Rohit Thanwani (Mah) bt Chetan Ladiwala (Mah) 11-6, 11-7, 12-10
Over 40: Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Mohanish Sawant (Mah) 11-6, 16-14, 13-11
Professionals: A. Parthiban (TN) bt B. Balamurugan (TN) 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-8
Over 35: Vikas Nayar (Chd) bt Cyrus Poncha (TN) 12-14, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5.

Semifinals :
Men:
Harinder Pal Sandhu (TN) bt Siddharth Suchde (Mah) 11-5, 11-8, 12-10;
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Ravi Dixit (TN) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6.

Women:
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Ankita Sharma (Mah) 11-2, 11-6, 11-5;
Anaka Alankamony (TN) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (TN) 11-8, 11-4, 11-3.

Quarterfinals :
Men:
Ravi Dixit (TN) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-8;
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Karan Malik (TN) 11-4, 11-4, 11-2;
Harinder Pal Sandhu (TN) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3;
Siddharth Suchde (Mah) bt Sandeep Jangra (Ser) 14-12, 11-7, 11-0.

Women:
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Tanvi Khanna (Del) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3;
Ankita Sharma (Mah) bt R. Lakshya (TN) 3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-3;
Aparajitha Balamurukan (TN) bt Saai Meera (TN) 11-13, 11-4, 11-3, 11-2;
Anaka Alankamony (TN) bt Mayuri (TN) 11-3, 11-0, 11-2.

Link of the draw given below

http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=27D9A043-7059-4982-A6B2-F89B97B5559F

1st NSCI OPEN (20-24 Nov’11)

Cyrus Poncha — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:59:09 +0000

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. 

Sandhu, the CCI-Western India runner-up, beat Sandeep Jangra of the Services 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 in an exciting championship round that lasted an hour. Jangra came up with a surprise challenge to make every set a close contest as Sandhu held on to take it away.

Later, Sandhu added the doubles crown along with state mate Ravi Dixit as the pair beat cousins Sandeep and Vikas Jangra in straight sets.

Saumya Karki, who won a double at the CCI-Western India last week, continued to dominate the circuit by winning the women’s title with an exciting 9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9 victory over arch-rival Urvashi Joshi of Jindal Squash Academy, after surprisingly dropping the opening set and enduring a tight fourth set.

But the toast of the day was CCI lad Ness Billimoria who lit up the finals after going down fighting to top seed Vrishab Kotian of Tamil Nadu in a four-set thriller in the under-19 final.

Trailing 1-2, Billimoria gave the favourite a scare in the crucial fourth set that went down to the wire with Kotian snatching a nail-biter at 17-15.

While Akanksha Salunkhe of Goa completed a rewarding campaign by winning the girls under-13 crown, it was a rich haul for Tamil Nadu’s talented posse of players as Adithya Raghavan, Sandeep Ramachandran, Mayuri N. and Professional Aiyappan Parthiban emerged victorious in their respective categories.

Results (All Finals):  Doubles:  Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu/Ravi Dixit (TN) bt Sandeep Jangra/Vikas Jangra (Services) 11-3, 11-5.

Men:  Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (TN) bt Sandeep Jangra (IAF) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8.

Women:  Saumya Karki (Hiranandani Club) bt Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) 9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9.

Professionals:  Aiyappan Parthibhan (TN) bt Sanjay Pawar (Otters Club) 11-5, 12-10, 11-7.

Under-9:  Neel Joshi (Otters Club) bt Tanay Punjabi 11-3, 11-8, 11-8

Boys U-11:  Tushar Shahani bt Advait Adik (Otters Club) 11-2, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7.   Boys U-13:  Adithya Raghavan (TN) bt Dev Vazirani (Khar Gym) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5.

Boys U-15:  Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) bt S. Velavan (TN) 11-9, 12-10, 11-9.

Boys U-17:  Madhav Dhingra (Otters Club) bt Arjun Kochhar (CCI) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9.

Boys U-19:  Vrishab Kotian (TN) bt Ness Billimoria (CCI) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 17-15.

Girls U-11:  Aditi Raheja (Otters Club) bt Megha Bhatia 7-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8.

Girls U-13:  Akanksha Salunke (Goa) bt Nikita Joshi (Otters Club) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8.

Girls U-15:  Mayuri N. (TN) bt Aishwarya Nambiar (Country Club) 13-11, 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8.

Girls U-17:  Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt Aishwarya Nambiar (Country Club) 11-4, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6.

68th CCI-Western India (14-20 Nov’11)

Cyrus Poncha — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:52:34 +0000

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.

India No. 2 Suchde took 37 minutes to overcome Harinderpal Singh Sandhu of Tamil Nadu 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 in a well-contested championship round.

Defending champion Karki overcame arch-rival Urvashi Joshi of Jindal Squash Academy in the women’s and girls under-19 finals to complete a rewarding day.

While Suchde and Karki took the honours among the seniors, top junior Veer Chotrani was the toast of the day when, as the boys under-11 No. 1 seed, he rallied from a 0-2 deficit to fashion a thrilling 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 victory over second seed Tushar Shahani in an all-Khar Gymkhana final.

In other tight matches, top seed Aryaman Adik of Otters Club endured a stiff challenge from Adithya Raghavan of Tamil Nadu before snatching a nail-biting 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10 win for the boys under-13 title.

Second seed Aishwarya Bhattacharya of Bombay Gymkhana beat arch-rival and top seed Aishwarya Nambiar of Country Club 12-10, 11-4, 12-10 in an exciting girls’ under-15 final.

Results: (All Finals):

Men’s Open: 1-Siddharth Suchde bt 2-Harinder Pal Sandhu (TN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-7.

Women: 1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani Club) bt Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4.

Boys: Under-19: 1-Vrishab Kotian (TN) bt 2-Ness Billimoria (CCI) 11-7, 11-9, 11-8.

Under-17: 1-Madhav Dhingra (Otters Club) bt Divij Singh (Delhi) bt 11-3, 11-8, 11-8.

Under-15: 2-Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) bt 1-Yohan Pandole (CCI) 11-7, 11-7, 1-11, 11-3.

Under-13: 1-Aryaman Adik (Otters Club) bt Adhitya Raghavan (TN) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10.

Under-11: 1-Veer Chotrani (Khar Gym) bt 2-Tushar Shahani (Khar Gym) 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-9.

Girls: Under-19: 1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani Club) bt 2-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5.

Under-15: 2-Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Bombay Gym) bt 1-Aishwarya Nambiar (Country Club) 12-10, 11-4, 12-10.

Under-11: 1-Aditi Raheja (Otters Club) bt Navmi Sharma (Goregaon SC) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7.

Under-9: 1-Neel Joshi (Otters Club) bt 2-Tanay Punjabi (Otters Club) 11-1, 11-4, 11-9.

Professionals: 1-Ayyappan Parthiban (TN) bt Sachin Jadhav (JVPG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5.

Results: (All Semi-finals):

Men’s Open: 1-Siddharth Suchde bt Ravi Dixit (TN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6; 2-Harinder Pal Sandhu (TN) bt 3-Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9.

Women:

1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani Club) bt Aishwarya Kulkarni (Hiranandani Club) 11-1, 11-1, 11-5;

Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt 2-Alisha Mashruwala (CCI) 12-10, 12-10, 11-8.

Boys: Under-19:

1-Vrishab Kotian (TN) bt Madhav Dhingra (Otters Club) 11-6, 11-5, 11-5; 2-Ness Billimoria (CCI) bt Samir Mistry (Otters Club) 11-8, 0-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5.

Under-17:

Divij Singh (Delhi) bt Arjun Kochhar (CCI) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7;

1-Madhav Dhingra (Otters Club) bt S. Guhan (TN) 11-4, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7.

Under-15:

1-Yohan Pandole (CCI) bt Harsh Wadhwa (Otters Club) 12-10, 11-7, 11-6;

2-Sandeep Ramachandran (TN) bt S. Velavan (TN) 11-4, 11-7, 12-10.

Under-13:

1-Aryaman Adik (Otters Club) bt Siddhant Iyer (Jindal) bt 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8;

Adhitya Raghavan (TN) bt 2-Yash Bhargav (Delhi) 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 14-12.

Under-11:

1-Veer Chotrani (Khar Gym) bt Yash Fadte (Goa) 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10;

2-Tushar Shahani (Khar Gym) bt Advait Adik (Otters Club) 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8.

Girls:

Under-19: 1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani Club) bt Mayuri N. (Chennai) 11-3, 11-6, 11-0; 2-Urvashi Joshi (Jindal) bt Jui Kalgutkar (Bombay Gym) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4.

Under-15:

1-Aishwarya Nambiar (Country Club) bt Jui Kalgutkar (Bombay Gym) 13-11, 5-11, 13-11, 11-8;

2-Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Bombay Gym) Mayuri N (Chennai) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.

Under-11:

1-Aditi Raheja (Otters Club) bt Ananya Dabke (Jindal) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1;

Navmi Sharma (Goregaon SC) bt Avani Nagar (Hiranandani Club) 11-4, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4.

Under-9:

1-Neel Joshi (Otters Club) bt Tanmai Pathak (Bombay Gym) 11-2, 11-1, 11-6;

2-Tanay Punjabi (Otters Club) bt Arman Darukhanawala (CCI) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4.

Professionals:

Vijay Waghela (Khar Gym) bt 1-Ayyappan Parthiban (TN) 11-2, 11-3, 11-7;

Sachin Jadhav (JVPG) bt 2-Sanjay Pawar (Otters Club) 11-5, 9-11, 13-11, 11-9.

World Open 28 Oct – 6 Nov 2012

Cyrus Poncha — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 13:45:55 +0000

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

Dipika unseeded, in her first round defeated 14th seed Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand. She followed up her victory defeating Kanzy El Dafrawy of Egypt in the 2nd round. Dipika’s dream run ended in the quarter final going down to 15th seeded Samantha Teran from Mexico.
Quarter-Finals:

[15] Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11/6, 11/8, 11/9 (36m)

Round 2:
Dipika Pallikal beat Kanzy El Dafrawy (Egy) 11/6, 11/7, 11/7 (37m)

Round 1:
Dipika Pallikal (Ind) beat [14] Jaclyn Hawkes (Nzl) 11/8, 9/11, 11/8, 11/7 (52m)

In the men’s World Open, Indian national champion Saurav Ghosal lost in his second round to Laurens Jan Anjema while Siddharth Suchde lost in his 2nd round qualifying.

Round 2:

[12] Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) bt Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 11/4, 9/11, 11/6, 11/5 (65m)

Round 1:

Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [Q] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 11-5, 14-12 (Disq.) (35m)

Qualifying finals:

Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Siddharth Suchde (IND) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8 (68m)

1st qualifying round:
Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Sander van Tour (NED) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 (19m)