Hyderabad To Host WISPA’s Qatar Airways Challenge

After two years in Doha, the Qatar Airways Challenge will move to India this year.  The third biggest championship on the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association World Tour, boasting a prize fund of $79,550, will be played from 4–9 July in HyderabadIn an exciting innovation that will ensure a great presentation for Indian and world-wide TV audiences, the final rounds will be played on an all-glass court erected in front of the Falaknuma Palace, an historic building set on a hill overlooking the city of Hyderabad.  Early rounds will take place at the Secunderabad Club. The news is certainly already creating a stir in Hyderabad where Indian Cements, Taj Hotels, SRFI are pulling out all the stops 

Manish still going strong

At 35, Manish Chotrani’s excellent fitness  and court craft enables him to beat younger players in Mumbai.  He defeated Vikas Jangra to lift the men’s singles title in the Rs 52,000 prize money KG-NECC Mumbai Open Squash Championship, which concluded at the Khar Gymkhana Squash Courts, on Wednesday.

The 35-year-old Chotrani matched the fitter and younger Jangra from Indian Navy stroke for stroke, racing to two-game lead, before taking a breather of sorts in the third, which he lost and coming back in the fourth strongly to jut demolish the second-seeded player. Chotrani won 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4 to pocket the winner’s purse of Rs 8,000. It was Chotrani’s second major title in four days.

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