Top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar lived up to his billing, outplaying Ch Arun Kumar in a second round match of the 43rd Maharashtra State Men’s Squash tournament, organised under the aegis of SRFI and ]SRAM and sponsored by JSW, Raheja Vivarea, Shoppers Stop, Britannia, Indospace Logistics, Ellora Consultant & Crossover Catalyst played at their international standard glass-back squash courts on Monday.
Mahesh Mangaonkar
Ch Arun Kumar of Andhra Pradesh was no match to India no 3, who hardly broke a sweat on his way to an 11-0, 11-2, 11-4 victory. Unseeded Aryaman Jaising put up a fine performance to overpower Divit Poojary, who is seeded in the 17/32 bracket by an 11-3, 11-2, 11-6 margin. Aryaman will meet the top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in the 3rd round.
In another match, Vijay Kumar of Chennai who is seeded in the 9/16 bracket dropped only 5 points on his way to an 11-3, 11-1, 11-1 victory over Amarendu Srivastava. Meanwhile, 16-year-old Yash Fadte of Goa and seeded in the 9/16 bracket got an easy passage to the third round defeating Krish Shah by a comfortable 11-3, 11-1, 11-6 scoreline.
Results Men’s Round 2:
Mahesh Mangaonkar (1) bt Ch Arun Kumar 11-0 11-2 11-4; Aaryaman Jaising bt Divit Poojary [17/32] 11-3 11-2 11-6; Yash Bhargava [17/32] bt Atul Kumar Yadav 12-10 11-7 11-4; Puneet Pareek [9/16] bt Ajay Singh Bhadoria 11-5 11-8 11-4; Vijay Kumar [9/16] bt Amarendu Srivastava 11-3 11-1 11-1; Chaitanya Shah bt Harsh Kumar [17/32]11-7 11-8 11-2; Jamal Sakib [5/8] bt Nishit Jain 11-6 11-1 11-3; Jatin Bery bt Rohan Vaziralli 11-7 11-3 11-6; Aryan Parekh [17/32] bt Puminder Kumar 7-11 11-1 11-1 11-3; Yash Fadte [9/16] bt Krish Shah 11-3, 11-1, 11-6