Top seed Rahul Baitha of Maharashtra enjoyed an easy straight games 11-2, 11-7, 11-5 second round win against Ajit Sharma of Services in the 76th CCI Western Indian Squash Open 2019, played at the CCI courts and Bombay Gymkhana courts on Saturday.
In an entertaining and keenly contested encounter Tamil Nadu’s R. Kishore Arvind pulled off a hard-fought win against Services Ashish Keskar winning in five grueling games at 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 8-11 and 11-7.
Meanwhile, Ajay Singh Bhadoria of Services had things much his own way against Maharashtra’s Deep Padachh and dropped just two games cruising to a facile 11-0, 11-1 and 11-1 win.
Goa’s Yash Fadte also had an easy outing as he defeated Maharashtra’s Riyan Bhatia in straight games at 11-3, 11-2, 11-3.
Results –
Boys’ Under-15 (1st round): 3/4-Sharan Punjabi beat Yogesh Mahesh Hirve 11-0, 11-2, 11-2; Harsh BhanushaliAbhinav Mehta13-15, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4; Vansh Wadhawan beat Kedar Veerareddy 11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 13-11; Naresh Shingva beat Aimaan Zakaria 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Sahaj Vishal Surana beat Aditya Godbole 12-10, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7;
Boys’ Under-13 (1st round): Atishay Dhadha beat Aryan Punjabi 11-4, 8-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-9; Roshan Avik S. beat Agastya Chordia 11-3, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2.
Boys’ Under-17 (1st round): Krushna beat DarvadaRaoul Bhatia Grewal 11-8 11-9 9-11 11-2; Bhagwan Das beat Fateh Singh Saberwal 11-7, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9; Pratinav Deb beat Rishikesh Kanabar 11-1, 11-0, 11-3.
Men’s (2nd round): 1-Rahul Baitha beat Ajit Sharma 11-2, 11-7, 11-5; Ajay Singh Bhadoria beat Deep Padachh 11-0, 11-1, 11-1; Miheer Prakash beat Aditya Rajpal 11-6, 11-8, 11-3; Mehul Kumar beat Aman Mehra 11-2, 11-0, 11-4; R. Kishore Arvind beat Ashish Keskar 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7; Naveen Jangra beat Mathivathan V. 11-7, 11-1, 11-3; Navaneeth Prabhu S. beat Akhilesh Kumar Yadav 11-5, 11-7, 11-8; Yash Fadte beat Riyan Bhatia 11-3, 11-2, 11-3.
1st round: Akshat Mall beat Vallabh Chawla 8-11, 12-14, 11-4, 11-7, 16-14; Rushabh Vora beat Ayush Singh 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Ajay Deshmukh beat Vidul Moody 11-1, 11-6, 11-4: