Niraj Makhija (UAE) made a positive winning start defeating Kurush Mistry (IND) 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 in a MO50 first round of the third Mumbai Masters Squash Championship 2024, organized under the auspices of the Squash Rackets Federation of India and played at the Cricket Club of India courts on Thursday.
In an interesting encounter, Harsha Raghavan showed solid fighting qualities and recovered from the brink of defeat to brush aside Jove Abraham’s challenge, posting a 6-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-5, and 11-2 victory.
Results – MO40 (round 1): Ankur Gupta bt Abhishek Taparia 11-2, 11-1, 11-7;
Amit Gajria bt Gaurav Verma 14-12, 11-7, 11-8;
Animesh Kejriwal Jyotishman Das 11-4, 11-4, 11-5;
Appachu Sk Amit Bhaiya 11-6, 11-2, 11-5;
Amaninder Singh bt Saurabh Shah 11-7, 11-1, 11-6;
Tushar Kundekar bt Karun Mehra 11-1, 11-4, 11-3;
Saurabh Sinha bt Prabhat Rai 11-5, 11-4, 11-6;
MO50 (round 1): Kuldeep Ashta bt Rajiv Gupta 11-3, 4-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4;
Raja Parthasarathy bt Sanjay Dhure 11-1, 11-2, 11-1;
Saajan Joshi bt Bhushan Wavikar 11-3, 11-2, 11-6;
Rahul Kesar bt Himanshu Joshi 11-5, 11-3, 11-5;
Varinder Singh bt Shyam Patel 11-3, 11-3, 11-1;
Sanjay Suri bt Niraj Kakad 11-6, 11-2, 11-3;
Gourav Rakshit bt Ashish Mehta 12-10, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5;
Devang Ashar bt Nitin Kapoor 11-3, 11-7, 11-5;
Harsha Raghavan bt Jove Abraham 6-11, 8-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-2;
Niraj Makhija (UAE) bt Kurush Mistry 11-2, 11-6, 11-5.