Second seed Vikram Malhotra of Maharashtra got the better of qualifier Kunj Rawani also of Maharashtra in three closely contested games 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 in a Men’s Open first round match of the 75th CCI Western India Open 2018 squash championship, at CCI squash courts on Thursday. The tournament is conducted under the under aegis of SRFI and MSRA.
Vikram Malhotra defeated qualifier Kunj Rawani also of Maharashtra in three closely contested games in a Men’s Open first round encounter of the CCI 10th Indian Junior Open 2018
Meanwhile, top seed and recent winner of the National title, Mahesh Mangaonkar did not have to break into a sweat as he was awarded a walkover as he is opponent Rushabh Vora of Maharashtra did nt report for the match.
The joint third-fourth seeds Ranjit Singh of UP defeated Naveen Jangra of Servives 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-4 and Maharashtra’s Abhishek Pradhan quashed the challenge for his junior state mate Neel Joshi coasting to a 11-7, 12-10, 11-9 victory in other first round matches.
Earlier, Neel Joshi the top seed in the Boys U-17 category tasted success defeating Amaan Habibulla also from Maharashtra 11-6, 11-3, 11-2 to advance into the quarter-finals of the CCI 10th Indian Junior Open 2018, which is being conducted concurrently.
Second seed 2-Diwakar Singh of UP also advanced to the last eight defeating Rajasthan’s Nakshtra Sharma 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.
Results –
Men (round 1): 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar (MH) W/O Rushabh Vora (MH); Yash Fadte (GA) beat Rahul Baitha (SE) 5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-7; Vikas Mehra (TN) beat Anuj Unadkat (MH) 11-6, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5; 3/ 4-Ranjit Singh (UP) beat Naveen Jangra 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-4; 3/ 4-Abhishek Pradhan (MH) beat Neel Joshi (MH) 11-7. 12-10, 11-9; Abhishek Agarwal (MH) beat Abhinav Sinha 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Jamal Sakib (UP) beat Awdesh Yadav (SE) 17-15, 11-9, 12-10; 2-Vikram Malhotra (MH) beat Kunj Rawani 11-7, 11-9, 11-6.
Boys U-11 (round 1): 1-Anshuman Jaising (MH) beat Yusha Nafees (UP) 11-7, 11-8, 11-7; Rahul Sanjay Balakrishnan (KA) beat Ishaan Dabke (MH) 9-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-9, 11-6; Arjun Morey (MH) beat Arvaan Motwane (MH) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8; Agastya Bansal (MH) beat Shaurya Gautam (DL) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5; Hriday Rajani (MH) beat 3/ 4-Marwan Hussein (EGY) 11-3, 11-5, 11-7; Varun Shah (MH) beat Atulit Tripathi (UK) 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9; Rachit Shah (MH) beat Darshil Parasrampuria (TN) 11-13, 11-2, 11-7, 11-5; 2-Subhash Choudhary (RJ) beat Purav Rambhia (MH) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7.
Girls U-11 (round 2): 1-Anahat Singh (DL) beat Shreya Arora (MH) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Aelina Shah (MH) beat Vyomika Khandelwal (MH) 12-10, 11-6, 11-7; Sanvi Batar (DL) beat Mahathi Subramaniam (MH) 11-2, 11-0, 11-6; 3/ 4-Chhavi Saran (RJ) beat Shruti Konda (MH) 11-5, 11-1. 11-4; 3/ 4-Ipsa Mishra (MH) beat Aishni Pathak (MP) 11-2, 11-4, 11-1; Pia Singh (MH) beat Sangamithra Shanmugam (TN) 11-2, 11-3, 11-0; Diva Shah (MH) beat Sarbani Maitra (AUS) 11-3, 11-4, 11-3; 2-Akanksha Gupta (MH) beat Rhema Zion Doss (TN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-0.
Boys U-13 (round 1): 1-Arihant Ks (TN) beat Arush Chatterjee (DL) 11-0, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5); Vivaan Bhatia (MH) beat Aditya Chandani (MH) 11-6, 11-5, 4-11, 6-11, 12-10; Adhish Kancharla (MH) beat Priyaan Thakker (MH) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4; 3/ 4-Siddhant Rewari (MH) beat Arjun Somani (MH) 12-14, 11-4, 11-1, 11-4; Ekambir Singh (MH) beat 3/ 4-Tavneet Singh Mundra (MP) 12-10, 11-7, 6-11; Dhruv Khanna (MH) beat Omar Mohamed (EGY) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4; Siddharth Bhandari (MH) beat Dev Sharma (MH) 12-10, 11-6, 4-11, 9-11, 11-6; 2-Avalokit Singh (RJ) beat Sandhesh Pr (TN)9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6.
Girls U-13 (Round 2): 1-Khushboo (UP) W/O Tanya Ahuja (MH); Jiya Chotrani (MH) beat Sharon Jeffy Doss (TN) 11-4, 11-8, 11-1; Unnati Tripathi (UK) beat Saara Joukani (MH) 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7; 3/ 4-Nayna Taneja (MH) beat Mahika Rakshit (MH) 11-4, 11-6, 11-3; 3/ 4-Nandini Jain (DL) beat Shreya Narang (MH) 11-9, 11-5, 11-3; Swetha Sivakumar (SIN) beat Perina Sharma (DL) 11-1, 11-7, 11-4; Diya Dhillon (DL) W/O Tisha Jasani (MH); 2-Aleya Masand (MH) beat Anya Mistry (MH) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7.
Boys’ U-15 (round 1): 1-Paarth Ambani (MH) beat Yuvraj Wadhwani (MH) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5; Sharan Punjabi (MH) beat Arin Khot (MH) 8-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-8; Krishna Mishra (MP) beat Om Semwal (MH) 7-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3, 12-10; 3/ 4-Vivaan Shah (MH) beat Sunny Yadav (MH) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; 3/ 4-Rutva Samant (MH) beat Abhishek Banodha (MP) 11-9, 11-5, 12-10; Jeh Pandole (MH) beat Devay Mehta (MH) 12-10, 8-11, 2-11, 11-4, 11-2; Ansh Tripathi (UK) beat Anurag Moyde (MP) 12-10 11-9 11-8; 2-Jaivir Singh Dhillon (DL) beat Rohan Ray (KA)11-6, 11-6, 11-5.
Girls U-15 (round 3): 1-Yuvna Gupta (MH) beat Archita Singh (MH) 11-0, 11-2, 11-3; Tiana Parasrampuria (MH) beat Sakshi Karnani (MH) 11-5, 11-2, 11-8; Sonya Bajaj (MH) beat Aaryaa Belsare (MH) 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4; 3/ 4-Pooja Arthi R. (TN) beat Saniya Jaggi (MH) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5; 3/ 4-Uditi Mishra (RJ) beat Vasudha Surange (DL) 11-5, 11-7, 14-12; Tagyaa Parakh (WB) beat Saisha Gupta (MH) 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 3-11, 11-6; Kaavya Bansal (MH) beat S Akshaya Sri (TN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; 2-Aasya Patel (MP) beat Maansha Bohra (RJ) 11-4, 11-6, 12-10.
Boys U-17 (round 3): 1-Neel Joshi (MH) beat Amaan Habibulla (MH) 11-6, 11-3, 11-2; Akhilesh Kumar W/O Harnoor Mutneja (UP); R Kishore Arvind (TN) beat Avinash Sahani (MH) 2-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-4; 3/ 4-Deepak Mandal (MH) beat Krish Shah (MH) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7; Tanay Punjabi (MH) beat Jay Vaknalli (MH) 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8; 2-Diwakar Singh (UP) beat Nakshtra Sharma (RJ) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.