Dishing out another imposing performance , a confident looking Aishwarya Khubchandani of Maharashtra underlined her supremacy with an authoritative straight games 3-0 win against Samantha Chai also of Maharashtra in the women’s final to bag a grand double crown in the 76th CCI Western India Squash Championship 2019, at the CCI’s courts late Wednesday night.
All the winners in different categories of the CCI Western India Squash Championship 2019 are all smiles as they proudly pose with their respective trophies.
Aishwarya had earlier clinched the girls’ under-19 title. The athletically built Mumbai-based youngster Aishwarya had earlier achieved a similar feat by winning both the under-19 and women’s titles at the NSCI Open early this June.
Later, Goa’s Yash Fadte, who had claimed the boys’ under-19 title, also completed twin successes when in convincing fashion he brushed aside the resistance from second seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi by wining in four intense games at 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6.
The joint 3/4-seed Aishwarya showed supreme confidence and was cool and composed as she gradually unsettled her senior opponent before cruising to a 11-8, 11-6, 11-3 without much ado.
“I am not surprised about finishing the match so fast. I had expected quite a challenge from Samantha, but I played to my strengths and cleverly changed tactics to unsettle her (Samantha) and managed to win in just two games. In a way I am happy it finished the match quickly as I have had quite a long tiring tournament, playing in both the categories,” an elated Aishwarya said with a huge grin.
“The victories here, has boosted my confidence and will help me to prepare better for the British Open next month. I will be leaving later this month,” she further stated.
The Goan champion Yash pocketed the Men’s winners’ purse of Rs 1.40 lakhs while Aishwarya for her remarkable efforts was presented with the Women’s top prize of Rs 70,500.
Results –
Girls’ under-17: 2-Abhisheka Shannon (TN) beat 3/4-Yuvna Gupta (MH) 11-8, 13-11, 4-11, 11-7.
Boys’ under-17:1-Arnaav Sareen (MH) beat Arman Darukhanawalla (MH) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3.
Women: 3/4-Aishwarya Khubchandani (MH) beat Samantha Chai (MH) 11-8, 11-6, 11-3.
Men: Yash Fadte (GA) 2-Gaurav Nandrajog (DL) 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6.
Men over 35: Sahil Vora beat 2-Kapil Murjani 11-6, 11-3, 11-6.
Men over 40: 1-Saurab Nayar beat Amit Singh 12-10, 11-2, 11-3.
Men over 45: Rishad Pandole beat 1-Anil Bhagat 11-3, 13-11, 11-4.
Men over 50: 1-Aashish Kamat beat Bhupinder Bajaj 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.
Men over 60: 3/4-Vaman Apte beat Inderpal Singh 11-3, 11-4, 11-3.
Professional: 3/4-Parthiban Ayyapan beat 1-Parmeet Singh 12-10, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4.