Anuj moves into quarters

NEW DELHI, January 29: Anuj Kalia prevailed over Sameer Thukral 5-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-0 on way to quarter-final in the 5th DDA Open Squash Tournament at the DDA sports complex, Siri Fort here on Thursday. In another hard-fought match, R. Teotia beat A I Singh 4-9, 9-2, 10-8, 9-2.

Results: Men’s Open (PQF): S Bisht bt B I Singh 9-1, 9-4, 9-3; Rajesh Verma bt K.J.Vohra 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Anuj Kalia bt S Thukral 5-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-0; Milan Khurana bt Rajiv Khatri 9-5, 9-5, 9-2; R. Teotia bt A.I.Singh 4-9, 9-2, 10-8, 9-2. (Over 35 yrs): Pankaj Arora bt Shiv Nanda 9-3, 9-3, 9-10, 5-9, 9-3; S. Thukral bt N. Pandit 9-1, 9-4, 9-3; B.I.Singh bt A. Podar 9-0, 9-7, 9-0. (Over 45-q-final): Vijay Goel bt Nirmal Kumar 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; A. Saidah bt S.Kapoor 9-4, 9-2, 9-3. Women’s 1st round: Smita Saidah bt R.Gurung 9-0. 9-1, 9-2; Ginny Uppal bt Niharika 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Subhra bt Shreya Jain 9-1, 9-0, 9-2. Boys under 19 (QF): R. Bhattacharya bt R. Channa 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; T.Gill bt V.Kumar 9-1, 9-0, 9-2;P.Kumar bt G. Tomar 10-8, 9-3, 9-2. Boys u-14 2nd round: Rohan Thakur bt S. Singh 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; K.Singh bt Kunal Dixit 9-4, 9-1, 9-4; Imran Khan bt Karan Patoria 9-2, 9-2, 9-0; V. Kumar bt S. Ram Singhaneya 9-1, 9-0, 9-3.