Jain upsets Kapoor, meets Nandrajog

MUMBAI NOVEMBER 17: Outstation juniors stole a march on their counterparts from Mumbai in the semi-finals of the Rs 4,50,000 prize money 2...

MUMBAI NOVEMBER 17: Outstation juniors stole a march on their counterparts from Mumbai in the semi-finals of the Rs 4,50,000 prize money 25th HSBC Maharashtra State Open Squash Championships at the Bombay Gymkhana’s glass-backed courts on Friday. While Delhi’s Abhimanyu Jain recorded the biggest upset of the tournament, knocking out top seed Vishal Kapoor in the boys under-19 semi-finals, another Delhi lad Gaurav Nandrajog and Calcutta’s Saurav Ghoshal put themselves in line for double glory. In the final, Jain will take on third seed Nandrajog, who had an easy outing against Varun Kataruka, winning 9-0, 9-5, 9-2. Nandrajog, the top seed in the under-17 also made that final, beating Sahil Vora in four games. He will meet Saurav Ghoshal, who beat Supreet Singh 6-9, 9-5, 9-6, 9-0. In the open event, Manish Chotrani and second seed Navneet Narain of Services booked their place in the final with contrasting victories.

While Chotrani won in straight games over Capt Anuj Kalia of Services, a match prolonged with frequent appeals to the referee, Capt Narain played a tactically superior match to defeat third seed and under-19 National champion Bikram Uberoi in five games. The first game between Kalia and Chotrani lasted a marathon 27 minutes, with Kalia time and again causing stoppages and arguing with the referee.

Results: Girls U-13 (final): Alisha Mashruvala bt Shailee Shilke 9-2, 9-2, 9-0. U-15 (final): Alisha Mashruvala bt Natasha Lall 9-4, 9-3, 9-1; U-19 (SF): Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) bt Rachita Vora 9-0, 9-3, 9-2; Priyanka Yadav bt Rhea Bhandare 9-1, 9-4, 6-9, 5-9, 9-1; Women (SF): Mekhala Subedar bt Rhea Bhandare 9-0, 9-3, 9-0; Joshna Chinappa bt Priyanka Yadav 9-3, 9-2, 9-4. Professionals (final): Balamurugan (Chennai) bt Dalip Tripathi (Allahabad) 9-2, 9-4, 3-9, 9-4

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Boys (finals) U-11: Vir Seth bt Jay Dalal 9-1,9-3,9-5; U-13: Sandeep Jangra bt Manek Mathur 9-6, 9-6, 5-9, 9-2. U-15 (SF): Saurav Ghosal bt Sandeep Jangra 9-4, 9-3, 9-1; Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) bt Aditya Manjrekar(No.3 seed) 5-9, 9-3, 9-5, 2-9, 9-4; U-17 (SF): Gaurav Nandrajog bt Sahil Vora 10-8, 6-9, 9-0, 9-4; Saurav Ghosal bt Supreet Singh 6-9, 9-5, 9-6, 9-0; U-19 (SF): Gaurav Nandrajog bt Varun Kataruka 9-0, 9-5, 9-2; Abhimnanyu Jain bt Vishal Kapoor 9-3, 1-9, 9-5, 9-3.

Open SF: Manish Chotrani bt Capt. Anuj Kalia 9-7, 9-2, 9-3; Navneet Narain bt Bikrm Uberoi 3-9, 9-7, 9-2, 3-9, 9-3. Seniors Over-35 (SF): Vaman Apte bt Gopi Mohite 9-3, 9-7, 9-4; Rohit Thawani bt Lt. LK Agnihotri 9-6, 9-5, 9-5; Veterans Over-45 (final): Chandrakant Pawar bt Ramesh More 9-3, 10-8, 10-8. Veterans over-45 (SF): Ramesh More bt Rehmat Khan 9-5, 9-1, 10-8; C.S.Pawar bt Ehsan Shah 9-3, 9-3, 9-5.

Finals: 3.45 p.m. onwards

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