MUMBAI, OCT 18: Ritwik Bhattacharya and Mubashir Gul of Pakistan have been given the pride of place in the boys Under-19 and Under-16 respectively in the First Little Masters Indian Junior Open Squash to be held at the Willingdon Sports Club here from October 21 to 24.
As many as nine players from Malaysia and Pakistan will be participating in the tourney. The foreign entrants apart from Mubhasir Gul include his compatriot Ibrahim Gul, seeded fifth in the boys under-19 section, girls under-14 top and fourth seeds Teng Ooi Ean and Sally Looi, top two seeds in the girls under 16-Tricia Chuan and Tery Ooi Ean (All from Malaysia).
The seedings: Boys Under-14: 1 Mihir Sheth (Ind), 2 Wong Kim Lee (Mal), 3 Siddarth Suchde (Ind), 4 Amjad Khan (Ind), 5 Avloke Mathur (Ind), 6 Digvijay Singh Ahlawat (Ind), 7 Karan Pal Sethi (Ind), 8 Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
Girls under-14: 1 Teng Ooi Ean (Mal), 2 Rhea Bhandare (Ind), 3. Joshna Chinappa (Ind), 4 Sally Looi (Mal). Under-16: 1 Tricia Chuan (Mal), 2 Tery OoiEan (Mal), 3 Rhea. Under-19: 1 Tricia Chuan (Mal), 2. Deepali Anvekar (Ind).Handicap tourney
A handicap squash team tournament organised by Indian Squash Professionals will be held from October 30 to November 1. The three-day event, sponsored by Royal Palms, offers prize money of Rs 62,500, with Rs 25,000 marked for the winner.
Each team can field five players and a reserve, and handicaps will be decided by the organising committee. The American scoring system of 15 points to a game will be followed. For further details can be obtained from Mahendra Agarwal, ISP.