Wali survives More scare to enter third round

MUMBAI, NOV 8: Saket Wali of Otters Club was made to undergo a litmus test by Anant More, the professional from the Cricket Club of India, o...

MUMBAI, NOV 8: Saket Wali of Otters Club was made to undergo a litmus test by Anant More, the professional from the Cricket Club of India, on the second day of the open event in the 55th Credit Agricole Indosuez CCI Open Western India Squash Tournament here today at CCI Courts.

Anant, 37, stared at defeat ten minutes into the match as the score read 2-9 3-9. But he rejuvenated himself and won the next two games 9-2 9-4, to put pressure on Saket. However, age and stamina prevailed in the decider as Saket wrapped up the match 9-1.

In the under-12 event, Rachit Parikh of CCI prevailed over Ishaan Balvani of Otters Club in a closely contested pre-quarter final match. It was anybody8217;s game with the scores tied 8-all in the decider. But Rachit survived using timely drops in succession to clinch the game. Rachit won 5-9 9-7 2-9 9-7 10-9. In the under-16 event, a hard-fought 35-minute tussle between Deepak Yadav and Karanpal Sethi of Otters Club yielded a nail-biting finish. Karanpal lost the match 7-9 6-9 9-89-1 8-10.

The seeds in the various juniors and open events faced little trouble on way to the pre-quarter finals.

RESULTS

Open 2nd Round: Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Sanjay Goyal 9-0 9-0 9-2; Vijay Sonawane bt Harish Mudalia 9-4 9-0 9-2; Santosh More bt Sumeet Rewari 9-3 9-7 9-3; Gaurav Murgai bt Parth Doshi 9-5 9-3 9-0; Saket Wali bt Anant More 9-2 9-3 2-9 4-9 9-1; Anuj Kalla bt Anshul Manchanda 5-9 9-3 9-0 9-0; Rajdeep Brar bt Kapil Todarwal 9-1 9-5 9-1; Darius Surti bt Dalip Tripathi 9-5 9-7 9-1; C S Pawar bt Varun Kumar 10-9 9-5 9-0; Ajay Chonkar bt Premal Javeri 9-1 9-3 9-1; Milan Khurana bt Mainak Mashruwala 9-4 9-4 9-3; Navneet Narain bt Vijay Singh 9-0 9-0 9-0; Niraj Shirgaonkar bt Mihir Bhansali 9-7 9-5 9-6; Cyrus Poncha bt Rishi Rajani 9-0 9-0 9-4.

Boys u-19 2nd Round: Bikram Oberoi bt Ameya Joglekar 9-0 9-2 9-2; Shivan Gaba bt Harit Kapoor 9-0 9-0 9-1; Auloke Mathur bt Karan Batra 9-0 9-0 9-0; Yashwardhan Singh bt Vrashank Yadav 9-0 9-0 9-0; Anshul Manchanda bt Konark Sharma9-1 9-0 9-1; Jonathan Joshi bt Jatin Gurnani 9-0 9-0 9-1; Junaid Nathani bt Vijay Singh 9-1 9-1 9-2; Karanpal Sethi bt Rishad Poonawala 9-1 9-0 9-3; Nakul Sarin bt Sahil Vora 9-5 9-6 9-3; Neerav Tomar bt Nikhil Kapoor 9-0 9-0 9-0; Bipin Batra bt Ryan Tham 9-3 9-5 9-1; Parth Doshi bt Aditya Manjrekar 9-3 9-2 9-4.

Boys u-16 2nd Round: Junaid Nathani bt Nikhil Kapoor 9-1 9-1 9-2; Karan Bhatty bt Taha Nabee 5-9 10-8 8-10 9-2 9-0; Rishabh Singhvi bt Vrashank Yadav 9-2 9-2 9-0; Neerav Tomar bt Sanjay Pawar 9-0 9-1 9-1; Shaun Lawyer bt Saurabh Dwivedi 9-0 9-0 9-1; Deepak Yadav bt Karanpal Sethi 9-7 9-6 8-9 1-9 10-8; Auloke Mathur bt Gautam Kakani 9-1 9-0 9-0; Yashwardhan Singh bt Sahil Vora 9-7 9-6 4-9 6-9 9-2; Hrishikesh Pendse bt Sadiq Madraswala 9-7 9-3 9-2; Mihir Sheth bt Varun Kumar 5-9 9-4 9-0 9-5; Siddharth Suchde bt Saurav Ghoshal 9-3 9-2 9-4; Siddharth Samantaray bt Siddharth Shanbhag 9-3 9-3 8-10 9-6; Bipin Batra bt Aditya Manjrekar 9-1 9-4 10-8; Abhimanyu Jain bt Harit Kapoor 9-0 9-09-0.

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Boys u-14 2nd Round: Shahid Lokhandwala bt Shailee Shelke 9-0 9-0 9-2; Anurag Gill bt Sadiq Madraswala 9-0 9-0 9-0; Siddharth Samantaray bt Taha Nabee 9-2 9-0 9-0; Hrishikesh Pendse bt Manek Mathur 9-2 9-2 9-0; Saurav Ghoshal bt Saurabh Dwivedi 9-2 9-0 9-1; Karanpal Sethi bt Ishaan Sakraney 9-0 9-2 9-0; Siddharth Shanbhag bt Varun Parikh 9-0 9-0 9-0; Rishabh Singhvi bt Rushabh Vora 9-7 9-2 9-0; Nikhil Seth bt Vrashank Yadav 9-8 9-4 7-9 9-2; Siddharth Suchde bt Jatin Gurnani 9-0 9-0 9-0.

Boys u-12 2nd Round: Gautam Kalani bt Naishadh Lalwani 9-0 9-1 9-1; Manek Mathur bt Varun Parikh 9-0 9-1 9-0; Natasha Lal bt Zarir Albara 9-6 9-7 9-1; Sadiq Madraswala bt Arjun Gokani 9-0 9-1 9-0; Jay Bhagat bt Alisha Mashruwala 9-2 10-9 7-9 9-6; Harshjit Sethi bt Vir Seth 9-4 9-2 9-3; Rachit Parekh bt Ishaan Balvani 5-9 9-7 2-9 9-7 10-8; Nikhil Seth bt Rohan Kamalia 9-2 9-4 9-1.

Professionals 2nd Round: Santosh More bt Uttam Patkar 9-4 9-6 9-5; Vijay M Sonawane bt Kishore Bamneeya 9-0 9-09-2; Dalip Tripathi bt AI Singh 4-9 10-9 9-0 9-0 9-7; Gopi Mohite bt Vilas Tambe 9-5 9-3 9-5; Anant More bt Kishan Borade 9-1 9-6 9-2; Dashrath Tambe bt Vijay Waghela 4-9 9-1 9-1 9-4; Chandrakant Pawar bt Anil Mohite 10-9 9-0 9-3.