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Sandeep shocks Vivian

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI July 3. Sandeep Jangra pulled the plug on third seed Vivian Rahmanan in the boys' under-19 pre-quarterfinals of the Rs 3.70 lakhs Herald Maritime Services All-India Squash Open on Thursday.

The youngster used his wiles to good effect for a 15-9, 10-15, 15-12, 15-14 victory at the glass-backed Otters Club squash courts on a day when young Shivangi Paranjape became the talking point with a display beyond her years in the women's category.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Men: 4-Amjad Khan (Dhampur) bt Saket Wali 15-10, 17-15, 15-6; Sachin Jadhav bt Rohan Gracious 15-10, 15-11, 15-12; 2-Sourav Ghoshal (Chennai) bt Vaibhav Gupta 15-4, 15-11, 15-7; Rohit Thawani bt Aulok Mathur 15-8, 15-12, 15-8; Karan Bhatty bt Kunal Jani 15-12, 15-9, 15-10.

Women: 1-Mekhala Subedar (Deolali) bt Sachika Balwani 15-3, 15-6, 15-6; 4-Rachita Vora bt Bhaktiveda Dhaul 15-3, 15-2, 15-2; 3-Priyanka Yadav bt Avni Shetty 15-2, 15-2, 15-2; Shivangi Paranjpe bt Chandrika Zaveri 15-6, 9-15, 7-15, 15-12, 15-10; 2-Deepali Anvekar bt Delkhush Bhatia 15-1, 15-1, 15-2.

Boys' under-19: Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) bt Dheeraj Nagpal 11-15, 8-15, 15-2, 15-13, 15-11; Dhruv Dhawan bt Karanpal Sethi 15-5, 15-2, 15-5; Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) bt 3-Vivian Rahmanan (Singapore) 15-9, 10-15, 15-12, 15-14; Mihir Sheth bt Rushabh Vora 15-6, 15-9, 15-11; Anurag Gill bt Sarvesh Chauhan (Jindal) 15-6, 17-14, 15-13; 2-Sahil Vora bt Rishabh Singhvi 15-7, 15-8, 15-6.

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