Date:15/06/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/06/15/stories/2003061503611700.htm

Sport - Squash

Sourav Ghosal has it easy

Mumbai June 14. Chennai's Sourav Ghosal scored an easy win over Piyush in the boys' under-19 section on the second day of the Rs. 3.07 lakh Indian Oil - Servo Otters Club squash championship.

Delhi's Gaurav Nandrajog and Mumbai's Sahil Vora also posted facile victories in the boys' under-19 category, while Dhampur's Imran Khan and Mumbai's Rushabh Vora held their own in the under-17 section.

The top seed Ghosal routed Piyush Kumar, while Nandrajog beat Ravi Pandey in straight games. The top seed in the under-17, Imran Khan, defeated Mohit Advani 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 and the No. 2 seed Rushabh Vora conceded just two points to Pratik Zaveri

The results: Second round:

Boys: Under-19: Gaurav Nandrajog bt Ravi Pandey 9-1, 9-3, 9-2; Dhiraj Nagpal bt Avloke Mathur 9-3, 6-9, 1-9, 9-7, 10-9; Sandip Jang bt Cyrus Appoo 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; A. Parthiban bt Gauraj Shah 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Sahil Vora bt Sahel Lalwani 9-1, 9-5, 9-4; Manek Mathur bt Joran Diwan 9-1, 9-4, 10-8; Ritesh Sharma bt Jehangir Abbara 9-7, 9-4, 9-3; Anurag Gill bt Yogesh Sonawane 9-1, 9-1, 9-1;Vikas Jangra bt Sarvesh Chauhan 9-3, 9-0, 9-2; Vinayak Shetty bt Avinash Bhatija 9-3, 9-2, 9-6; Vivian Rahmahan bt Jatin Gurnani 9-0, 9-2, 9-6; Saurav Ghosal bt Piyush 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Rushabh Vora bt Rohan Dalal 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Imran Khan bt Vikash Kumar 4-9, 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Vinayak Shetty bt Manoj Dhoria 9-0, 9-2, 9-2.

Under-17: Imran Khan bt Mohit Advani 9-1, 9-1, 9-1; Fateh Singh bt Anup Sharma 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Naresh Kumar bt Cyrus Vakil 9-4, 8-10, 9-2, 9-0; Gautam Kalani bt Girish Salwani 9-1, 9-4, 9-1; Harinder Sandhu bt Ajay Bamania 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Sandeep Jangra bt Arjun Rekhme 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Manek Mathur bt Mohammed Merchant 9-4, 9-2, 9-2; Vikram Malhotra bt Tanmay Goyal 9-4, 9-2, 9-1; Sarvesh Chauhan bt Jatin Gurnani 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; A. Parthibanbt Nitin Chauhan 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Naishad Lalwani bt Akshay Telang 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Joran Diwan bt Aditya Shastri 9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 6-9, 9-5; Rushabh Vora bt Pratik Zaveri 9-0, 9-2, 9-0.

Under-15: Vikram Malhotra bt Chetan Rathode 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Ravi Dixit bt Gauresh Sukhramani 9-4, 9-1, 9-2.

Under-13 (first round): Rahul Raina bt Dhaul Shah 9-0, 9-3, 3-9, 9-0; Tarun Nambiar bt Ankit Pandey 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Amay Merchant bt Jignesh Sukharmani 9-6, 11-9, 3-9, 9-1; Karan Arora bt Chirag Shroff 9-2, 9-1, 9-1; Rikhil Parasram bt Samay Madhavji 9-3, 10-8, 9-6; Sahil Bhulabhai bt Neerav Bajaj 9-2, 1-9, 5-9, 9-4, 9-5.