Date:19/06/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/06/19/stories/2003061903812000.htm

Sport - Squash

Seeds have it easy

Mumbai June 18. The top four seeds in the men's section crushed their opponents on way to the semifinals of the Rs. 3.07-lakh Indian Oil-Servo Otters Club squash tournament.

The highlight of the action on Wednesday was the entry into the last four by three under-19 players that in a way confirmed that the game of squash was for the young and fit.

Apart from Ritwik Bhattacharya, the others to make the last four were Sourav Ghoshal, Sahil Vora and Gaurava Nandrajog.

In the women's section there were no surprise results. National champion Mekhala Subedar will take on third-seeded Priyanka Yadav in the semifinals, while second-seeded Joshna Chinappa will play Deepali Anvekar.

The results (quarterfinals):

Men: Gaurav Nandrajog bt Vikas Jangra 9-3, 9-6, 9-7; Sahil Vora bt Supreet Singh 9-5, 9-1, 9-6; Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Amjad Khan 9-1, 9-1, 9-2; Sourav Ghoshal bt Balamurugan9-0, 9-2, 9-4.

Boys: Under-19: Vivian Rahmanan bt Vikas Jangra 9-6, 9-1, 5-9, 9-6; Sahil Vora bt Anurag Gill 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Gaurav Nandrajog bt Mihir Sheth 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Saurav Ghosal bt Rushabh Vora 9-0, 9-0, 9-2.

Under-17: Manek Mathur bt Sarvesh Chauhan 9-5, 9-6, 9-4; A. Parthiban bt Harinder Sandhu 9-2, 9-5, 9-1; Imran Khan bt Fateh Singh 9-3, 7-9, 9-2, 9-3; Sandeep Jangra bt Rushabh Vora 9-2, 9-6, 6-9, 9-5.

Under-15: Naishad Lalwani bt Ishaan Balwani 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Harinder Sandhu bt Tanmay Govil 9-1, 9-2, 9-0; Jay Bhagat bt Prashanth Kumar 9-6, 9-3, 9-0; Vikram Malhotra bt Jay Dalal 9-1, 9-2, 9-3.

Under-13: Prashanth Kumar bt Imaad Musvee 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Ramit Tondon bt Yash Shah 9-0, 9-1, 9-2.

Under-11: Tarun Nambiar bt Rishi Tondon 9-4, 10-9, 9-1; Aakash Zaveri bt Imaad Musvee 9-7, 9-1, 9-1; Abhishek Pradhan bt Siddharth Pai 9-3, 9-1, 9-1.

Women: Priyanka Yadav bt Supriya Balsekar 4-9, 10-9, 9-0, 9-1; Joshna Chinappa bt Bhaktiveda Dhaul 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Deepali Anvekar bt Shaila Pandole 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Girls: Under-19: Supriya Balsekar bt Shahnaz Dastur 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Sonali Philip bt Shaila Pandole 9-4, 3-9, 9-0, 9-3; Joshna Chinappa bt Bhaktiveda Dhaul 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Alisha Mashruwala bt Sruthi Reddy 9-5, 9-0, 9-1.

Under-17: Madhura Paranjpe bt Shruthi Reddy 9-7, 3-9, 3-9, 10-8, 9-4; Shibani Philip bt Shahnaz Dastur 10-9, 4-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9-2; Sonali Philip bt Shaheen Madraswala 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Alisha Mashruwala bt Shaheeda Madraswala 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Under-15: V. Anwesha bt Shivangi Paranjpe 9-0, 7-9, 9-6, 9-1; Dipika Pallikal bt Shaheda Madraswala 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Somiya Karki bt Namrata Purohit 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Madhura Paranjpe bt Surbhi Kuvelekar 9-0, 9-0, 9-1.

Under-13: Dipika Pallikal bt Surbhi Kuvelekar 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; V. Anwesha bt Shruti D. 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Shivangi Paranjpe bt D. Somaiya 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Nikita Emanuel bt Sachika Balwani 9-2, 9-1, 9-0.

Professionals: Balamurugan bt Rohit More 9-4, 9-5, 9-6; Santosh More bt Rajesh Sonawane 7-9, 9-7, 9-0, 9-0; Sachin Jadav bt Vijay Sonawane 9-5, 9-2, 9-1.