Sport - Squash

Akshay survives

CHENNAI: Akshay Deepak was the lone survivor out of the eight Indians who played in the qualification matches of the ICL Chennai Open squash circuit II on Monday.

The results: Qualification phase (first round): Max Lee (Hkg) bt Paramjit Singh (Ind) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2; Andrew Wagih (Egy) bt Ravi Dixit (Ind) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9; Akshay Deepak (Ind) bt Masoud Gharehyaldini (Irn) 9-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 ; Ali Misli (Leb) bt Ramit Tandon (Ind) 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9; Mohd Sayeed (Egy) bt Shakti Singh (Ind) 11-1, 11-8, 11-7; Ahamed Khalil (Egy) bt B. Balamurugan (Ind) 11-7, 11-7, 11-5; Hitham Ashoush (Egy) bt Hari Om Tripathi (Ind) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6; Cheng Yao Huang (Tpe) bt Karan Malik (Ind) 11-3, 11-2, 12-10. — Special Correspondent