Mangaonkar in final..Pandole, Kalgutkar shocked Defending champion and top seed Mahesh Ma ngaonkar of Maharashtra halted former champion Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi in a quality contest to enter the Men’s Open final, in the 70th CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament at the Cricket Club of India on Friday. India No. 2 Mangaonkar endured a strong challenge from Nandrajog to snatch a 4-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 win in a 75 minute battle. Nandrajog made a brave effort to stretch his much accomplished opponent but failed to change the script. After winning the first set with surprise ease, Nandrajog frittered away a 7-2 lead in the second set that allowed Mangaonkar to claw his way back into the match. National champion and boys under-13 top seed Veer Chotrani of Maharashtra also faced a surprise challenge from a determined Utkarsh Baheti of Rajasthan before escaping to a nail-biting 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 semi-final win in one of the most absorbing matches of the day. Chotrani, of Khar Gymkhana, was forced to battle back from a 0-2 deficit after Baheti, a junior national semi-finalist, snatched the opening two sets in dramatic fashion. Chotrani set up a title clash with arch-rival and second seed Tushar Shahani who will get an opportunity to avenge his defeat in the junior national championship round. In the upsets of the day, Ranjit Singh of UP stunned boys’ under-17 second seed Yohan Pandole of CCI 3-2 after the latter squandered an envious 2-0 advantage, while Dutch Junior Open winner and national runner-up Akanksha Salunkhe of Goa upset second seed Jui Kalgutkar of Maharashtra 11-7, 16-18, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3. The other significant winners were Ashita Bhengra of Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra’s Aishwarya Bhattacharya and junior national runner-up Aryaman Adik. Results: Men’s Open (SF): 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Del). QF: 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Deepak Mishra (TN) 11-6, 11-8, 11-7; Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) bt Vikas Jangra (Navy) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5; Kush Kumar (TN) bt Rishad Pandole (Mah) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7; 2-Ravi Dixit (TN) bt A. Parthiban (TN) 11-5, 11-3, 11-8. U-9 (SF): 1-Vivaan Shah (Mah) bt Yuvraj Wadhwani (Mah) 11-2, 11-4, 11-2; 2-Sharan Punjabi (Mah) bt Rutva Sawant (Mah) 12-10, 11-8, 11-6. Girls U-11 (SF): 1-Ananya Dabke (Mah) bt Diksha Aurobindo (TN) 11-6, 11-3, 12-10; 2-Miraya Gupta (Mah) bt Tina Lalchandani (Mah) 11-6, 11-8, 11-1. Girls U-13 (SF): Mehga Bhatia (Har) bt Avani Nagar (Mah) 11-5, 11-1, 7-11, 11-1; Navmi Sharma bt Anannya Morey (Mah) 11-5, 11-4, 13-1. QF: Avani Nagar (Mah) bt Aariya Patel (Mah) 17-15, 12-10, 11-5; Mehga Bhatia (Har) bt 2-Jaania Singh (Chd) 11-6, 12-14, 11-4, 12-10. Girls U-15 (SF): 1-Ashita Bhengra (TN) bt Aakanksha Rao (Mah) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5; 2-Koel Shankar (Mah) bt Diya Joukani (Mah) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8. QF: 1-Ashita Bhengra (TN) bt Mira Kamat (Mah) 11-4, 11-2, 11-2; Aakanksha Rao (Mah) bt Shrishti Nagar (Mah) 11-3, 6-11, 11-7, 11-4; Diya Joukani (Mah) bt Sanik Choudhari (Mah) 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, 12-10; 2-Koel Shankar (Mah) bt Aditi Prasad (Mah) 11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-9. Girls U-17 (SF): 1-Aishwarya Bhattacharya (Mah) bt Aishwarya Nambiar (Mah) 11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 13-11; Akanksha Salunkhe (Goa) bt 2-Jui Kalgutkar (Mah) 11-7, 16-18, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3. Boys U-11 (SF): 2-Tanay Punjabi (Mah) bt Jay Vaknalli (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-7; 1-Neel Joshi (Mah) bt Kanhav Nanavati (TN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7. Boys U-13 (SF): 1-Veer Chotrani (Mah) bt Utkarsh Baheti (Raj) 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; 2-Tushar Shahani (Mah) bt Sholke Sahay (Mah) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7. Boys U-15 (SF): 1-Aryaman Adik (Mah) bt Siddhant Iyer (Mah) 11-8, 6-11, 11-2, 11-9; 2-Yash Bhargav (Del) bt Dev Vazirani (Mah) 11-9, 11-7, 12-10. QF: 1-Aryaman Adik (Mah) bt Saurabh Lekhwar (Mah) 11-3, 12-10, 12-10; Siddhant Iyer (Mah) bt Chaitanya Shah (Mah) 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7; Dev Vazirani (Mah) bt Aryan Parikh (Mah) 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8; 2-Yash Bhargav (Del) bt Rahul Bhatia (Mah) 11-4, 11-5, 12-10. Boys U-17 (SF): 1-Aishwarya Singh (Mah) bt Saneep Paswan (Jindal) 11-2, 11-7, 4-11, 11-5; Ranjit Singh (UP) bt 2-Yohan Pandole (Mah) 5-11, 13-15, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5. Boys U-19 (SF): 2-Kush Kumar (TN) bt Abhimanyu Shah (Mah) 11-6, 11-6, 12-10; Professionals (SF): 1-A. Parthiban (TN) bt Rohit Kadam (CCI) 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6; Rohit Kadam (CCI) bt Sachin Jadhav (JVPG) 11-13, 9-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-6. QF: Rohit Kadam (CCI) bt Shakhir Hussain (Del) 11-1, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9; Rohit More (CCI) bt Santosh Kharat (US Club) 11-2, 11-5, 11-7; Sachin Jadhav (JVPG) bt 2-Sanjay Pawar (Otters Club) 5-11, 11-5, 11-5, 13-11. Saturday: 1 p.m. onwards (70th CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament, at the Cricket Club of India)
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 15:17:32 +0000
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