Thats all the squash there is for today, folks! See you tomorrow for quarterfinals, starting at 4pm with Laura Pomportes (FRA) v Sammer Anjum (PAK) and Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) v Sanjay Singh (MAS)! Todays results: Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) wins v Arthur Moineau (FRA) Moineau retired injured 6-11, 11-6, 6-1 (Moineau retired injured in third game) 34 min Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) and Arthur Moineau (FRA) both came out swinging in today’s match up, but an unfortunate injury ended the game early. Moineau started much stronger than his showing in Jaipur, where he lost in the first round, taking the game to Sandhu, the Jaipur tournament champ, and winning the first game 11-6. The second game saw the game widen as Sandhu took control, gaining a modest lead of 5-3 with the quick, beautiful play last seen in Jaipur. A lovely boast from Moineau evened the game at 5-4, but with Sandhu already in the lead and matching Moineau point for point, the gap widened. At 8-6, a gentle but deadly drop from Sandhu and a stroke on Moineau gave Sandhu the momentum needed to take the game 1—6. The last game again saw Sandhu in control, taking a quick 5-1 lead before Moineau, struggling to return, retired from the match with a hamstring injury. Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND): “I was not there in the first game at all. This is the first game I’ve played after Jaipur, and the courts are quite different. But I think I moved him well all around the court in the third game, and unfortunately, when he lunged, he hurt his hamstring.” Shehab Essam Hosny (EGY) wins v Amaad Fareed (PAK) 3-0 to Hosny 12-10, 15-13, 11-9 45 min Two players with similar, very physical styles, went point for point for 45 minutes, as Amaad Fareed (PAK) and Shehab Essam Hosny (EGY) met in the first round of the main draw in Mumbai. Both players were pushed outside the middle to retrieve shots from the other, especially in the second game, when Fareed and Hosny went back and forth well into extra points. In the third game, two lovely shots in a row at 9-9 gave the game and match to Hosny. Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) wins v Adam Murrills (ENG) 3-1 to Olesen 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7 70 min Sanjay Singh (MAS) wins v Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP) 3-1 to Singh 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 71 min Zahed Mohamed (EGY) v Kush Kumar (IND) 3-0 to Mohamed 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 39 min His first match after the Jaipur tournament saw Kush Kumar (IND) playing a longer and more polished game, giving top seed Zahed Mohamed (EGY) a challenge through all three games. The two traded points until 9-9, when a couple of delicate corner drops from Mohamed took the game 11-9. The second game saw Kumar and Mohamed in another gritty exchange of points, with Kumar taking a slight lead after a sharp and powerful boast brought the game to 4-3. But Mohamed patiently relied on his strategy and stamina, and closed it out 11-7. Kumar and Mohamed again went point for point in the last game, when the play kicked up a notch. A power shot from Kumar sent Mohamed in a brilliant low dive that just saved the retrieval. From there it was Mohamed’s game till the end at 11-7. Mohammad Asim Khan (PAK) wins v Angus Gillams (ENG) 3-2 to Khan 8-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 92 min Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (MAS) wins v Mathias Tuomi (FIN) 3-1 to Bong 11-8, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 50 min Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) wins v Sandeep Jangra (IND) 3-0 to Mangaonkar 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 37 min Sammer Anjum (PAK) wins v Nikita Joshi (IND) 3-0 to Anjum 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 31 min Pakistan’s Sammer Anjum’s first time playing in India started off on a bright note, as she took her match against Nikita Joshi (IND) in three straight sets. Anjum took a quick lead, 6-2, before Joshi battled back with some nice points off the front wall. But at 7-6, Anjum took off, winning the game 11-7 and setting a pattern for the next two. Joshi played well, and the players were evenly matched in the beginning of each game, but some unfortunate errors by Joshi and some great play by Anjum set Anjum off on a run after 6-6 in all three games to take the match. Cheyna Tucker (RSA) wins v Sadia Gul (PAK) 3-0 to Tucker 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 29 min The runner-up of last week’s Jaipur tournament, Cheyna Tucker (RSA), continued at full tilt in her first match of the main draw in Mumbai. Tucker took Sadia Gul (PAK) in a quick three games. Tucker took control of each game from the start, playing strongly from the T, while Gul struggled to find her rhythm, her play appearing at times half-hearted. After an 11-3 loss in the first game, Gul hustled a bit more in the second game to make it interesting, but ultimately Tucker took it 11-6. The third game was all Tucker, who broke away from the start to take a lead of 8-1, while Gul ran around the court to return. Gul managed to steal two match points at the end, but Tucker finally took it 11-4 to win the match. Cheyna will next play in the quarterfinals against Nouran El Torky (EGY). The two last faced off in the final of last week’s Jaipur tournament, where El Torky emerged victorious. Cheyna Tucker (RSA): “I was feeling fresh, feeling confident, and managed to do the job in three. Looking forward to playing Nouran again in the next round.” Nouran El Torky (EGY) wins v Urwashi Joshi (IND) 3-0 to El Torky 15-13, 11-5, 11-7 40 min WSA newcomer Urwashi Joshi came back from Jaipur determined to advance in the Mumbai tournament, after losing in X round last week in Jaipur. While it wasn’t meant to be, she did give Nouran El Torky (EGY) an unexpected battle for the quarterfinals spot, going point for point with the Jaipur tournament champion into extra points in the first game, until El Torky wrapped it up 15-13. Game two saw El Torky lengthen the game, but both players put several shots just outside the other’s reach. El Torky took the game 11-5, but Joshi came back swinging in the third game, snatching a quick lead of 7-1. But the more experienced El Torky kept her cool and methodically chipped away at Joshi’s lead, with several shots that sent Joshi slamming into the back wall to retrieve, and the game and match ended 11-7. Jui Kalgutkar (IND) wins v Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) Bye to Kalgutkar; Jusoh was a no-show Chloe Mesic (FRA) wins v Aishwarya Bhattacharya (IND) 3-0 to Mesic 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 35 min
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 16:49:09 +0000
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