SRFI organised ASF Level -1 Coaching Results

The Squash Rackets of India organised Asian Squash Federation's Level - 1 Coaching Program at the Calcutta Rackets Club Kolkotta. The assesments carried out by Dalip Tripathi ASF Level -2 Coach and Instructor have been officially announced.

Two coaches from the National Capital Region topped the program with Vijay Rawat (Delhi) coming 1st and Vikas Sharma (Noida / Delhi) coming 2nd with almost identical scores of 87 % scores. Vijay scored 436/500 while Vikas scored 435/500 in the program.

For details on how the other coaches fared please click on the following link..

http://sports4healthunlimited.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/results-of-asian-squash-federation-level-1-coaching-clinic-organised-by-srfi/

Brilliant Performance by local kids in Scottish Juniors - 2008

It was heartining to see local kids from the National Capital Region perform brilliantly at the recently concluded Scottish Juniors - 2008.

Kush Kumar lived up to his ranking and expectations by being the winner in the Under -13 event by winning all his matches 3-0 - literally finishing all his opponents to win and reconfirm his superiority in the category. Deepak Mishra on the other hand had to prove his mantle and despite being seeded 8th in the Under 15 category went on to win against all only to loose his final match to a Canadian. Both these boys did their sponsors - "Prince" http://princesquash.com/ and "Delton Cables" http://deltoncables.com/ proud.

The only girl to travel from the national capital region, Pankhuri Malhotra seeded no. 1 in the Under 13 ran into a Mexican Girl Maria Rivera who eventually lost in the finals to Adil Radwa of Egypt. Pankhuri came third.

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A NEW HIGH for NCR Coaches !!

As many as five senior coaches from the NCR converged at Calcutta Rackets Club to brush up their skills and take the much wanted Level -1 Coaching Certification. The Squash Rackets Federation of India together with the Calcutta Rackets Club organised an conducted the program from 07th - 11th December, 2008 rather efficiently.

The Instructor behind the program was Dilip Tripathi, (an ASF Level - 2 Coach) someone who has been instrumental in the grooming of the current National Men's Champion Saurav Ghosal and promising junior top player Ramit Tandon.

Among those who were in Calcutta from the National Capital Region were - Mukhtiyar Ali, Gautam Sood, Jai Prakash Mishra, Vikas Sharma and Vijay Rawat. To read more on this please click on the following link......

http://sports4healthunlimited.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/srfi-organises-level-1-for-coaches-in-india/

Central India Open Squash Championship 08 - Entry Form

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Joshna wins second WISPA title on the trot

Chennai: Winning is becoming a habit with Joshna Chinappa. The Indian No. 1 proved yet again that she's in peak form with a second consecutive WISPA title at the NSC Super Satellite No. 4 squash tournament in Malaysia on Friday.

Joshna overcame Malaysian third seed Low Wee Wern 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 in the final at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, to repeat her performance of the previous week, when she had created history by becoming the first Indian to win a WISPA title.

"I've had two wonderful weeks here,'' an elated Joshna told TOI. "It was all work but I'm happy that I was able to maintain my intensity during both the tournaments thanks to my improved fitness levels.''

The top seeded Indian, given her current form, was favourite going into the final. But Wern, perhaps spurred on by the partisan local crowd, started stronger racing into a 6-1 lead in the opening game.

"I started slowly today. She (Wern) raced to a five point lead and was ahead of me for about 10 minutes of the match,'' said Joshna. "But I caught up and managed to win the game.''

The national champion perhaps just "managed'' to win the first game, but in the next two the story was different. Joshna took the attack to her opponent and won with ease. "I was more consistent than Wern today and that made the difference,'' said the 22-yearold Chennai girl.

"Consistency'' made the difference for Joshna in the title clash on Friday, but what has brought about the change in her game over the last six months? "Definitely my stint at the Pontefract Academy with coach Malcolm Willstrop helped. My fitness has improved and so have my on court poise and skills,'' said Joshna, also giving credit to coaches Cyrus Poncha and Major Maniam.

A rise in rankings is definite when the next WISPA list is released. But, as usual, she's not concerned. "I am more concerned about performing on court on a given day,'' she said.

All Results:

Finals:
Joshna Chinappa beat Low Wee Wern (Mal) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
Semifinals:
Joshna Chinappa beat Sharon Wee (Mal) 11-9,11-9,12-14, 11-2.
Quarterfinals:
Joshna beat Chinatsu Matsui (Jap) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.
Men's 1st round:
Cheng Yao Huang (Taipei) beat Naresh Kumar (Ind) 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9

Joshna claims her first WISPA title

India's squash queen Joshna Chinappa who won her first WISPA title of her career when she won the NSC Satellite No 3 event at National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur .  The first ever by an Indian. 

In the final Joshna beat Low Lee Wern 11-8,11-5, 11-3. Joshna had reached two finals this year, losing Satellite events in Viet Nam and Guangdhou. In the semi-finals, Joshna beat top seed Malaysian Sharon Wee, who is ranked No 3 in Asia behind world champ Nicol David and Rebecaa Chiu. Wee had won the bronze at the Doha Asiad.  

Joshna said she was grateful for the sparring she did with Saurav Ghoshal and Harinder Singh at the ICL Academy in Chennai. Unlike other Indian aspirants she doesn't believe in training in Egypt . Joshna has been sponsored by the Mittal Champions Trust. 

A proud father, Anjan, said from Chennai:``Joshna has been extremely sharp and focused, and was in devasting form in the final.  She had made it to finals before but couldn't close it out, which is some thing she has worked on.  This win should help her significantly move up the rankings".

Results:

Semifinals:
Joshana Chinappa beat Sharon Wee (Mal) 11-9,11-9,12-14, 11-2.

Quarterfinals: 
Joshna beat Chinatsu Matsui (Jap) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.  

Men's 1^st round: 
Cheng Yao Huang (Taipei) beat Naresh Kumar (Ind) 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9

Delhi kids do us proud at Jr Nationals 08

DELHI DOES IT AGAIN IN INTER-STATE SQUASH 

Following their sizzling performance in the individual events, the Delhi Juniors delivered  above expectations at the Junior Inter State Squash Championsh when the Boys Under15 Team consisting of Kush Kumar, Deepak Mishra, Aditya Advani and Sajid Hussain upset top seeded Maharashtra to lift the trophy. The Boys Under 19 team consisting of Gunraj Singh, Shakir Hussain , Varun Prakash and Ashaya Jain 

The girls team consisting of  Sachika Ingale, Pankhuri Malhotra, Vishrutyi Sahni and Adya Advani stood Runner Up in both the Under-19 and Under-15 events behind top seeded Tamilnadu. The most amazing fact of this team is that it consists of two 14 year olds and two 11 year olds who are competing with the top girls in India and holding their own. Pankhuri Mlhotra and Adya Advani are the current Under13 and Under 11 National Champions . The Boys Under 19 team consisting of Gunraj Singh, Shakir Hussain,Varun Prakash and Ashaya Jain was not far behind, reaching the semi-finals and  standing 4^th.

The Delhi Juniors have been consistently performing at the national and international level in the last 2 years and the game has taken off in the Capital City. It bodes well for the Capital which is going to be hosting the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and one could very well see some of these on the courts during the games. 

Results of the Junior Inter-State Squash Championship 2008: 

Girls Under 15 

Winner:             Tamilnadu

Runner Up:       Delhi 

Girls Under-19

Winner :            Tamilnadu

Runner Up :       Delhi 

Boys Under 15

Winner              Delhi

Runner Up :       Maharashtra 

Boys Under 19

Winner :             Tamilnadu  

Runner Up :        Maharashtra

ADYA, PANKHURI, KUSH MAKE HISTORY AT CHENNAI 

The Delhi girls Adya Advani and Pankhuri Malhotra did Delhi proud by claiming the Under 11    and Under 13 National titles respectively. Kush Kumar won the Boys Under 13 title second time in a row. Delhi for the first time produced three National Champions at the Sub Junior/Junior Nationals Squash Championship at Chennai with Tamil Nadu taking lead with five titles and with Maharashtra settling for two. These achievements of Delhi juniors signals a strong resurgence of Delhi Squash at the National and International level in recent times. 

Pankhuri Malhotra, last years Under 11 National Champion, clinched U 13 title this year defeating Tamil Nadu's Lakshya Ragvendera. Adya Advani, last years runner up in U 11 category emerged as undisputed winner this time defeating Aishwarya Bhattacharya of Maharashtra. Kush Kumar retained his boys under 13 crown defeating Raghav Mehrotra of Maharashtra. Sachika Ingale from Delhi, quarter finalist in U 15 group, was adjudged the most promising player among girls.  
 

Girls u11 –

Winner - Adya Advani {DEL} beat Aishwarya Bhattacharya {MAH} 11-4,11-3,8-11,11-1

3^rd place - Rayna Kishanchandani {MAH} v Jui Kalgutar {MAH} 21-19,6-11,11-8,11-9   

Girls u13 –

Winner - Pankhuri Malhotra {DEL} beat Lakshya Ragvendra {TN} 10-12,11-6,11-9,11-3

3^rd place - Heba Johnson {RAJ}  beat Likhitta Dugar {TN} 11-13,11-7,11-8,11-8  

Girls u15 –

Winner - Anaka Alankamony {TN} beat Saumya Karki {MAH} 11-9,11-6,12-10

3^rd place - Aprajitha Balamurukan {TN} beat  Shria Khatri {MAH} 11-6,11-6,7-11,11-7   

Girls u17 –

 

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Prince (Planet Sports) came forward to sponsor playing gear for some promising juniors in Delhi-NCR.

Seen in the above photo from left to right are Kush Kumar (Delhi), Sachika Ingle (Delhi), Deepak Mishra (Delhi), Divyanshu Sharma (NOIDA / U.P.) and Aditya Advani (Delhi).

Experience at the Junior Nationals 08

Hi all!

The Delhi state teams of young boys and girls have just returned from Chennai. The championship was held alongside the PSA challenger from 31^st October to 8^thNovember. 

A huge entry of 400 children from the country turned the ICL courts into a highly energized place. The enthusiasm they generated was seen as they played their games with zest and camaraderie. An interaction which has and will go a long way in blending and bonding for life. 

It’s been such an eye opener in many ways, and we all are motivated to support many more such events in any way we can. Let me tell you the work has already begun. With ideas of more tournaments in Delhi, exchange programmes and arranging housing accommodations for girls traveling from the south or anywhere out of Delhi. 

As the event came to an end with the battles of wins and losses the interaction led to the crowning of the titles. Here the name of Kush Kumar of Delhi deserves special mention. Our little master undisputedly bagged the U-15 state title having played some scintillating squash, beating the country’s best. Absolutely breathe taking from someone so young. A lesson for all of us- he has proved what dedication and hard work can do. 

Our young girls from Delhi too came out with flying colours. The girls from south who were so exemplary in their behavior swept us off our feet with their simplicity.

They were given a tough fight by our “girl power”.

Leading the pack were Pankhuri and Aadya who showed us that success just follows if you put in your best.

True signs of champions. 

CONGRATS DELHI ! 

DELHI RESULTS AT THE SUB JUNIOR/JUNIOR NATIONAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 

This year nationals has added another feather in the cap of our players.Carrying on  from last year’s superb exhibition at the Nationals, they increase their tally of quarter finalists and above from eight to nine despite two children moving out from Delhi to Mumbai during last year. 

Delhi for the first time got 3 National Champions in the junior categories followed by 2 Fourth positions, 3 Fifth positions, 1 sixth positions and Sachika Ingale was declared the Most Promising Girl Player of the Tournament. Robin Mann too deserves special mention as the unseeded player to have reached to top four. 

The Individual Results are as follows: 

Girls Under-11 

Adya Advani               -   National Champion 

Girls Under-13 

Pankhuri Malhotra     -   National Champion

Nandini Agarwal         -   5^th Position

Harshit Kaur                -   6^th Position 
 

Girls Under-15 

Sachika Ingale           -   5^th Position & Most Promising Girl Player

Arushi Agarwal            -   7th Position

Boys Under-11 

Robin Mann               -   4^th Position 

Boys Under-13 

Kush Kumar               -   National Champion

Abhishkh Kumar          -    

Boys Under-15 

Deepak Mishra          -   4^th Position

Aditya Advani             -   9^th -16^th Position

Divij Kadan                 -   9^th -16^th Position 

Boys Under-17 

Ashaya Jain                 - 

Boys Under-19 

Gunraj Singh              -   5^th Position

Varun Praksh               -     
 
 THREE CHEERS TO ALL!!  
 

The PSA was a privilege to be a part of. It could not have been a more perfectly timed shot. It was a boost for the squash fraternity to actually see the country’s no.1 and no.2 battle it out. Ritiwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghoshal.

They have positioned India on the global map.  

 Shubhra Agrawal

 

Jr Nationals 08.....Final Results

All matches go according to seedings on the penultimate day at the junior national championships in Chennai, with Tamil Nadu winning 5 titles followed by 3 titles for Delhi and 2 for Maharashtra.

Vikram Malhotra and Dipika Pallikal brushed off resistance from Aditya Jagtap and Surbhi Misra to confirm their supremacy in the under 19 boys and girls category. Vikram who turns 19 in a week looked solid winning his last junior event while Dipika regained her national title convincingly. 

Karan Malik won his first major title and Harita Omprakash won her 5 consecutive national title in the under 17 category.  

 

Girls u11 –

Winner - Adya Advani {DEL} beat Aishwarya Bhattacharya {MAH} 11-4,11-3,8-11,11-1

3^rd place - Rayna Kishanchandani {MAH} v Jui Kalgutar {MAH} 21-19,6-11,11-8,11-9

 

Girls u13 –

Winner - Pankhuri Malhotra {DEL} beat Lakshya Ragvendra {TN} 10-12,11-6,11-9,11-3

3^rd place - Heba Johnson {RAJ}  beat Likhitta Dugar {TN} 11-13,11-7,11-8,11-8

 

Girls u15 –

Winner - Anaka Alankamony {TN} beat Saumya Karki {MAH} 11-9,11-6,12-10

3^rd place - Aprajitha Balamurukan {TN} beat  Shria Khatri {MAH} 11-6,11-6,7-11,11-7

 

Girls u17 –

Winner - Harita Om Prakash {TN} beat Ankita Sharma {MAH} 11-6,11-9,11- 3

3^rd place - Dheeya Somaiya {MP} beat Tanvi Jain {MP} 11-7, 11-3,9-11,11-9

 

Girls u19 –

Winner - Dipika Pallikal {TN} beat Surbhi Misra {RAJ}11-5.11-5,11-2

3^rd place - Anwesha Reddy {TN} beat Swati Muchhal {MP} 11-3,11-2,11-5

 

Boys u11 –

Winner - Roshan R. K. {TN} Beat A. Rishidev {TN} 11-9,11-2,11-6

3^rd place - Ranjeet Singh {UP} beat Robin Mann {DEL} 11-6.11-8,11-6

 

Boys u13 –

Winner - Kush Kumar {DEL} beat Raghav Mehrotra {MAH} 11-5,11-2,11- 8

3^rd place - Abhimanyu Shah {MAH} Beat Sandeep Ramachandran {TN} 9-11,11-4,11-7,11-6

 

Boys u15 –

Winner - Mahesh Mangaonkar {MAH} Beat Vivek Dinodia {WB} 11-6,9-11,11-6,11-2

3^rd place - Vrishab Kotian {TN} beat Deepak Mishra {DEL} 11-7,11-9,11-5

 

Boys u17 –

Winner - Karan Malik {TN} beat Abhishek Pradhan {TN 11-7,8-11,11-2,11-8

3^rd place - Ravi Dixit {TN} beat Ramit Tandon {TN} 11-7,11-1,11-2

 

Boys u19 –

Winner - Vikram Malhotra {MAH} beat Aditya Jagtap {MAH} 11-8,11-7,11-8

3^rd place - Paramit Singh {TN} beat Laxman Joshi {MAH} 12-10, 11-8, 11-9

Jr Nationals 08 - QF Results (Day 3)

Update 2 from Cyrus:

There were a handful of upsets in the younger age groups at the junior national squash championships here in Chennai on quarterfinal day. 9 out of a total of 40 match played today saw the 'underdog' goining through.

In the boys under 11 category, A. Rishdev seeded 5/8 from Chennai defeated 3/4 ranked Yohann Surti in 4 close games. Rishidev played some delightful drives and drops keeping Yohann always on the run winning in straight games. Robin Mann from Delhi who ousted second seed Sandeep Paswan from Maharasthra yesterday won once again in four games against Velavan from Chennai.

In boys under 13, 3/4 seeded Yohan Pandole was unable to keep up the speed and retreviving power of Sandeep Ramachandran continuing his winning streek while Abhimanyu Shah from Maharastra defeated state mate and higher ranked Aditya Khatri in straight games.

In the boys under 15, Vrishabh Kotian came up with the match of his life as he fought back from 2 games down against higher ranked Karan Thahryamal from Rajashtan. Vrishab lost the first easily but in the second games both players were levelled at 10-10 with Karan edging him out 13-11. A huge comback in the third and fought gave Vrishabh the confidence against a tyring Karan. In the end, Vrishab had 4 matchballs and converted it after 2 points. A great result from Vrishab having shifted from Mumbai to Chennai 6months ago.  Delhi based Deepak Mishra outplayed Mumbai's Caran Arora in the quartefianl in staright games.

The girls under 11 saw both Tamilnadu girls, Shamika Reddy & Neharika Balamurukan seeded 3/4 going down to Rayna Kishanchandani and Jui Kalgutar respectively. And Tanvi Jain defeated Rinki Soni in the girls under 17 category.

An exciting day overall with nearly 25% upsets. 

 

Results -  

 

  Boys 11 - Quarter-Final                                                                   

1* Roshan R. K. {TN} beat 9/16* Abhay Singh {TN}  11-2 11-1 11-2

Ranjeet Singh {UP} beat 9/16* R.A. Charanyaselvan {TN}  11-6 11-6 11-3

5/8* A. Rishidev {TN} beat 3/4* Yohann Surti {MAH}  11-6 11-4 11-5

Robin Mann {DEL} beat 9/16* Velavan {TN}  11-7 6-11 11-5 11-7

 

  Boys 13 - Main Draw - Quarter-Final                                                       

1* Kush Kumar {DEL} beat 5/8* Harshit Muchal {RAJ}  11-3 11-5 11-6

5/8* Abhimanyu Shah {MAH} beat 3/4* Aditya Khatri {MAH}  11-5 11-2 11-4

5/8* Sandeep Ramachandran {TN} beat 3/4* Yohan Pandole {MAH}  11-5 8-11 11-5 11-5

2* Raghav Mehrotra {MAH} beat 9/16* Akhilesh Yadav {MAH}  11-3 11-1 11-7

 

  Boys 15 - Quarter-Final                                                                   

1* Mahesh Mangaonkar {MAH} beat 5/8* Rahil Fazelbhoy {MAH}  11-3 11-3 11-2

5/8* Deepak Mishra {DEL} beat 3/4* Caran Arora {MAH}  11-5 11-5 11-4

5/8* Vrishab Kotian {TN} beat 3/4* Karan Thahryamal {RAJ}  5-11 11-13 11-7 11-8 11-8

2* Vivek Dinodia {WB} beat 5/8* Rishi Tandon {TN}  11-7 11-6 12-10

 

  Boys 17 - Quarter-Final                                                                   

1* Ravi Dixit {TN} beat Pranay Merchant {MAH}  11-4 11-3 11-3

3/4* Abhishek Pradhan {TN} beat 5/8* Akshay Deepak {TN}  11-8 13-15 11-6 11-2

3/4* Karan Malik {TN} beat 5/8* Ashray Ohri {RAJ}  11-6 11-4 9-11 11-3

2* Ramit Tandon {TN} beat 5/8* Aadit Zaveri {MAH}  11-7 11-4 11-7

 

  Boys 19 - Quarter-Final                                                                   

1* Vikram Malhotra {MAH} beat 5/8* Naveen Jangra {MAH}  11-4 11-2 11-7

3/4* Laxman Joshi {MAH} beat 5/8* Gunraj Singh {DEL}  11-8 11-8 11-6

3/4* Paramit Singh {TN} beat 5/8* Sami Johnson {MAH}  11-3 6-11 11-5 11-4

2* Aditya Jagtap {MAH} beat 5/8* Abhinav Sinha {MAH}  11-1 11-4 11-7

 

  Girls 11 - Quarter-Final                                                                  

1* Adya Advani {DEL} beat 5/8* Anushka Nair {MAH}  11-1 11-2 11-2

5/8* Rayna Kishanchandani {MAH} beat 3/4* Shamika Reddy {TN}  11-6 11-5 8-11 11-5

5/8* Jui Kalgutar {MAH} beat 3/4* Neharika Balamurukan {TN}  11-5 4-11 11-2 11-4

2* Aishwarya Bhattacharya {MAH} beat A.V. Apoorva {TN}  11-0 11-2 11-1

 

  Girls 13 - Quarter-Final                                                                  

1* Pankhuri Malhotra {DEL} beat Nandian Agarwal {DEL}  11-8 11-3 11-0

3/4* Likhitta Dugar {TN} beat Mannat Jauhal {RAJ}  11-3 14-12 11-1

3/4* Heba Johnson {RAJ} beat Madhumitha {TN}  11-0 11-0 11-0

2* Lakshya Ragvendra {TN} beat Harshit Kaur {DEL}  11-3 11-0 11-2

 

  Girls 15 - Quarter-Final                                                                  

1* Anaka Alankamony {TN} beat Rhea Advani {MAH}  11-2 11-2 11-3

3/4* Shria Khatri {MAH} beat 5/8* Sachika Ingale {DEL}  13-11 11-4 4-11 11-6

3/4* Aprajitha Balamurukan {TN} beat 5/8* Urvashi Joshi {MAH}  13-11 11-4 11-3

2* Saumya Karki {MAH} beat Saai Meera {TN}  11-2 11-6 11-2

 

  Girls 17 - Quarter-Final                                                                  

1* Harita Om Prakash {TN} beat Arushi Agarwal {DEL}  11-1 11-5 11-1

Tanvi Jain {MP} beat 3/4* Rinki Soni {MAH}  11-5 11-2 9-11 16-14

3/4* Ankita Sharma {MAH} beat Namrata Purohit {MAH}  11-5 12-10 11-4

2* Dheeya Somaiya {MP} beat Urvashi Singh {RAJ}  5-11 11-8 11-9 11-8

 

  Girls 19 - Quarter-Final                                                                  

1* Dipika Pallikal {TN} beat D. Surafi {TN}  11-0 11-2 11-3

3/4* Swati Muchhal {MP} beat Nitisha Sethia {WB}  11-1 11-3 11-2

3/4* Surbhi Misra {RAJ} beat Shaheen Madraswala {MAH}  11-9 11-2 11-7

2* V. Anwesha Reddy {TN} beat Tulika Lal {RAJ}  11-2 11-3 11-4

Jr Nationals 08.......results upto day 2....dated 1 Nov 08

Cyrus Poncha, National Coach, presents the following update:

Sandeep Ramachandran from ICL Academy a 7th standard student at Lady Andal School clawed his way back from 2 games down against a taller Suyash Sharma from Rajasthan on day 2 in the pre quarterfinal stage of the Boys under 13 in the National Junior Championships being held at the ICL Squash Academy in Chennai. Losing the first two games 7-11, 9-11 Sandeep pulled it back comfortably winning the next 2 games 11-5, 11-6. The decider was a cliffhanger, Suyash with a series of winners raced from 6-6 to 10-6 match ball. With the match looking over, Sandeep showed his grit picking up every ball and played the remaining points to perfection. Both players were charged up and Sandeep won the final game which went to the tie breaker 14-12. the final match score was 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 14-12. Sandeep had shifted to Chennai from Dubai less than year ago to pursue squash.

 

Another exciting match against 2 Mumbai lads where Samir Mistry went down to Pranav Merchant after leading 2-0.

All top seeds were win action today all sailing thru without any major problems.

Below are the results for the day -

 

  B11 - Round 2                                                                             

 

1* Roshan R. K. {TN} beat Siddhant Saraf {TN}  11-1 11-0 11-0

 

9/16* Vikas G. Mehra {TN} beat Harshil Sharma {MP}  8-11 11-7 10-12 12-10 11-1

 

9/16* Abhay Singh {TN} beat Parikshit Powoni {TN}  11-0 11-0 11-1

 

5/8* Chaitanya Shah {MAH} beat G. Yashwanth Ragav {TN}  11-0 11-0 11-1

 

5/8* Soloman Ravi {TN} beat Tanish Dugar {TN}  11-3 11-2 11-3

 

Ranjeet Singh {UP} beat 9/16* Rahul Matthew {MAH}  11-2 11-3 11-8

 

9/16* R.A. Charanyaselvan {TN} beat Eashaan {TN}  11-1 11-1 11-3

 

3/4* Ivan Phillip {MAH} beat Aditya Raghavan {TN}  11-6 11-3 11-8

 

3/4* Yohann Surti {MAH} beat Pratyaksh Bokaria {TN}  11-1 11-0 11-0

 

9/16* Karan Rathore {TN} beat S. Navaneeth.Prabhu {TN}  11-1 11-0 11-3

 

Aryan Hemdev {MAH} beat 9/16* Dev Vazirani {MAH}  11-7 11-13 11-9 7-11 11-8

 

5/8* A. Rishidev {TN} beat Udit Rathore {MP}  11-1 11-2 11-2

 

5/8* Siddhant Iyer {MAH} beat Dinesh {TN}  11-6 11-5 11-4

 

9/16* Velavan {TN} beat U. Sharavanan {TN}  11-1 11-2 11-2

 

Robin Mann {DEL} beat 9/16* Yash Bhargav {DEL}  11-6 11-4 11-8

 

2* Sandeep Paswan {MAH} beat Karan Kishorepuria {WB}  11-7 11-0 11-3

 

 

 

  B11 - Round 3                                                                             

 

1* Roshan R. K. {TN} beat 9/16* Vikas G. Mehra {TN}  11-3 11-1 11-4

 

9/16* Abhay Singh {TN} beat 5/8* Chaitanya Shah {MAH}  11-4 8-11 11-2 11-6

 

Ranjeet Singh {UP} beat 5/8* Soloman Ravi {TN}  12-10 11-6 11-9

 

9/16* R.A. Charanyaselvan {TN} beat 3/4* Ivan Phillip {MAH}  11-4 9-11 11-1 11-2

 

3/4* Yohann Surti {MAH} beat 9/16* Karan Rathore {TN}  11-2 14-12 7-11 11-9

 

5/8* A. Rishidev {TN} beat Aryan Hemdev {MAH}  11-9 11-6 11-2

 

9/16* Velavan {TN} beat 5/8* Siddhant Iyer {MAH}  11-2 11-5 11-1

 

Robin Mann {DEL} beat 2* Sandeep Paswan {MAH}  11-7 7-11 11-9 12-10

 

 

 

  B13 - Main Draw - Round 2                                                                 

 

1* Kush Kumar {DEL} beat 9/16* Sanjeev Sridharan {TN}  11-2 11-2 11-3

 

9/16* Manik Dutta {MP} beat Jasmer Singh {MP}  11-4 11-2 11-6

 

5/8* Harshit Muchal {RAJ} beat Mudit Pant {UP}  11-2 11-5 11-4

 

5/8* Abhimanyu Shah {MAH} beat S. Shashank {TN}  11-0 11-0 11-1

 

Vijay Kumar {RAJ} beat 9/16* Sidharth Singh {RAJ}  11-4 11-4 11-6

 

9/16* Sibi {TN} beat Mardul Agrawal {MP}  11-3 11-8 11-6

 

3/4* Aditya Khatri {MAH} beat 9/16* Aradhya Kasliwal {MP}  11-6 7-11 11-2 11-3

 

3/4* Yohan Pandole {MAH} beat Sagar Sharma {RAJ}  11-3 11-2 11-3

 

9/16* Karan Kochhar {MAH} beat 9/16* Hanifa Ali Khan {DEL}  10-12 11-13 11-6 11-3 11-4

 

9/16* Suyash Sharma {RAJ} beat 9/16* Madhav Dhingra {MAH}  11-8 10-12 11-7 11-7

 

5/8* Sandeep Ramachandran {TN} beat Aishwarya Singh {MAH}  11-5 13-11 11-4

 

5/8* Devchand Rai {MAH} beat Prateek Jha {TN}  11-4 11-1 11-3

 

9/16* Akhilesh Yadav {MAH} beat Akhil Khattar {DEL}  11-2 11-1 11-2

 

9/16* Yaduveer Singh {MP} beat Abhishek Kumar {DEL}  11-3 12-10 12-10

 

2* Raghav Mehrotra {MAH} beat S Sunil {TN}  11-2 11-0 11-2

 

 

 

  B13 - Main Draw - Round 3                                                                 

 

1* Kush Kumar {DEL} beat 9/16* Manik Dutta {MP}  11-7 11-3 11-6

 

5/8* Harshit Muchal {RAJ} beat 9/16* Aswin Seshadri {TN}  11-3 11-1 11-6

 

5/8* Abhimanyu Shah {MAH} beat Vijay Kumar {RAJ}  11-5 11-6 11-4

 

3/4* Aditya Khatri {MAH} beat 9/16* Sibi {TN}  12-10 11-5 11-6

 

3/4* Yohan Pandole {MAH} beat 9/16* Karan Kochhar {MAH}  11-1 11-2 11-8

 

5/8* Sandeep Ramachandran {TN} beat 9/16* Suyash Sharma {RAJ}  7-11 9-11 11-5 11-6 14-12

 

9/16* Akhilesh Yadav {MAH} beat 5/8* Devchand Rai {MAH}  11-1 11-9 11-7

 

2* Raghav Mehrotra {MAH} beat 9/16* Yaduveer Singh {MP}  11-3 11-5 11-6

 

 

 

  B15 - Round 2                                                                             

 

1* Mahesh Mangaonkar {MAH} beat Rajat Sharma {DEL}  11-1 11-3 11-4

 

Divij Singh {DEL} beat Armaan Shaikh {MAH}  11-9 11-13 11-9 11-7

 

Ishan Advani {MAH} beat Ranvijay Singh {CHD}  11-5 8-11 11-6 11-8

 

5/8* Rahil Fazelbhoy {MAH} beat Kashitij Kedia {MP}  11-2 11-5 11-4

 

5/8* Deepak Mishra {DEL} beat Qurban {ND}  11-5 11-3 11-2

 

Aditya Advani {DEL} beat Mishal Nathani {MAH}  11-1 11-9 11-1

 

Vardhan Ladiwala {MAH} beat S. Abdul Rahman {TN}  11-1 11-0 11-2

 

3/4* Caran Arora {MAH} beat Aditya Kochhar {MAH}  11-4 11-3 11-5

 

3/4* Karan Thahryamal {RAJ} beat Sumaer Sandhu {UTT}  11-9 11-3 11-2

 

Anuj Bahl {MAH} beat Naman Jindani {MAH}  11-7 6-11 11-6 14-16 11-8

 

Arjun Kochar {MAH} beat Hiteshwar Riar {CHD}  11-6 11-5 11-7

 

5/8* Vrishab Kotian {TN} beat Md.Samsul Arfin {BIH}  11-0 11-1 11-3

 

5/8* Rishi Tandon {TN} beat Shantanu Kumar Sinha {BIH}  11-1 11-2 11-3

 

Rohan Paranjpe {MAH} beat Gaurav Khemka {TN}  11-0 11-3 11-8

 

Shashi Pandey {MAH} beat Sandeep Yadav {UP}  11-5 11-5 11-9

 

2* Vivek Dinodia {WB} beat Sajid Hussain {DEL}  11-8 10-12 11-6 11-7

 

 

 

  B15 - Round 3                                                                             

 

1* Mahesh Mangaonkar {MAH} beat Divij Singh {DEL}  11-2 11-6 11-2

 

5/8* Rahil Fazelbhoy {MAH} beat Ishan Advani {MAH}  11-7 12-10 11-2

 

5/8* Deepak Mishra {DEL} beat Aditya Advani {DEL}  11-8 11-9 11-7

 

3/4* Caran Arora {MAH} beat Vardhan Ladiwala {MAH}  11-5 11-8 8-11 11-8

 

3/4* Karan Thahryamal {RAJ} beat Anuj Bahl {MAH}  11-6 11-7 11-4

 

5/8* Vrishab Kotian {TN} beat Arjun Kochar {MAH}  11-5 11-7 11-4

 

5/8* Rishi Tandon {TN} beat Rohan Paranjpe {MAH}  11-5 11-3 9-11 11-7

 

2* Vivek Dinodia {WB} beat Shashi Pandey {MAH}  11-5 6-11 11-3 9-11 11-9

 

 

 

  B17 - Round 2                                                                             

 

1* Ravi Dixit {TN} beat Nakul Chhabra {HP}  11-1 11-1 11-3

 

Hardik Matharu {MP} beat Adesh Bhansali {MAH}  11-6 11-4 11-5

 

Pranay Merchant {MAH} beat Tushar Aggarwal {UTT}  12-10 11-1 11-4

 

5/8* Samir Mistry {MAH} beat Isshan Ghosh {RAJ}  11-6 16-14 11-6

 

5/8* Akshay Deepak {TN} beat Shriyash Kishorepuria {UTT}  11-1 11-1 11-3

 

Pragun Khemka {TN} beat Dhruv Sadana {MP}  11-5 9-11 11-7 12-10

 

3/4* Abhishek Pradhan {TN} beat Beharam Modi {MAH}  11-2 11-4 11-0

 

3/4* Karan Malik {TN} beat Akash Chhabra {HP}  11-1 11-0 11-3

 

Indrajeet R. Khater {TN} beat Shobhit Dwivedi {MP}  11-0 11-1 11-5

 

5/8* Ashray Ohri {RAJ} beat Pehlaaj Bajwa {CHD}  12-14 11-7 7-11 11-3 11-5

 

5/8* Aadit Zaveri {MAH} beat Santosh Kumar Paswan {BIH}  11-1 11-0 11-0

 

Utkarsh Kumar {RAJ} beat Ram Prashant {TN}  11-6 11-4 11-2

 

Pushpit Garg {TN} beat Jayant Gupta {DEL}  11-7 9-11 11-8 4-11 14-1

 

2* Ramit Tandon {TN} beat Arjun Budhiraja {RAJ}  11-4 11-5 11-3

 

 

 

  B17 - Round 3                                                                             

 

1* Ravi Dixit {TN} beat Hardik Matharu {MP}  11-4 11-4 11-6

 

Pranay Merchant {MAH} beat 5/8* Samir Mistry {MAH}  9-11 7-11 12-10 11-8 11-5

 

5/8* Akshay Deepak {TN} beat Pragun Khemka {TN}  11-5 11-5 11-6

 

3/4* Karan Malik {TN} beat Siddharth Nahar {MP}  11-0 11-1 11-1

 

5/8* Ashray Ohri {RAJ} beat Indrajeet R. Khater {TN}  11-6 11-2 11-3

 

5/8* Aadit Zaveri {MAH} beat Utkarsh Kumar {RAJ}  11-8 11-6 11-5

 

2* Ramit Tandon {TN} beat Pushpit Garg {TN}  11-2 11-2 11-2

 

 

 

  B19 - Round 2                                                                             

 

5/8* Gunraj Singh {DEL} beat Waqar Pathan {MAH}  11-4 11-2 11-8

 

3/4* Laxman Joshi {MAH} beat Suneesh Kaul {TN}  11-3 11-1 11-4

 

3/4* Paramit Singh {TN} beat Sharkir Hussain {DEL}  11-6 11-8 11-8

 

5/8* Sami Johnson {MAH} beat Samarth Gupta {DEL}  11-0 11-1 11-2

 

5/8* Abhinav Sinha {MAH} beat Karan Kanodia {RAJ}  10-12 11-7 11-8 11-7

 

2* Aditya Jagtap {MAH} beat Uday Shankar {AP}  11-1 11-4 11-2

 

 

 

  G11 - Round 2                                                                             

 

1* Adya Advani {DEL} beat Prakriti Jha {TN}  11-0 11-0 11-0

 

5/8* Anushka Nair {MAH} beat S. Divya {TN}  11-1 11-0 11-3

 

5/8* Rayna Kishanchandani {MAH} beat Sunayna Kuruvilla {TN}  11-0 11-2 11-2

 

3/4* Shamika Reddy {TN} beat Shreya Suresh {MP}  11-3 11-8 12-10

 

3/4* Neharika Balamurukan {TN} beat Malvika Singh {HAR}  11-1 11-5 11-1

 

5/8* Jui Kalgutar {MAH} beat R. Nivithraa {TN}  11-0 11-0 11-3

 

A.V. Apoorva {TN} beat 5/8* Annanya Kajla {RAJ}  13-11 11-7 11-8

 

2* Aishwarya Bhattacharya {MAH} beat A. Ilavarasi {TN}  11-1 11-0 11-0

 

 

 

  G13 - Round 2                                                                             

 

1* Pankhuri Malhotra {DEL} beat Anandita Gupta {MP}  11-1 11-4 11-4

 

Nandian Agarwal {DEL} beat Katiyani Singh {RAJ}  12-10 11-4 11-8

 

Mannat Jauhal {RAJ} beat Gayatri Raheja {MAH}  11-3 11-5 11-4

 

3/4* Likhitta Dugar {TN} beat M. Shanmuga Priya {TN}  11-2 11-0 11-1

 

3/4* Heba Johnson {RAJ} beat R. Sangeetha {DEL}  11-1 11-1 11-3

 

Madhumitha {TN} beat Delnaz Kabrajee {TN}  11-2 11-1 11-0

 

Harshit Kaur {DEL} beat Praneet Kaur {MP}  11-4 11-4 11-5

 

2* Lakshya Ragvendra {TN} beat N.J. Pavithra {TN}  11-4 11-1 11-0

 

 

 

  G15 - Round 2                                                                             

 

5/8* Sachika Ingale {DEL} beat Daya Kumar {DEL}  11-4 11-9 11-7

 

3/4* Shria Khatri {MAH} beat Kopal Patni {MP}  11-4 11-9 11-4

 

3/4* Aprajitha Balamurukan {TN} beat Kushy Aggarwal {MAH}  11-2 11-0 11-0

 

5/8* Urvashi Joshi {MAH} beat Vishrutyi Sahni {DEL}  9-11 12-10 11-6 11-6

 

Saai Meera {TN} beat Aishwarya Kulkarni {MAH}  0-11 7-11 11-9 11-7 11-7

 

 

 

  G17 - Round 1                                                                             

 

Urvashi Singh {RAJ} beat Shruti Dugar {TN}  11-8 11-3 5-11 10-12 11-9

 

 

 

  G19 - Round 1                                                                             

 

Shaheen Madraswala {MAH} beat Komal Sharma {TN}  11-6 11-7 11-4

 

Tulika Lal {RAJ} beat Anissa Malhotra {MAH}  6-11 11-5 11-8 8-11 11-8

Junior Nationals 08.....draws

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N. Ramachandran Elected President of World Squash Federation

Congrats to Mr. Ramachandran!! Do check out www.srfi.in for details

Western India Open 08.....entry form

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15th DDA Open Squash 08.....final results

Finals Results :   

Category	Names	Points
Men’s Open	Mohd. Asyraf Azan bt. Gaurav Nandrajog	10-9,9-7,0-9,8-10,9-1
Women’s Open	Surbhi Misra bt. Sachika Ingale.	9-1,9-1,9-0
Boys Under 11 Yrs	Ranjit Singh bt. Robin Mann	9-5,9-0,2-9,9-5
Boys Under 13 Yrs.	Vijay Kumar bt.Ranvijay Singh	9-3,9-3,9-4
Boys Under 15 Yrs.	Karan Thaharyamal bt. Kush Kumar	9-6,9-3,9-6
Boys Under 17 Yrs.	Ashray Ohri bt. Deepak Misra	9-1,9-6,6-9,9-2
Boys Under 19 Yrs.	Karm Kumar bt. Parmit Singh	9-3,9-1,6-9,9-5
Girls Under 13 Yrs.	Pankhuri Malhotra bt. Adya Advani	9-2,9-3,9-5
Girls Under 15 Yrs.	Sai Meera bt. Pankhuri Malhotra	8-10,5-9,9-5,10-9,9-3
Girls Under 17Yrs.	Sachika Ingale bt. Sai Meera	9-0,9-1,9-0
Men’s above 35 Yrs.	Mukhtiar Ali bt. Dushyant Jamwal	walk-over to Ali
Veterans above 45 Yrs.	Dr. B.I. Singh bt. Swagat Bam	9-0,9-4,9-5
Professionals	A. Parthiban bt. Amjad Khan	9-7,9-4,4-9,9-3

15th DDA Open Squash 08.....finals get underway on 12 Oct 08 from 12 noon

All are welcome to cheer the finalists. 

15th DDA Open Squash 08.....Semi Final Results upto noon on 11 Oct 08

15th DDA Open Squash 08.....results upto 10 Oct 08

15th DDA Open Squash 08.....results upto 9 Oct 08

15th DDA Open Squash Tournament gets underway at Siri Fort Sports Complex, N Delhi

The Delhi Development Authority has been organising a National Level Squash Tournament since last 14 years at Siri Fort Sports Complex (SFSC).  This year it is the 15th DDA Open Squash Tournament being held from 8th -12th October, 2008 with a prize money of 4.47 lacs which will be given away to winners and runners-up in 13 different categories. The categories are Men’s Open, Women’s Open, Boys U 19 Yrs, Boys U 17 Yrs, Boys U 15 Yrs, Boys U 13 Yrs, Boys U 11 Yrs, Girls U 17 Yrs, Girls U15 Yrs, Girls U 13 Yrs, Men’s above 35 Yrs, Veterans above 45 Yrs and Professionals. The total no. of entries received is 492.

This year there is a remarkable increase in the no. of entries at junior level below 17 yrs. which is more than 270. It is a very encouraging step towards the promotion of sports at grass root level.

The participation in the tournament is from all over the country i.e. Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Chennai, Himachal, Hyderabad etc. This being an open tournament even the foreigners residing in India are taking part.

The first round started on 8th October, 2008 with children less than 11 yrs of age moving with their squash rackets in their hands with genuine competitive spirit. They had great fun on and off the courts.

Efforts like this tournament go a long way in evolving India towards a Sporting Culture – with special emphasis on sports like Squash which also develop Life Skills in our children. As the Commonwealth Games 2010 arrive one can look forward to generating a citizen’s movement with sports as the prime mover.

Col (Retd.) O.P. Maheshwari

Secretary (SFSC)

Draws...15th DDA Open 08

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Important instructions:

1. Matches start from 7am on 8 Oct 08
   
2. Please report to Reception Desk 15 mins before your time of play
   
3. Walk-over would be given 15 mins after the scheduled time of play
   
4. Children U 11 and U 13 are requested to wear eye protection
   

Technical Committe, 15th DDA Open 08

15th DDA Open 08 Draws coming up....watch this space!!

Draws expected by 6 Oct 08 evening or early 7 Oct 08. Tournament gets underway from 8 Oct 08...with Finals on 12 Oct 08.

Seedings update for kids of Delhi - NCR area...as on 1 Oct 08

GIRLS UNDER-11 

1. ADYA ADVANI
2. SUBAH SEHGAL
3. MALKA ASHRAF
4. MALVIKA GUPTA

 GIRLS UNDER-13 

1. PANKHURI MALHOTRA
2. ADYA ADVANI
3. TANVI KHANNA
4. NANDINI AGARWAL
5. NILOFER
6. HARSHIT KAUR
7. MAHVEEN
8. SUBAH SEHGAL

 GIRLS UNDER-15 

1. SACHIKA INGALE
2. PANKHURI MALHOTRA
3. VISHRYUTI SAHNI
4. ADYA ADVANI
5. JANET VIDHI
6. TANVI KHANNA
7. NANDINI AGARWAL
8. ARUSHI AGARWAL

 GIRLS UNDER-19 

1. SACHIKA INGALE
2. PANKHURI MALHOTRA
3. VISHRYUTI SAHNI
4. ADYA ADVANI

 BOYS UNDER-11 

1. ROBIN MANN
2. DIVYASHU SHARMA
3. YASH BHARGAV
4. VISHRUT KOHLI
5. PARTH BHATIA

  BOYS UNDER-13 

1. KUSH KUMAR
2. ABHISHEKH KUMAR
3. JUNAID
4. MUDIT PANT
5. ROBIN MANN
6. DIVYANSHU SHARMA
7. YASH BHARGAVA
8. HANIFA
9. AKASH JAINI

 BOYS UNDER-15 

1. KUSH KUMAR
2. DEEPAK MISHRA
3. ADITYA ADVANI
4. SAJID HUSSAIN
5. DIVIJ SINGH
6. MD. QURBAN
7. SAMIR ASKARI
8. RAJAT SHARMA
9. ABHISHEKH KUMAR
10. MAYANK SHARMA

 BOYS UNDER-17 

1. KARM KUMAR
2. KUSH KUMAR
3. DEEPAK MISHRA
4. ADITYA ADVANI
5. ASHAYA JAIN
6. ABHIJEET MALIK
7. SAJID HUSSAIN
8. HEMANT DAULTA
9. KUNAL MEHRA
10. SACHIT JOLLY

 BOYS UNDER-19 

1. GUNRAJ SINGH
2. KARM KUMAR
3. SHAKIR HUSSAIN
4. VARUN PRAKASH
5. GURSIMAR SINGH SETHI
6. KUSH KUMAR
7. DEEPAK MISHRA
8. ADITYA ADVANI
9. SAJID HUSSAIN
10. ASHAYA JAIN
11. ABHIJEET MALIK
12. HEMANT DAULTA
13. KUNAL MEHRA

 MENS 

1. AMJAD KHAN
2. SUHAIL KAPOOR
3. GUNRAJ SINGH
4. KARM KUMAR
5. SHAKIR HUSSAIN
6. HARSHIT JAIN
7. UDHAY DAS
8. VARUN PRAKASH
9. GURSIMAR SINGH SETHI
10. FARID SINGH