Thursday, August 29, 2019

Squash News

At $12K Men's SRFI Indian Tour 2019, Greater Noida, India (Challenger Tour 10)

[R1] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bye
[R1] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt Varun Johnny (IND,497) 11-1, 11-1, 11-0
[R1] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,432) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8
[R1] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bye

[R2] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,298) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5 (29m)
[R2] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt (4) Aadit Zaveri (IND,183) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 (39m)
[R2] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt (5) Abhishek Pradhan (IND,220) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-4 (52m)
[R2] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Hasanain Dakheel (IRQ,436) 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-6 (39m)

[QF] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (8) Robert Garcia (PHI,258) 11-5, 11-2, 11-7 (24m)
[QF] (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) bt (WC) Rutvik Rau (IND,452) 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (28m)
[QF] Yash Fadte (IND,560) bt (3) Ammar Altamimi (KUW) 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (46m)
[QF] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt (6) Abhishek Agarwal (IND,242) 12-10, 11-6, 11-5 (38m)

[SF] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (WC) Velavan Senthilkumar (IND,500) 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-3 (39m)
[SF] (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) bt Yash Fadte (IND,560) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (47m)

[F] (1) Vikram Malhotra (IND,63) bt (2) Aditya Jagtap (IND,85) 11-6, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 (42m)

An expected final between Vikram and Aditya, and a win for Vikram ... But impressive performances by our youngsters, Yash and Velavan, who reached in the semis before losing to their more experienced countrymen.

At $6K Women's SRFI Indian Tour 2019, Greater Noida, India (Challenger Tour 5)

[R1] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bye
[R2] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (IND,215) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (19m)
[QF] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt (6) Sachika Balvani (IND,136) 11-1, 11-5, 11-6 (17m)
[SF] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) bt (2) Salma Youssef (EGY,65) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6 (34m)

[F] (4) Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,80) l (3) Menna Hamed (EGY,67) 9-11, 4-11, 6-11 (29m)

Sunayna Kuruvilla lost in the final against higher-ranked Egyptian opponent ... But before that, she scored an impressive win against another higher-ranked Egyptian, Salma Youssef, in the semis.

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