Squash Meet: Chotrani, Sunita Cause Upsets to Enter Round Two
Veer Chotrani and Sunita Patel, both from Maharashtra, created a ripple by toppling seeded players en-route to the men's and women's second round, respectively, in the MSRA 76th Senior National Squash Championship here Thursday.
Pune, Jun 13 (PTI) Veer Chotrani and Sunita Patel, both from Maharashtra, created a ripple by toppling seeded players en-route to the men's and women's second round, respectively, in the MSRA 76th Senior National Squash Championship here Thursday.
Chotrani shocked state rival Aishwary Singh, seeded 9/16, 9-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3, 11-3 in a men's first round clash.
Sunita upset seeded Radhika Rathore of Madhya Pradesh, seeded 5/8, 11-5, 12-10, 9-11, 11-4 to enter the womens second round.
In another close match in the mens section, 3/4 seed Abhishek Agarwal of Maharashtra, prevailed over Ravi Dixit of Services 12-10, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9.
Delhi's Sanya Vats, seeded 5/8, struggled her way past host state opponent Aishwarya Khubchandani 11-4, 11-1, 4-11, 11-9.
Results: Men (1st round): Gaurav Nandrajog(Del) [5/8] bt Yash Bhargava (Del) [9/16] 11-7, 5-11, 11-8, 11-1; Veer Chotrani (Mah) bt Aishwary Singh (Mah) [9/16] 9-11, 11-5, 10 -12, 11-3, 11-3; Sandeep Jangra (Ser) [9/16] bt Vijay Kumar (Ser) [3/4] 11-3, 4-0 retired; Abhishek Agarwal (Mah) [3/4] bt Ravi Dixit (Ser) 12-10, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9; Ranjit Singh(Ser) [5/8] bt Rahul Baitha (Mah) [9/16] 11-8, 11-3, 11-6; Jamal Sakib (Ser) [5/8] bt Awdesh Yadav (Ser) 11-5,13-11,11-5.
Womem (1st round): Sanika Choudhari (Mah) [5/8] bt Diya Moolani (Mah) 13-11,11-6, 11-2; Sunita Patel (Mah) bt Radhika Rathore (MP) [5/8] 11-5,12-10, 9-11, 11-4; Tanvi Khanna (Del) [3/4] bt Yoshna Singh (Mah) 11-9, 11-3, 12-10; Sunayna Kuruvilla (TN) [3/4] bt Anjali Semwal (Mah) 11-2, 11- 8, 11-2; Aparajitha Balamurukan (TN) [5/8] bt Anwesha Reddy (TN)11-7, 11-7, 11-7; Sanya Vats(Del) [5/8] bt Aishwarya Khubchandani (Mah) [9/16] 11-4, 11-1, 4-11, 11-9.
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