Mumbai, May 30 (Ians) Maharashtra’s Veer Chotrani stormed into the men’s final with a dominating upset of top seed Rahul Baitha in the Nsci Open National Circuit squash tournament here, on Tuesday.
The 21-year-old Mumbai-based Chotrani, who trains under former World No.1 David Palmer of Australia at Khar Gymkhana, packed too many guns for Baitha, who couldn’t adjust to the fast pace set by Chotrani, hosted by Nsci at their glass-backed squash courts, here.
Chotrani also found his touch early, hitting the angles accurately to have Baitha scrambling for returns.
The first game was close in the initial stages as Baitha, who trains at the Jsw Academy, Vashind and is ranked No.6 in the country, managed to keep pace, but once Chotrani broke free, it was all one-way traffic in the 11-8, 11-6, 11-2 victory.
In the final, Chotrani will take on second seed Suraj Chand (Mah), also training at Jsw,...
The 21-year-old Mumbai-based Chotrani, who trains under former World No.1 David Palmer of Australia at Khar Gymkhana, packed too many guns for Baitha, who couldn’t adjust to the fast pace set by Chotrani, hosted by Nsci at their glass-backed squash courts, here.
Chotrani also found his touch early, hitting the angles accurately to have Baitha scrambling for returns.
The first game was close in the initial stages as Baitha, who trains at the Jsw Academy, Vashind and is ranked No.6 in the country, managed to keep pace, but once Chotrani broke free, it was all one-way traffic in the 11-8, 11-6, 11-2 victory.
In the final, Chotrani will take on second seed Suraj Chand (Mah), also training at Jsw,...
- 5/30/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mumbai, May 29 (Ians) Jamal Sakib of Services, seeded 5/8, scored a minor upset over fellow player from Services Vaibhav Chauhan (3/4) to enter the men’s singles semifinals of the 6th Nsci Open National Circuit squash tournament here, on Monday.
With both players familiar with each other’s playing styles, fortunes changed hands with each game but a visibly tired Chauhan could not put up much of a fight in the decider, going down tamely in the event hosted by Nsci at their glass-backed squash courts,
Sakib prevailed 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-5 to set up a last-four clash with second seed Suraj Chand of Delhi, who got the better of Tn’s Vikas Mehra (58) 13-11, 11-1, 7-11, 6-1 (Retd).
The other semis will be an all-Maharashtra affair, pitting top seed Rahul Baitha against Veer Chotrani (3/4) while Baitha defeated Shaan Dalal 13-11, 11-7, 11-6, Chotrani scored an easy 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 win over Sharan Punjabi.
With both players familiar with each other’s playing styles, fortunes changed hands with each game but a visibly tired Chauhan could not put up much of a fight in the decider, going down tamely in the event hosted by Nsci at their glass-backed squash courts,
Sakib prevailed 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-5 to set up a last-four clash with second seed Suraj Chand of Delhi, who got the better of Tn’s Vikas Mehra (58) 13-11, 11-1, 7-11, 6-1 (Retd).
The other semis will be an all-Maharashtra affair, pitting top seed Rahul Baitha against Veer Chotrani (3/4) while Baitha defeated Shaan Dalal 13-11, 11-7, 11-6, Chotrani scored an easy 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 win over Sharan Punjabi.
- 5/29/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Kolhapur, May 25 (Ians) Unseeded Prisha Shinde of Maharashtra and T Sai Janvi of Karnataka caused upsets to enter the girls’ singles semifinals in the 18th Ramesh Desai Memorial Under -16 Tennis Championship, here on Thursday.
In an all-Maharashtra clash in the Girls’ Singles quarterfinals, the 14-year-old Prisha Shinde upset Kolhapur girl and sixth-seeded Aishwarya Jadhav 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the longest match of the day.
To continue the trend, unseeded Sai Janvi of Karnataka toppled fifth-seeded Yashika Shokeen of Delhi 6-2, 6-4. Seventh-seeded Divya Ungrish of Delhi stopped the run of Nanika Bendram Reddy 6-2, 6-4, while Rishitha Basireddy of Telangana out-rallied Akanksha Ghosh of West Bengal 6-3, 6-1.
In the Boys’ quarterfinals, Delhi lad Praneel Sharma stunned 14th-seeded Gandharv Kothapalli of Karnataka 6-2, 6-3. He will next meet fourth-seeded Samarth Sahita of Maharashtra, who scored a 6-1, 6-2 win over Gujarat’s Panshul Uboveja 6-1, 6-2.
Qualifier Arnav Paparkar...
In an all-Maharashtra clash in the Girls’ Singles quarterfinals, the 14-year-old Prisha Shinde upset Kolhapur girl and sixth-seeded Aishwarya Jadhav 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the longest match of the day.
To continue the trend, unseeded Sai Janvi of Karnataka toppled fifth-seeded Yashika Shokeen of Delhi 6-2, 6-4. Seventh-seeded Divya Ungrish of Delhi stopped the run of Nanika Bendram Reddy 6-2, 6-4, while Rishitha Basireddy of Telangana out-rallied Akanksha Ghosh of West Bengal 6-3, 6-1.
In the Boys’ quarterfinals, Delhi lad Praneel Sharma stunned 14th-seeded Gandharv Kothapalli of Karnataka 6-2, 6-3. He will next meet fourth-seeded Samarth Sahita of Maharashtra, who scored a 6-1, 6-2 win over Gujarat’s Panshul Uboveja 6-1, 6-2.
Qualifier Arnav Paparkar...
- 5/25/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Surat, Sep 21 (Ians) Favourites Gujarat delighted the sizeable home crowd in registering an easy 3-0 victory over West Bengal while Delhi upset second-seeded Maharashtra 3-2 in the 36th National Games men’s table tennis semifinals at the Pddu indoor stadium here on Wednesday.
Defending champions Maharashtra will take on West Bengal in the women’s final. Maharashtra had to work hard to beat Tamil Nadu 3-1 while the experienced Bengal squad defeated Telangana 3-0 in the semifinals.
Gujarat captain Harmeet Desai was under pressure when Anirban Ghosh found the range of strokes to take a 2-1 lead. But the experienced Harmeet slowed down the pace to win the last two games 11-4, 11-3. Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah then registered comfortable wins over Ronit Bhanja and Jeet Chandra to put their team in the gold medal match.
The other men’s semi-final between Maharashtra and Delhi went to the wire...
Defending champions Maharashtra will take on West Bengal in the women’s final. Maharashtra had to work hard to beat Tamil Nadu 3-1 while the experienced Bengal squad defeated Telangana 3-0 in the semifinals.
Gujarat captain Harmeet Desai was under pressure when Anirban Ghosh found the range of strokes to take a 2-1 lead. But the experienced Harmeet slowed down the pace to win the last two games 11-4, 11-3. Manav Thakkar and Manush Shah then registered comfortable wins over Ronit Bhanja and Jeet Chandra to put their team in the gold medal match.
The other men’s semi-final between Maharashtra and Delhi went to the wire...
- 9/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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