Biography

Saket Wali // Sahil Vora //Riaz Mohammed //Santosh More // Rajesh Verma
 
Saket Wali 
   Saket Subhash Wali is one of the upcoming Indian Squash players. He took part in the Dubai Open  at the age of 10. In 1996, he started playing seriously in local tournament and fared well in C.C.I. Open against Shondip Ghosh  and in Hongkong Bank against Gaurav Juneja. Through his good performance he got membership of Premium Club(Otters Club). In the year 1997, he played in many tournament like the Dewan Housing Squash Classic, Kingfisher Diet Open , Jindals Squash Invitation Cup, C.C.I's Credit Agricole IndoSuez Open Squash, Inter School, Jr. College, HongKong Bank Open and the Nationals.

He took training under Rahmat Khan(Coach to legendary Jahangir Khan) and improved his game and stamina. He also participated in Malaysia and HonkKong.He started 1998 with a win in Doubles Category in PIX Juniors Squash Championship. He also had a brief training with Satinder Bajwa (Coach to Jansher Khan) in London in June 1998.The biggest win of his career was when he beat a seeded player Cyrus Poncha in a five setter in Dewan Housing Squash Classic and reached the semifinals. Here he lost to the number 2 seeded Manish Choitrani, who went on to win the title.

His future plan is to concentrate on building his stamina which is very essential for winning the matches. At present he is doing B.Com(1st year) in N.M. College,Juhu,Mumbai. His hobbies include reading,collecting stamps,playing pool,tennis and football.

Contact Saket Wali at saketwali21@hotmail.com.
His contact number in Mumbai is: 91-022-6143372/6183241

 

Sahil vora
Residence : Mumbai  
Age:16 Yrs.  
Date of Birth:12th Sep.1984.  
E mail: svora_2001@hotmail.com  
Age group: U-17 / U-19  
National Ranking:U-17-2 / U-19-5  
State Ranking:U-17-1 / U-19-3    Achievements :

  • 1995 Runner up in U-12 National championship.

  • 1996 Winner in U-12 Little Masters Wellingdon sports club tournament.

  • 1996 Runner up in U-14 Little Masters Wellingdon sports club tournament.

  • 1997 Quarter finalist in U-13 Hongkong open championship.

  • 1997 Quarter finalist in U-17 Malaysian open championship.

  • 1997 Winner in U-14 Maharashtra state open championship.

  • 1998 Runner up in 3 Leg MILO Crcuit championship in Malaysia.

  • 1999 Quarter finalist in U-16 Malaysian open championship.

  • 1999 Runner up in U-16 IPON tournament.

  • 2000 Pre-quarters in U-17 Malaysian open championship.

  • 2000 Third round in U-17 Singapore open championship.

  • 2000 Semifinalist in U-19 National championship.

  • 2000 Semifinalist in U-17 Maharashtra state open championship.

  • 2000 Quarter finalist in U-19 Maharashtra state open championship.

 

Riaz Mohammed
 

Coaches at Juhu Centaur, Mumbai, India.

Achievements: 

  • Quarter Finalist  : 1st Pro Masters 1993

  • Semi Finalist      : Nationals in Calcutta 1994
  • Semi Finalist      : 2nd Pro Master  1994
  • Semi Finalist      : Nationals in Delhi 1995
  • Quarter Finalist  : Jindal's Pro Masters 1995
  • Semi Finalist      : Maharashtra State open 1996
  • Quarter Finalist  : Dewan Housing Squash Challenge 1997
  • Quarter Finalist  : Videocon Squash Classic 1997
  • Quarter Finalist  : ISP-Mukesh Babu Squash Satellite 1998
  • Quarter Finalist  : Dewan Housing Classic 1998
  
Santosh More
 

Achievements:

  • Quarter Finalist  :1st Pro Masters 1993

  • Quarter Finalist  :Jindal Pro Masters 1995

  • Runners Up        :Dewan Housing Challenge 1997

  • Semi Final         :Videocon Squash Classic 1997

  • Winner              :Dewan Squash Classic 1997

  • Runners Up        :Nationals 1998 at Calcutta
 
Rajesh Verma
 

Son of the legendary 14 times professional champion(Shyamlal Verma), he owes his position in squash to his father, Vijay Goel & Gautam Goel of Dhampur Sugar Mills, Dhampur, Uttarpradesh, where his father is the sports and recreation manager. 

At the age of 24 he is among the top four in the professional category in India.  He gradutated from Pune University doing his B.S.C and was the captain for the same university for 3 years.  His major breakthrough was in Western India tournament when he beat the much fancied Anant More. 

Achievements:
  • 1994: Probable for Indian Squash Junior Team. 
  • 1994-95: Pune Open Runner-Up.
  • 1997: Winner in CCI-Western India, Mumbai.
  • 1998: Winner in Mukesh Babu Satellite Squash Mumbai.
  • 1998: Winner in Dewan Housing Classic.
 

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