COMPLAN JUNIOR SQUASH OPEN 2002
From 11th to 15th November 2002

  
Dixit Dhamaka
Stuns top seed in under-11 final
 

Left to right behind Sanjiv Saran Mehra (Tournament Director), Khalid Ansari (SRAM President), Pradeep Poddar (Managing Director, Heinz), N. Thiruambalam (V.P. Mktg, Heinz). Front Row left to right Alsiha M (U-15), Nresh Kumar (U-15), Vikram M (U-13), Ravi Dixit (U-13), Ravi Dixit (U-11), Saurav G (U-17), Surbhi Mishra (U-13), Joshna C. (U-17)

  

The final day of the Complan Junior squash open at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana under the auspices of Squash Racquets of Federation of India abd Squash Racquets Association of Maharashtra started with a bang.

Delhi's Ravi Dixit surprised top seed Ramit Tandon 9-1,3-9,9-4,9-0 in the boys under-11 final. Dixit started squash just a year ago and had also reached the final of the Little Masters tournament held this year.

Dixit was the toast of the crowd during the presentation ceremony that was chaired by SRAM president Khalid A-H Ansari. He got the biggest applause when he was awarded the best player of the tournament. With the two awards, Dixit bagged a total cash prize of Rs.17,000.

In the other upset of the day, another Delhi player made a mark. Naresh Kumar beat top seed Sandeep Jhangra in the best match of the day. After losing the first two games, Kumar turned the tables on Jhangra to win 5-9, 3-9, 9-4, 9-7. Kumar pocketed Rs.20,000 and received another Rs.5,000 when he was also chosen player of the tournament.

Following are the results: 

All Finals :

Boys Under-17: 1-Sourav Ghosal (Kolkatta) bt Siddharth Samantray (Mumbai) 9-0, 9-0, 9-3. 
Under-15: 3-Naresh Kumar (Delhi) bt 1-Sandeep Jhangra (Jindal) 5-9, 3-9, 9-3, 9-4, 9-7. 
Under-13: 1-Vikram Malhotra (Mumbai) bt 2-Laxman Joshi (Mumbai) 9-6, 9-7, 9-5. 
Under-11: 2-Ravi Dixit (Delhi) bt 1-Ramit Tandon (Kolkatta) 9-1, 3-9, 9-4, 9-0. 
Girls under-17: 1-Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) bt 2-Sonali Philip (Chennai) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2. 
Under-15: 1-Alisha Mashruwala (Mumbai) bt 2-Shruti Reddy (Chennai) 9-6, 9-2, 9-5. 
Under-13: Surbhi Mishra (Rajasthan) bt Shivangi Paranjpe (Mumbai) 4-9, 9-4, 9-5, 6-9, 9-3.

Semifinals :

Boys u-11 : 
Ravi Dixit (Del) beat Adit Zaveri (Mum) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
Ramit Tandon (Kol) beat Aditya Jagtap 9-3, 6-9, 9-2, 9-0
Boys u-13:
Vikram Malhotra (Mum) beat Anup Sharma (Jindal) 9-0,9-1,9-1
Laxman Joshi (Jindal) beat Prashant Kumar (Chennai) 9-5,9-2,5-9,10-8
Boys u-15:
Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) beat Naishad Lalwani (Mum) 9-2,9-4,9-5
Naresh Kumar (Del) beat Manek Mathur (Mum) 9-7,9-2,7-9,9-1
Boys u-17 :
Saurav Ghosal (Kol) beat Sarvesh Chouhan (jindal) 9-1,9-0,9-2
Siddharth Samantray (Mum) beat M Prathiban (Chennai) 4-9, 9-2,9-5,2-9,10-8
Girls u-13:
Shivangi Paranjpe (Mum) beat Deepika Pallikal (Chennai) 9-5,5-9,10-8,9-7
Surbhi Mishra (Raj) beat Nikita Emanuel (Mum) 7-9,9-7,10-8,10-8
Girls U-15 :
Alisha Mashruwala (Mum) beat Shivangi Philip (Chennai) 9-0,9-0,9-0
Shruti Reddy (Chennai) beat Madhura Paranjpe (Mum) 9-1,9-4,9-0
Girls u-17:
Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) beat Niyati Dewan 9-0,9-0,9-0
Sonali Philip (Chennai) beat Natasha Singh (Mum) 7-9,9-3,9-5,9-5

Quarterfinals :

Boys u-17 : 2-M Partibhan (Chennai) bt Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) 9-3, 4-9, 9-7, 7-9, 9-6;
4-Sarvesh Chauhan (Jindal) bt Rushabh Vora 9-0, 10-9, 0-9, 9-6
Boys u-15 : 1-Sandeep Jhangra (Jindal) bt Akshaye Gandhi 9-0, 9-0, 9-1;
4-Naishad Lalwani bt Jay Bhagat 9-1, 9-0, 9-2;
3-Naresh Kumar (Delhi) bt Cyrus Vakil 9-5, 9-7, 9-7;
2-Manek Mathur bt Joran Diwan 9-7, 4-9, 9-0, 9-3.
Boys U-13 : 1-Vikram Malhotra (Mumbai) bt Arnay Kaura (Mumbai) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0;
4-Anup Sharma (Jindal) bt Jay Dalal (Mumbai) 9-1, 10-8, 9-10, 10-9;
Prashant Kumar (Chennai) bt Rahul D'Cunha (Mumbai) 9-4, 9-0, 9-2;
2-Laxman Joshi (Jindal) bt Akhilesh Nayak (Mumbai) 9-4, 9-4, 9-5.
Boys U-11 : 4-Aditya Jagtap (Mumbai) bt Tarun Nambiar (Mumbai) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0;
1-Ramit Tondon (Kolkatta) bt Akash Kutty (Mumbai) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0;
2-Ravi Dixit (Delhi) bt Sanchit Mehta 9-2, 9-1, 9-5.
Girls U-13 :3-Surabhi Mishra (Mumbai) bt Sasha Sahani (Mumbai) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0;
Nikita Emanuel (Mumbai) bt Shaheda Madraswala (Mumbai) 9-5, 9-2, 9-5;
2-Shivangi Paranjpe (Mumbai) bt Sachika Balwani (Mumbai) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0;
1-Dipika Pallikal (Chennai) bt Ankita Sharma (Mumbai) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

 

Under the Auspices of SRFI and the aegis of SRAM

In Association with 
Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club
N.S.Road No.13, Opp. Juhu Bus Station, Mumbai 400 049 Tel : 620 6016, 620 5937/5973
   

Organising Committee

V.L.Khetan
Ashok H. Mehra
Santosh P. Gulwadi
Bharat R. Mehta
Gautam Thakkar
H.S. Toteja

Rustom Dalal (SRFI Observer)
Shiv Malhotra (SRAM Observer)
Sanjiv Saran Mehra (Tournament Director)
Anil Mahesh (Tournament Co-ordinator)

 

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