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Vineet, Chandrakant emerge Champions Independent (31.5.93) |
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It was a day to remember for Vineet Asthana and Chandrakant Pawar at the packed CCI's glass-back court on Sunday. The two players were tops in the amateurs and professionals section respectively in the first ever Transworld Shipping TWI Squash Tournament for the Sivaswamy Trophy. Asthana is India's third ranked junior but in this tournament on successive days he took in his stride India's top two juniors Paul Ferreira yesterday and Rishad Billimoria today in an absorbing final. Asthana made his opponent dance to his tune with superb shots to the baseline, and in the front court where he won several duels with the drop and counter drop. Billimoria kept fighting back but he did not have the space to do so as Asthana covered every part of the court, and towards the later stages did not allow his opponent to hustle him with obstructionist tactics which both players adopted. In the end Asthana's greater consistency helped him win 15-11, 7-15, 15-11, 15-11. In the professionals section Pawar won in straight games 15-11, 15-11, 15-12. The score does not indicate the keen tussle for supremacy, with Anant More of the CCI wrong footing Pawar with superb shots of the sidewalls. But Pawars court coverage was much superior and this always gave him the edge. Pawar of The Leela thus had a hat trick of titles having won the National, then the Monarch and Mudra and this one. Billiards ace Mike Ferreira was the chief guest.
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3rd Tournament Organised by ISP |
