Herald Maritime Services Squash Open 2003
at Otters Club, Bandra, Mumbai
 5/7/2003

 

 

At the prize distribution ceremony of Herald Maritime Services Open Squash in Otters Club from left to right: Miss Noreena (ISP), Capt Jamshed Appoo (Sponsor), Gaurav Nandrajog (Winner in under-19 category), chief guest & hockey legend Dhanraj Pillay, Khalid A-H Ansari (President, SRAM), Ritwik Bhattacharaya (Winner in men’s category), Mekhala Subedar (Winner in women’s category) & Zavary Poonawalla


Squash Report from Bruno Goveas as on 06/07/2003 

Delhi’s Gaurav Nandrajog and Mumbai’s Sahil Vora came up with performances befitting the final of a major tournament as they battled for five games and more than two hours in the boys under-19 final before Nandrajog prevailed in the Rs 3.70 lakh prize money Herald Maritime Services All-India Squash Open, which concluded at the glass-backed courts of The Otters Club, here, on Saturday.

Nandrajog battled moments of self-doubt, which saw him fritter away valuable points, before winning 12-15, 15-4, 11-15, 15-12, 15-12.

The men’s and women’s finals went according to seeding and form, with top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya of Delhi outplaying second seed Sourav Ghoshal of Chennai in four games at 15-6, 15-6, 14-15, 15-8 for the top purse of Rs 75,000 and Deolali’s Mekhala Subedar, the top seeded women, defeating third seed Priyanka Yadav 15-6, 15-6, 10-15, 15-8.

Results All finals:

Men’s: Ritwick bhattachayara beat Saurav Ghosal 15-6, 15-6, 14-15, 15-8
Women’s: 1-Mekhala Subedar (Deolali) bt 3-Priyanka Yadav (Mumbai) 15-6, 15-6, 10-15, 15-8.
Boys U-19: 1-Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) bt 2-Sahil Vora (Mumbai) 12-15, 15-4, 11-15, 15-12, 15-12.

Semi Finals: 
Men’s Open :
1-Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt 4-Amjad Khan (Dhampur) 15-2, 15-5, 15-2; 
2-Sourav Ghoshal (Chennai) bt Karan Bhatty 15-6, 15-5, 15-9. 

Women :
1-Mekhala Subedar (Deolali) bt 4-Rachita Vora 15-7, 15-11, 15-8; 
3-Priyanka Yadav bt 2-Deepali Anvekar 15-9, 5-15, 15-10, 15-12. 

Boys U-19 :
 1-Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) bt Vikas Jangra (Jindal) 15-11, 15-10, 15-10; 
2-Sahil Vora bt Mihir Sheth 15-10, 15-7, 15-4.

Quarter Finals: 

Men’s Open: 
4-Amjad Khan (Dhampur) bt Vishal Kapoor 15-8, 16-17, 15-14, 15-6; 
Karan Bhatty bt Sachin Jadhav 13-15, 15-12, 15-9, 15-10; 
2-Saurav Ghoshal (Chennai) bt Rohit Thawani 15-9, 15-7, 15-6; 
1-Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Satyajit Sheshadri (Chennai) 15-7, 15-5, 15-1. 

Women :
 4-Rachita Vora bt Shaila Panole 15-6, 15-3, 15-7; 
3-Priyanka Yadav bt Madhura Paranjpe 15-8, 15-7, 15-5; 
2-Deepali Anvekar bt Shivangi Paranjpe 15-2, 15-4, 15-7. 
1-Mekhala Subedar (Deolali) bt Sachika Balwani 15-3, 15-6, 15-6;

Boys U-19: 
 1-Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) bt Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) 15-7, 15-6, 15-9; 
Vikas Jangra (Jindal) bt Dhruv Dhawan 15-12, 15-2, 15-7; 
Mihir Sheth bt Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) 15-13, 15-6, 12-15, 15-8; 
2-Sahil Vora bt Anurag Gill 15-12, 15-8, 15-13.

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47th Tournament Organised by ISP

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