CLUB PRANA SPA & FITNESS CENTER & ISP DOUBLES SQUASH
(Men’s Top -16)

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All Results :

Final :
Rajesh Sonawane/Bipin Batra (W.C.G.) beat Rajesh Rajani / Dhiraj Nagpal (Khar Gym) 15-12, 9-15, 15-14

Semi Final :

Rajesh Sonawane/Bipin Batra (Will.Catholic. Gym) Beat Sonu Mirani/Shashi Gupta Beat (Sindhi Soc. Gym) 7-15/ 15-11/ 8-15/ 15-12/ 15-8
Dhiraj Nagpal/Rajesh Rajani (Khar Gym) Beat Rohan Gracias/Jay Thapa (Kamla Vihar Gym) 15-12/ 15-10/ 9-15/ 15-7

Quarter Final :
Dhiraj Nagpal/Rajesh Rajani (Khar Gym) Beat Chandrakant Pawar/Sanjay Goyal (The Leela 15-13/12-15/15-13
Sonu Mirani/Sashi Gupta Beat (Sindhi Soc. Gym) Beat Bhuvan Vora/Badresh Shah 9-15/15-14/15-12
Rohan Gracias/Jay Thapa (Kamla Vihar Gym) Beat Anurag Gill/Avinash Bhavnani (Otters Club)  7-15/15-6/15-11
Rajesh Sonawane/Bipin Batra (Will.Catholic. Gym) Beat Jehangir Surti/Siddharta Thakkar 10-15/ 15-4/ 17-16

Qualifying Round :

Bipin Batra/ Rajesh Sonawane (WCG) beat Raj Gill/Puneet Makkad (Chembur Gym) 15-12, 15-11;
Bhuvan Vora/Bhadresh Shah (MCF) beat Brian Sopher/Riaz Mohammed (Hyatt) 5-15, 15-6, 15-11;
Jahangir Surti/Siddharth Thakkar (Willingdon) beat Pawan Poddar/Sunil Goyal (Tulip Star) 15-13, 13-15, 15-13;
C.S.Pawar/Sanjay Goyal (The Leela) beat Leon Emanuel/Hemant Khera 15-12, 15-12;

Press Articles of the tournament

Sonawane-Batra pair emerge champions
(Article in Free Press Journal, Mumbai : 25/11/2003)

Rajesh Sonawane and Bipin Batra of Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (WCG) claimed top honours in the Club Prana Spa & Fitness Center-ISP Doubles Squash Tournament, an invitation handicap tournament involving 16 doubles pairs from the top clubs in the city. 

In the final, the WCG duo overcome Dhiraj Nagpal and Rajesh Rajani of Khar Gymkhana in the final at the Hyatt Regency squash courts on Monday. 

In the semi-finals on Sunday, Nagpal and Rajani defeated Rohan Gracious and Jay Thapa of Kamla Vihar Gymkhana 15-12, 15-10, 9-15, 15-7 and Sonawane and Batra got the better of Sonu Mirani and Shashi Gupta of Sindh Society Gymkhana 7-15, 15-11, 8-15, 15-12, 15-8.

Batra-Sonawane supreme
(Article in Mid-Day, Mumbai : 25/11/2003)

The Combination of Rajesh Sonawane and Bipin Batra of Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana emerged supreme in the Club Prana Spa & Fitness Center-ISP Doubles Squash Tournament, defeating Dhiraj Nagpal and Rajesh Rajani of Khar Gymkhana 15-12, 9-15, 15-14 at the Hyatt Regency yesterday. 

After sharing a game each, the pair of Nagpal and Rajani was leading 12-14, before Sonawane and Batra leveled scores. Nagpal decide to play a one point tie-breaker to decide the match and it was ironical that after a long rally, Nagpal found the tin when attempting a drop shot.

49th Tournament Organised by ISP