MUMBAI SCHOOLS SPORTS ASSOCIATION
1st  SBI - MSSA  INTER SCHOOL SQUASH TOURNAMENT
11th Feb 2006 at CCI

   

  At the prize distribution ceremony held at the lawn of CCI from left to right: Ishaan Advani (Winner in Boys U-11 category), Mr Ashish Gupta (President, ISP), Saumya Karki (Girls U-13), Viraj Nayar (Boys U-15), Abhishek Pradhan (Boys U-13) & Sanjay Goyal (Secretary General, ISP)


Ankita scores upset win over Sachika; top seed Merchant out

Top seed Pranay Merchant of Bombay International and seconds seed Sachika Balwani of Bombay Scottish were the biggest casualties in the semi-finals of the SBI-MSSA first Inter-Schools Squash Tournament, organized by MSSA and Indian Squash Professionals, at the glass-backed courts of the Cricket Club of India, here, on Friday.

While Pranay Merchant lost in five games to unseeded Viraj Nayar of Bombay International, the fancied Sachika lost to her long-time nemesis Ankita Sharma of Arya Vidya Mandir. Sachika and Ankita have been involved in quite a few close matches on court for the past two years or so, but of late Ankita seems to be getting the better of her fancied opponents more often than not. In the semi-finals, Ankita won 11-5, 12-10, 11-6 to set up a title clash with top seed Saumya Karki of Hiranandani Foundation, who was taken the distance by her schoolmate Shreya Khatri before winning 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 5-11, 1-8.

Merchant, who took the first two games at a canter, winning 11-6, 11-8, was taken by surprise by the grit and gumption of Viraj, who just refused to buckle down. After Viraj won the closely contested third game 11-9, the visibly tiring Merchant's shoulders drooped even further. The top seed lost the fourth game 7-11 and sadly gave up the contest in the decider, losing it 1-11. In the final, Viraj will take on Ness Billimoria of St. Mary's ICSE, who ended the fine run of unseeded schoolmate Atish Chhabria 9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8.

The boys under-13 will see an interesting title clash between top seed Abhishek Pradhan and second seed Mahesn Mangaonkar, both representing Don Bosco, Borivli, while the boys under-11 final will pit top seed Ishaan Advani of Cathedral & John Connon against fourth seed schoolmate Arjun Kochhar.

Final: 

Finals :

Boys U-11:
1-Ishan Advani (Cathedral & John Connon) bt 4-Arjun Kochhar (Cathedral) 11-9, 11-2, 11-3.
3rd place: Aviroop Ghosal (Hiranandani Foundation)

Boys U-13:
1-Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borivali) bt 2-Mahesh Mangaonkar (Don Bosco, Borivali) 11-7, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8.
3rd place: Caran Arora (Cathedral).

Boys U-15:
Viraj Nayar (Bombay International) bt Ness Billimoria (St. Mary’s ICSE) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6.
3rd place: Pranay Merchant (Bombay International).

Girls U-13:
1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani) bt Ankita Sharma (AVM, Juhu) 11-8, 11-4, 10-11, 11-4.
3rd place: Sachika Balvani (Bombay Scottish).

Semi-finals : 

Boys under 11:
1- Ishaan Advani (Cathedral & John Cannon) bt 2-Raghav Mehrotra (Cathedral & John Connon)11-8, 11-5, 11-6;
4-Arjun Kochhar (Cathedral &John Cannon) bt 3-Aviroop Ghosal (Hiranandani foundation)11-6, 11-0, 11-8.

Boys under 13:
1-Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco High School) bt Vardhan Ladiwala 11-3,11-3, 11-0.
2-Mahesh Mangaonkar (Don Bosco High School) bt Caran Arora (Cathedral & John Cannon) 11-6,11-8,11-4.

Boys under 15:
Viraj Nayar (Bombay International) bt 1- Pranay Merchant (Bombay International) 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-1.
Ness Billimoria (St Mary's ICSE) btAtish Chhabria 9-11,11-5, 11-3, 11-8.

Girls under 13 and 11:
1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani foundation) bt Shriya Khatri (Hiranandani foundation) 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8;
2-Ankita Sharma bt Sachika Balwani (Bombay Scottish) 11-5, 12-10, 11-6.

Quarter-finals:

Girls under 13 and 11:
1-Saumya Karki (Hiranandani foundation) bt Sena 11-1, 11-1, 11-2.
Shriya Khatri (Hiranandani foundation) bt Sanjana Merchant (Bombay International) 11-2, 11-4, 11-3.
Ankita Sharma bt Aishwarya Kulkarni (Hiranandani foundation) 11-1, 11-2, 11-5.
2-Sachika Balwani (Bombay Scottish) w/o Mullaji Nandini (Cathedral &John Cannon).

Boys under 11:
1-Ishaan Advani (Cathedral& John Connon) bt Naik Aryaman (V C W Arya Vidya) 11-0, 11-3, 11-1;
2-Raghav Mehrotra (Cathedral & John Connon) bt Aditya Khatri 11-7,11-6,11-5;
3-Aviroop Ghosal (Hiranandani Foundation) bt Kunj Rawani (Don Bosco, Matunga) 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6;
4-Arjun Kochhar (Cathedral & John Connon) bt Amal Hosangady (St. Mary's ICSE) 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7.

Boys under-13:
1-Abhishek Pradhan (Don Bosco, Borvili) bt Ajan Jayant (Cathedral & John Connon) 11-2, 11-2, 11-3;
Vardhan Ladiwala (St Mary's ICSE) bt Aakash Kutty (Hiranandani Foundation) 11-6, 15-13, 11-16;
Caran Arora (Cathedral & John Connon) bt Aditya Kochhar (Cathedral & John Connon) 11-2, 11-0, 11-4;
2-Mahesh Mangaonkar (Don Bosco, Borivli) beat Riyan Bhatia( St Mary's ICSE) 11-3 11-8 11-2.

Boys under-15:
1-Pranay Merchant (Bombay International) bt Akhil Bakhshi (St Mary's ICSE) 11-4, 11-5, 11-1;
Viraj Nayar (Bombay International ) bt Shaab Bhanji (Bombay Scottish) 11-3, 11-3, 11-5;
Ness Billimoria bt Adesh Bhansali ( Bombay International) 11-3, 11-4,11-6;
Atish Chhabria (St Mary's ICSE) bt (2) Sanmeet Singh Anand (Lilavatibai Podar) 11-9, 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-4.

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