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All India Squash Carnival 2007
From 26th to 31st January 2007

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Bhattacharya justifies top billing wins all India title 

Top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya justified his top billing by beating second seed Khalid Atlas Khan of Pakistan 12-10, 11-9, 11-7 in the men's category of the 75th tournament, the ISP Platinum All-India Squash Carnival 2007, organized by the Indian Squash Professionals at the glass-backed squash courts of the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana and The Club, Andheri, here on Wednesday. Bhattacharya bagged along with the title, a prize purse of Rs 1,00,000.

Bhattacharya made a good return to title winning ways after an unsuccessful attempt to win the gold medal at the recently concluded Asian Games. The boy from Delhi fought hard in a final that turned out to be a India versus Pakistan affair with Khalid Atlas Khan joining him in the finals. Bhattacharya had to sweat it out again Khan, who was intent to fighting right till the end.

The first game set the tone for the match as Bhattacharya and Khan battled their way through long rallies. Bhattacharya saved game point in the first game and thanks to an error from Khan, took the first game. The second was just as close but Bhattacharya managed to keep his nose ahead and win the game 11-9. The third game was much more intense with the both players falling over each other on more than a few occasions. The tiring Khan however couldn't keep up with Bhattacharya and lost the game 11-7.

"I wasn't playing my best squash today. This game was all about grinding out a result and I managed that. The tournament has been great and hats off to ISP and I hope to be a part of more of their events", Bhattacharya added after his encounter.

Meanwhile the women's final also went according to the seedings as top seed Joshna Chinappa demolished second seed Deepika Palliakal 11-5, 11-8. 11-9. In a game that was littered with errors and hence short rallies, Chinappa won beat her close friend Palliakal in 21 minutes. The first game was a one sided affair with Chinappa dictating the play. In the third game Deepika was leading 4-0 but she lost her initiative and also the game. 

Following are the results: (All Finals)

Men's Open: 1-Ritwik Bhattacharya bt 2-Khalid Atlas Khan (Pak) 12-10, 11-9, 11-7.

Boys u-19: 1-Vikram Malhotra bt Sohail Kapoor (Delhi) 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5.

Boys u-17: 1-Cyril Kuhn (TN) bt 2-Laxman Joshi (Jindal Squash Academy) 7-11, 11-5, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10.

Boys u-15: 1-Aditya Jagtap bt Abhishek Pradhan 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5.

Boys u-13: 1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt 2-Rahil Fazelbhoy 11-2, 11-6, 11-4.

Boys u-11: Akhilesh Yadav bt Yohan Pandole 11-3, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7.

Boys & Girls u-9: 1-Rajat Agarwal bt 2-Sandeep Paswan 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7.

Boys & Girls u-7: Aryan Parekh bt Gopal Goyal 11-3, 11-5.

Women's: 1-Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt 2-Dipika Pallikal (TN) 11-5, 11-8. 11-9.

Girls u-15: 1-Saumya Karki bt 2-Ankita Sharma 11-7, 4-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3.

Professionals: 2-Sanjay Pawar bt 1-Mahesh Verma (Nashik) 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4.

Doubles Open: Vikram Malhotra & Manish Chotrani bt Sunil Verma & Laxman Joshi 15-8, 15-11. (Best of 3)

Doubles Handicap: Leon Emanuel & Dr. Sheshadri bt Rajesh Rajani & Vinod Rajani 13-15, 15-14, 15-6.(Best of 3)

Men's Over 35: Amit Chinoy bt Raja Parthsarhay 11-4, 11-3, 3-11, 12-10.

Men's Over 45: Vaman Apte bt Rahul Kumar (Del ) 12-10, 12-10, 11-2.

Men's Over 55: Raj Manchanda bt Kishan Lal 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7

All Semifinals : 

Mens Open :
Ritwik Bhattachaya bt Vikas Jhangra 12-10, 12-10 11-6
Khalid Atlas Khan bt Adil Atlas Khan 11-8, 11-9, 11-8

Women's : 
1-Joshna Chinappa bt 3-Sivangi Paranjpe 11-8, 11-4, 11-6; 
2-Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Mandy Kennedy 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7. 

Boys U-11 :
Yohan Pandole bt Karan Kochar 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8
Akhilesh Yadav bt Aditya Singhi 11-3, 11-5, 11-6

Girls u-15 : 
1-Saumya Karki bt Rinki Soni ( Jindal Squash Academy) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; 
2-Ankita Sharma bt Shria Khatri 11-8, 11-5, 11-3. 

Boys u-19 : 
1-Vikram Malhotra bt Kunwarpal Singh 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9; 
Sohail Kapoor (Delhi) bt 2-Cyrus Vakil 11-9, 11-6, 11-8. 

Boys u-17 : 
2-Laxman Joshi (Jindal Squash Academy) bt Karm Kumar (Delhi) 11-8, 11-3, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6.
Cyril Kuhn bt Abhinav Sinha 11-9, 11-7, 11-7

Boys u-15 : 
1-Aditya Jagtap bt Aakash Borwankar 11-4, 11-3, 11-6; 
Abhishek Pradhan bt Pranay Merchant 11-6, 11-4, 11-7. 

Boys u-13 : 
1-Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Vrishab Kotian 18-16, 11-8, 11-5; 
2-Rahil Fazelbhoy bt Ishaan Advani 8-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-7. 

Boys & Girls u-9 : 
1-Rajat Agarwal bt Jui Kalgutkar 11-0, 11-2, 11-2; 
2-Sandeep Paswan bt Yohan Surti 11-7, 11-6, 11-7. 

Boys/Girl's U/7 : (Best of 3)
Aryan Parekh bt Darsha Pathak 11-9, 11-9;
Gopal Goyal bt Vishaesh Gupta 11-4, 11-6.  

Professionals: 
1-Mahesh Verma (Nashik) bt Vijay Waghela 6-11, 11-4, 11-2, 12-10; 
2-Sanjay Pawar bt Sachin Jadhav 11-9, 11-3, 13-11.

Doubles Handicap : (Best of 3)
Rajesh Rajani / Vinod Rijhwani bt Gautam Shetty / Manish Chauhan 10-15, 15-5, 15-10
Leon Emanuel / Dr. Sheshadri bt Mukesh Desai / Salim Mistry 14-15, 15-8, 17-14

Mens Over 35 :
Raja Parthasarthi bt Chetan Ladiwala 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8
Amit Chinai bt Jahangir Surti 11-7, 11-3, 11-9.

All Quarterfinals 

Boys Under – 11 
Aditya Singhi W/O Nilesh Pal
Karan Kochar W/o Mohit Yadav
Akhilesh Yadav bt Aditya Khatri 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-3
Yohan Pandole bt Neel Chheda 11-5, 11-4, 11-4

Boys Under –13 
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Vardan Ladiwala 11-2, 11-3, 11-7
Ishaan Advani bt Jagganath Kutye 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8
Arjun Kochar bt Vrishab Kotian 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5
Rahil Fazelbhoy bt Raghav Mehrotra 8-11, 11-9, 11-3, 14-16, 11-4

Boys Under – 15
Aakash A. Borwankar bt Shashi Pandey 11-8, 11-3, 11-7
Abhishek Pradhan bt Samir Mistry 11-9, 11-7, 11-5
Aditya Jagtap bt Aditya Kochar 11-0, 11-4, 11-2
Pranay Merchant bt Varun Verma 11-3, 12-10, 11-8

Girls Under – 15 
Saumya Karki bt Shweta Yadav 11-3, 11-2, 11-4
Shria Khatri bt Anju Sharma 11-6, 11-3, 11-3
Rinki Soni bt Namrata Purohit 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-2
Ankita Sharma bt Urvashi Joshi 11-7, 11-3, 11-8

Women's 
Shivangi Paranjpe bt Kiran Mirpuri 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
Deepika Pallikal bt Anushka Patel 11-6, 11-1, 11-2
Joshna Chinappa bt Shweta Singh 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
Mandy Kennedy bt Kanika Premnarayan 11-1, 11-1, 11-7

Boys U-17 
Abhinav Sinha bt Jay Dalal 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
Karm Kumar bt Sagar Murdeshwar 11-1, 11-3, 11-5
Cyril Khun W/o Cyrus Sidhwa
Laxman Joshi bt Amey Merchant 11-8, 11-2, 11-1

Doubles Handicap 
Mukesh Desai & Salim Mistry bt Inderpal Singh & Shyam Wadkar 15-12, 15-11
Rajesh Rajani & Vinod Rijhwani bt Akshay Telang & Vijay Sonawane 15-10, 15-13
Gautam Kalani & Manish Chavan bt Sonu Mirani & Shashi Gupta 9-15, 15-12, 15-14
Leon Emanuel & Dr. Sheshadri bt Sanjay Kalati & Vivek Khanna 17-16, 15-10, 15-11 

Boys Under 19 
Kunwarpal Singh bt Virendra Pawar 11-4, 11-5, 11-5
Sohail Kapoor bt Cadit Dushyant Kalawat 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
Vikram Malhotra bt Akshay Telang 11-5, 11-5, 11-9
Cyrus Vakil bt Tarun Verma 11-6, 11-5

Doubles Open 
Shaukat Khan & Ashish Gupta bt Shivangi Paranjpe & Mandy Kennedy 15-4, 17-15, 15-6
Laxman Joshi & Sunil Verma bt Cyrus Vakil & Harjinder Singh 15-9, 17-16
Vikram Malhotra & Manish Chotrani bt Rohan Gracias & Vijay Wagela 15-10, 15-11
Deepika Pallikal & Cyril Kuhn bt Aditya Jagtap & Mahesh Mangaonkar 17-15, 17-16 

Professionals:
1-Mahesh Verma (Nashik) bt Baban More 8-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-2;
Vijay Waghela bt Rohan Darekar 11-4, 11-7, 12-10;
Sachin Jadhav bt Gopi Mohite 14-12, 11-2, 11-1;
2-Sanjay Pawar bt Sunil Verma 11-7, 8-11, 11-3, 11-8. 

Boys/ Girl's U/9 :
Jui Kalgutkar bt Ishan Mehta 12-10, 11-8;
Yohan Surti bt Roshan Sharma 11-2, 11-1;
Rajat Agarwal bt Ananya Lalchandani 11-1, 11-0;
Sandeep Paswan bt Ben Kennedy 11-5, 11-5.  

Mens Over 35 :
Raja Parthasarthay bt Harish Shenawa 11-7, 11-5, 11-1
Chetan Ladiwala bt Rajesh Rajani 11-7, 11-5, 12-10
Jahangir Surti bt Sanjay Goyal 11-13, 11-3, 11-0
Amit Chinai W/o Ashish Gupta 

Mens Over 45 :
Vaman Apte W/o
Anjan Chinappa bt Inderpal Singh 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-8
Sashi Gupta bt Sunil Gambers 11-6, 11-1, 11-8
Rahul Kumar bt Mukesh Motash 11-6, 11-8, 11-0

Mens Over 55 :
Gurdeep Chadda bt Brian Sutton 13-15, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10
Kishanlal W/o A Player
Shyam Wadkar W/o C. N. Shetty
Raj Manchanda W/o Nemjee Savla 

Mens Open :
Ritwik Battacharya bt Dheeraj Nagpal 11-3, 11-8, 11-0
Vikas Jhangra bt Shaukat Raza Khan 11-4, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8
Adil Khan W/o Manish Chotrani 
Khalid Atlas Khan bt Rohan Gracias 11-6, 11-1, 11-9

    MESSAGES RECEIVED FOR ORGANISING 75 TOURNAMENTS

• Shri. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (Vice President of India)
• Shri. N. Gopalaswami (Cheif Election Commissioner of India)
• Shri. Mani Shankar Aiyar (Minister of Panchayati Raj and Youth Affairs & Sports)
• Shri. Prem Chand Gupta (Minister of Company Affairs, Government of India)
• Dr. Akhilesh Das (Minister of State for Steel, Government of India)
• Shri. Vilasrao Deshmukh (Chief Minister of Maharashtra)
• Shri. Narendra Modi (Chief Minister Gujarat State)
• Shri. Nawal Kishore Sharma (Governor of Gujarat)
• Shri. Anil Diggikar (IAS), (Chief Patron School Games Federation of India (SGFI)
• Mr. Khalid A-H. Ansari (Chairman Emeritus, SRAM)
• Mr. Ranjan Sanghi (President, SRAM)
• Mr. Kapil Dev (Cricketer, India)
• Mr. Satish Kaushik (Bollywood Actor & Director)
• Mr. Tushar Kapoor (Bollywood Actor) // Ms. Ayesha Takia (Bollywood Actress)

 PRIZE MONEY

Tournament Director : Shiv Malhotra 

Tournament Co-ordinator : Ashok Nagpal & A. I. Singh

SRAM Observer : Sanjay Goyal Chief Referee : Riaz Mohammed

Tournament Committee : Ashish Gupta, Rohan Gracias, Deepak Moolani, Jogi Singh, Yakub Shaikh

SRAM Committee : Khalid Ansari, Ranjan Sanghi, Srikant Ruparel, Arif Patel, Shiv Malhotra,
Mahendra Agarwal, Gautam Thakkar, Ananth Nayak, Neeraj Shirgaonkar,
Ashish Gupta, Deepak Malhotra, Sanjay Goyal, Douglas Goudinho, Sanjiv Saran Mehra

ISP Committee : 
Mahendra Agarwal, Narendra Gour (IRS), Navneet Soni (IRS), Shiv Kumar Dhanuka, Ashish Gupta, Noreena Periera, Sanjay Goyal, Vikram Kalludi, Ashok Nagpal, Bharat Bhushan (IRS),Rakesh Lakhanpal, Madhukar Musle, Saifee Jani, Shiv Mahlhotra, 
Riaz Mohammed, 

ISP Patrons : Vivek Nair (Vice Chairman & M.D. The Leela),
Sajjan Jindal (Chairman & M.D., JSW Steel), Eric Dastur (Chairman, K. M. Dastur Reinsurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd.)

Under the Auspices of SRAM

1. Matches will be best of 3 games (11 points game, Point-a-rally scoring), Quarterfinals onwards will be best of 5 games except for sub-junior and vintage events which will be best of 3 games throughout.
2. Please look carefully at the draws for your venue. Matches are being organized in multiple clubs/locations.
3. All players can enter their names in singles and doubles events, but only in ONE category each. 
4. Incase of insufficient entries in a particular category, the same may be clubbed with a higher category.
5. Doubles Open will be restricted to Top 16 teams only.
6. SRAM Membership is compulsory for players from Maharashtra
7. Participants should have completed their respective age limit as on 31st January 2007. All the participants of the Junior events must compulsorily furnish documentary proof of age (photocopies) from the Principal of the school or college they are attending on the school/college letterhead along with the entry form, with certificate failing which their entries will not be accepted.
8. All Junior participants MUST wear protective eyewear during competition.
9. Shoes with dark soles will not be allowed. (“Non-marking” dark soles also strictly not allowed).
10. Players are required to report to the tournament desk atleast 30 minutes before the scheduled starting time of their match. The Tournament Committee shall be the final authority regarding walk-overs and any other points of dispute
11. Draws will be sent to all participants by email (if provided in your entry from) on 20th January 2007 and posted on the website of www.ispsquash.com
12. In the event of any dispute, Tournament Director, Co-ordinator / Committee decision shall be final.
13. Players not showing up for their matches without minimum 24 hours prior notice and valid reason will NOT be permitted to participate in future ISP events and liable for disciplinary action.
14. Entries to be faxed, posted or hand delivered to : Indian Squash Professionals,
Office No. 2, Monarch Chambers, Marol Maroshi Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400059.
Tel: 28528444/64521815 Telefax : 28528445
15. The Tournament Committee reserves the right of refusing any entry without giving any reasons. The decision of the Tournament Committee will be final in all matters.

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