55^th ICL National Squash Championship 2007 &

ICL National Masters Squash Championship 2007  
from 17^th-21^st July 2007, Chennai

No stopping Joshna Chinappa
Article in The Hindu : 22nd July 2007

— Photo: R. Ragu

QUEEN OF THE GLASS COURT: Joshna Chinappa (foreground) beat Dipika Pallikal for her seventh National title.

Joshna Chinappa bagged her seventh title, while Saurav Ghosal helped himself to his third, beating Siddharth Suchde 9-2, 9-3, 9-0, as the final moments of the singles events produced little surprise but enjoyable competition in the ICL-National squash championship held in Chennai.

At 14 years she had won her first National title and seven years hence Joshna continues to be at the top in the women’s section. Not since her loss to Mekhala Subedar in the 2002 final has Joshna been beaten by an Indian, a clear indication of this Chennai player’s supremacy at the National level.

“A national title is a national title”, that was the motivation for Joshna as she went about her task of fashioning another triumph, a 9-2, 4-9, 9-5, 9-1 win over the yet-to-turn 16 Dipika Pallikal.

The 34-minute contest had its good phases, particularly the down-the-line drives and the drops that both players employed. Where Joshna had the edge was in the way she masked her returns. Twice in the process she had Dipika, trying in vain to get to the ball, sprawled on the wooden floor like a gymnast during a floor exercise routine.

Barring the second game loss, at no point did Joshna feel threatened and sure enough emerged victor in style.

In the men's event Siddharth Suchde, after his fine exhibition in the semifinals was expected to stretch, if not totally surprise, Saurav. The lanky player began well, matching Saurav stroke for stroke. The forehand down-the-line and cross-court shots checked the defending champion and prolonged the rallies.

But Saurav’s ability is not just consistency and swift court movement but also the quick, angular returns that he employs as a surprise weapon. The well-directed forehands to the corner and the soft spun shots to catch the nick proved productive even as it triggered cheers from the gathering.

If steadiness marked Suchde’s display then variations were Saurav’s strategy. As the contest wore on, Saurav began to find the area above the tin unfailingly for winners, while Suchde’s slide was apparent.

Yet another moment of glory came in the professional category where 30-year-old Bala Murugan,  won his 10th National title in a row.

The results: 

Men (final): Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Siddharath Suchde (Mah) 9-2, 9-3, 9-0. 
Third place: Gaurav Nandrajog (del) bt Harinder Pal Singh (TN) 8-10, 9-1, 9-7, 5-9, 9-4.

Women (final): Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Dipika Pallikal (TN) 9-2, 4-9, 9-5, 9-1. 
Third place: Anwesha Reddy (TN) bt Surbhi Mishra (Raj) 7-9, 9-4, 9-1, 9-0.

Professional (final): Balamurugan (TN) bt Dalip Tripathi (WB) 9-0, 9-2, 9-5. 

Over 40 years (final): Rohit Thawani (Mah) bt Deepak Moolani (Mah) 6-9, 10-8, 10-9, 9-3.

Over 35 years (final): Niraj Shirgaonkar (Mah) bt Raja Parthasarathy (Mah) 9-5, 7-9, 7-9, 9-7, 9-2.

Over 50 years (final): B.I. Singh (Del) bt Vaman Apte (Mah) 9-3, 9-7, 10-9.

Semifinals: 

Men: 
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Harinder Pal Singh (TN) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4; 
Siddharth Suchde (Mah) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Dli) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0.

Women: 
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Surbhi Mishra (Raj) 9-5, 9-1, 9-4; 
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Anwesha Reddy (TN) 9-1, 9-3, 10-8.

Professionals: 
Balamurugan (TN) bt Kalimuthu (TN) 9-2, 9-4, 9-6; 
Dalip Tripathi (WB) bt Sanjay Pawar (Mah) 9-7, 9-5, 9-5.

Above-40: 
Rohit Thawani (Mah) bt Ashun Bahl (Ser) 8-10, 7-9, 9-0, 9-1, 9-7; 
Deepak Moolani (Mah) bt Chetan Ladiwala (Mah) 3-9, 6-9, 10-8, 9-7, 9-0 (retired).

Above-35: 
Niraj Shrgaonkar (Mah) bt Mohanish Sawant (Mah) 9-5, 9-7, 9-5; 
Raja Parthasarathy (Mah) bt Jehangir Surti (Mah) 9-2, 9-6, 9-3.

Above-50: 
B.I. Singh (Dli) bt V. Laxman (TN) 9-7, 9-5, 9-6; 
Vaman Apte (Mah) bt Chandrakant Pawar (Mah) 9-4, 9-0, 9-2.

Quarterfinals

Men:
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Supreet Singh (Mah) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; 
Harinder Pal Singh (TN) bt Parth Sharma (TN) 6-9, 10-9, 10-8, 9-7;
Siddharth Suchde (Mah) bt A. Parthiban (TN) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2; 
Gaurav Nandrajog (ND) bt Naresh Kumar (TN) 10- 9, 4-9, 9-3, 9-5.

Women: 
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Dheeya Somaiya (MP) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; 
Anwesha Reddy (TN) bt Komal Sharma (TN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; 
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Anaka Alankamony (TN) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; 
Surbhi Misra (Raj) bt Harita Omprakash (TN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Professional: 
Balamurugan (TN) bt Vijay Jangra (Raj) 9-4, 9-1, 9-2; 
Kalimuthu (TN) bt Desappan (TN) 8-10, 9-5, 9-3, 9-1; 
Sanjay Pawar (Mah) bt Hari Om Tripathi (TN) 10-8, 9-3, 9-1; 
Dalip Tripathi (WB) bt Vinodh Kumar (TN) 9-1, 9-4, 9-2 . 

54th National Squash Championship 2006
From 6th to 10th September 2006
At Safdarjung, New Delhi

All Results

Finals :

Men’s : [2] Saurav Ghosal bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9/3, 9/2, 9/7  
Women’s : [1] Joshna Chinappa bt [2] Dipika Pallikal 9/2, 9/5, 9/4

Semifinal Results : 

Men: 
Gaurav Nandrajog (TN) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) 6-9, 9-6, 9-5, 9-1; 
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Siddharth Suchde (Mah) 10-8, 9-3, 9-0.

Women: 
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Surbhi Mishra (Raj) 9-1, 9-2, 9-2; 
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Anwesha Reddy (TN) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0.

Quarterfinals :

53rd National Squash Championship 2005
From 6th to 12th November 2005
At Bombay Gymkhana, Mumbai

All Results 

(Finals): 
Men: Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Saurav Ghosal (TN) 9-3, 3-9, 9-4, 9-5. 
Women: Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Deepali Anwekar-Parikh (Mah) 9-4, 9-0, 9-2.
Professionals: B. Balamurugan (TN) bt Dalip Tripathi (Ben) 9-2, 2-9, 9-7, 9-2. 
35-39: Darius Surti (Mah) bt Bobby Bajaj (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-1. 
40-44: Raj Arora (Mah) bt Deepak Kochhar (Mah) 2-9, 9-4, 9-3, 9-1. 
45-49: Vaman Apte (Mah) bt V Laxman (TN) 9-7, 9-1, 9-3.

(Semifinals): 
Men: Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) 1-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-3; 
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Harinderpal Singh (TN) 9-2, 9-3, 9-0. 
Women: 
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Surbhi Mishra (Raj) 9-3, 9-3, 9-3; 
Deepali Parikh (Mah) bt Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2. 
Professionals:
B. Balamurugan (TN) bt Rohit More (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2; 
Dalip Tripathi (WB) bt Vijay Sonawane (Mah) 9-2, 9-1, 9-5.

Quarterfinals:
Men: 
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Dhiraj Singh (Raj) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0;
Gaurav Nandrajog (Del) bt Supreet Singh (Mah) 9-0, 9-4, 9-0;
Harinderpal Singh (TN) bt Vikas Jangra (SSCB) 9-2, 9-0 (retd);
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt A. Parthiban (TN) 9-3, 9-2, 9-2.

Women:
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Harita Omprakash (TN) 9-1, 9-3, 9-4;
Surbhi Mishra (Raj) bt Madhura Paranjpe (Mah) 9-6, 9-6, 9-1;
Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) bt Anwesha Reddy (TN) 1-9, 9-3, 9-7, 10-8.

Professionals: 
B. Balamurugan (TN) bt Sanjay Pawar (Mah) 9-1, 9-5, 9-1;
Rohit More (Mah) bt Rajesh Sonawane (Mah) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1;
Vijay Sonawane (Mah) bt Gopichand Mohite (Mah) 9-8, 6-9, 9-2, 6-9, 9-6;
Dalip Tripathi (Ben) bt Sachin Jadhav (Mah) 9-7, 9-4, 10-8.

52nd NATIONAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2004
from 2nd to 7th December 2004 At ICL Squash Academy, Chennai

All finals :
Men: Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (ND) 9-4, 6-9, 9-7, 9-2.
Women: Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt V. Anvesha Reddy (TN) 9-3, 9-0, 9-2.
Professionals: Bala Murugan (TN) bt Mahesh Verma (Mah) 9-5, 9-3, 9-0.

All semifinal: 
Men: 
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Vikas Jangra (SSCB) 9-0, 9-2, 9-5; 
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Harinder Pal Singh (TN) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0.
Women: 
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Dipika Pallikal (TN) 9-4, 9-0, 9-1; 
V. Anvesha Reddy (TN) bt Surbhi Misra (Raj) 9-6, 6-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-3.
Professional: 
Mahesh Verma (Mah) bt Santosh More (Mah) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1; 
Bala Murugan (TN) bt Rohit More (Mah) 9-4, 9-2, 9-3.

All quarterfinal :
Men: 
Ritwik Bhattacharya (ND) bt Amjad Khan (ND) 9-4, 9-3, 9-0; 
Harinder Pal Singh (TN) bt Naishadh Lalwani (Mah) 9-0, 9-2, 9-4; 
Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Rishad Pandole (Mah) 9-0, 9-4, 9-0; 
Vikas Jangra (SSCB) bt A. Parthiban (TN) 3-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-0;  
Women: 
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Ritika Reddy (TN) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; 
Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) 109, 9-5, 9-7; 
Surbhi Misra (Raj) bt Jsheila Mani (TN) 9-2, 9-2, 10-8; 
V. Anvesha Reddy (TN) bt Shibani Philip (TN) 9-2, 9-2, 8-10, 9-2.  

Doubles 
final:
Men: Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh (TN) bt Bala Murugan and A. Parthiban (TN) 9-2, 4-9, 9-4, 4-9, 9-8;
Semifinal:
Men:  Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh (TN) bt Niraj Shirgaokar and Gajendra Singh (Mah) 9-7, 11-9, 9-3; Bala Murugan and A. Parthiban (TN) bt Cyrus Poncha and Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN) 5-9, 10-11, 9-1, 9-5, 9-6. 
Quarterfinals:  
Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh (TN) bt Naishadh Lalwani and Rushabh Vora (Mah) 9-3, 9-4 9-7; Bala Muruganand A. Parthiban (TN) bt Amjad Khan and Naresh Kumar (Har) 9-6, 9-6, 9-5; Cyrus Poncha and Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN) bt Vikas Jangra and Shakti Singh (SSCB) 9-4, 9-5, 6-9, 9-7.

Women: 
Women: Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Surabhi Misra (Raj) and Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) 11-10, 9-3, 11-10.
Semifinal:  
Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Jesheila Mani and V. Anvesha Reddy (TN) 9-4, 9-4, 9-3; 
Surbhi Misra and Shivangi Paranjpe (TN) bt Shibani Philip and Sonali Philip (TN) 9-6, 9-3, 9-5.

Mixed doubles: 
Quarterfinals: Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt V. Laxman and Harita Omprakash (TN) 9-0, 9-5, 9-4; Gajendra Singh and Jesheila Mani (MP/TN) bt A. Parthiban and Ritika Reddy (TN) 9-2, 9-7, 3-9, 9-7; Bala Murugan and V. Anvesha Reddy (TN) bt Cyril Kuhn and Shibani Philip (TN) 9-5, 9-3, 2-9, 9-3; Harinder Pal Singh and Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Sami Johnson and Shivangi Paranjpe (TN) 9-7, 9-3, 9-5.

NATIONAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2003
from 26th to 30th November 2003
The Calcutta Racket Club, Kolkata

 All finals :

Men :  Ritwik Bhattacharya {ND} Beat  Saurav Ghosal {TN} 9-2, 9-1, 9-3 
Women :  Joshna Chinappa {TN} Beat Sonali Philip {TN} 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 
Masters 35-39 :  Rohit Thawani {MAH} Beat Mukhtiar Ali {ND} 9-4, 9-5, 9-0
Masters 40-44 :  O'Neil Pramanik {WB} Beat Deepak Moolani {MAH} 9-2, 9-3, 9-3
Masters 45-49 :  Vaman Apte {MAH} beat V Laxman {TN} 9-1, 8-10, 9-6, 9-6
Masters Over 50 :  Kishan Lal {MAH} Beat Sunil Patel {MP} 9-1, 9-2, 9-1
Professionals :  Mahesh Verma {MAH} beat Bala Murgan 6-9, 1-9, 9-6, 10-8, 9-4
Professional plate:   Ajay Bamania {MAH} Beat Rakesh Solanki {MAH} 9-0, 8-9, 9-2, 9-1
Men Plate : Vaman Apte {MAH} beat Deepak Moolani {MAH} 9-4, 2-9, 9-5, 9-4

Semifinals:    
Men : 
Gaurav Nandrajog {ND} Lost to Saurav Ghosal {TN} 7-9, 4-9, 3-9 
Ritwik Bhattacharya {ND} Beat Sahil Vora {MAH} 9-3, 9-0, 9-2 
Women : 
Surbhi Misra {RAJ} Lost to  Sonali Philip {TN} 10-8, 4-9, 2-9, 6-9
Joshna Chinappa {TN} beat Neha Rathi {WB} 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
Masters Over 50 :  
Sunil Patel {MP} beat  Jagat Kapur {WB} 9-0, 9-3, 9-5
Kishan Lal {MAH} Beat Kishore Mansata {WB} 9-1, 9-1, 9-3
Masters 45-49 :  
V Laxman {TN} Beat C S Pawar {MAH} 7-9, 9-0, 9-5, 5-9, 9-7
Vaman Apte {MAH} Beat Sunil Chainani {KR} 9-7, 9-4, 9-3
Masters 40-44 :  
Manan Mashruwala {MAH} Lost to Deepak Moolani {MAH} 2-9, 2-9, 2-9
O'Neil Pramanik {WB} Beat Tanveer Ahmed {WB} 9-4, 9-3, 9-6
Masters 35-39 :  
Mukhtiar Ali {ND} Beat Lt. Col. Samir Khare {SSB} 10-9, 9-2, 9-0
Rohit Thawani {MAH} Beat Piyush Jatia {WB} 9-4, 9-3, 9-6
Men Plate :  
Vaman Apte {MAH} Beat Sunil Chainani {KR} 9-4, 9-3, 9-7
Gaurav Singh {WB-B} Lost to Deepak Moolani {MAH} 6-9, 4-9, 7-9
Professionals Plate :  
Adesh Gamre {MAH} Lost to Rakesh Solanki {MAH} 3-9, 4-9, 2-9
Vishnu Datta {HP} W/o Ajay Bamania {MAH} 
Professionals : 
Dalip Tripathi {WB} Lost to  Mahesh Verma {MAH} 6-9, 3-9, 0-9
Bala Murgan {TN} beat Vijay M. Sonavane {MAH} 9-0, 9-6, 9-0

Quarterfinals
Professionals Plate : 
Adesh Gamre {MAH} WO  *Vijay M. Sonavane 
Ajay Bamania {MAH} WO  *Anant More 
Vishnu Datta {HP} WO  *Vijay Waghela 
Women : 
Snehal Bathwal {WB} Lost to  Sonali Philip {TN} 0-9, 0-9, 2-9
Surbhi Misra {RAJ} beat Pragya Bajoria {WB} 9-2, 9-4, 9-3
Prerna Khaitan {WB} Lost to Neha Rathi {WB} 9-4, 6-9, 3-9, 8-10
Joshna Chinappa {TN} beat Ankita Prasad {WB} 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Men Plate :  
Karm Kumar {ND} Lost to Sunil Chainani {KR} 4-9, 3-9, 5-9
Vaman Apte {MAH} WO Anshuman Chamaria {WB} 
Rahul Khaitan {WB} W/o Deepak Moolani {MAH} 
Aditya Chamaria {WB} W/o Gaurav Singh {WB-B} 
Masters Over 50 : 
Kishore Mansata {WB} W/O  Udaya G. Lokre {WB} 
Masters 45-49 : 
V Laxman {TN} beat Jay Shrestha {WB} 9-4, 9-4, 9-8
R. N. Ghosal {WB} Lost to  Sunil Chainani {KR} 0-9, 0-9, 1-9
Masters 40-44 : 
Sajjan Kumar Tailor {WB} W/o Deepak Moolani {MAH} 
Vivek Mundra {WB} W/o Manan Mashruwala {MAH} 
Tanveer Ahmed {WB} Beat Vivek Bajoria {WB} 9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 9-7
Masters 35-39 : 
Mukhtiar Ali {ND} WO  Kavi Seth {WB} 
Piyush Jatia {WB} WO  Maj. Vikram Verma {SSB} 
Men : 
Bala Murgan {TN} lost to Saurav Ghosal {TN} 7-9, 4-9, 2-9
Gaurav Nandrajog {ND} beat Dalip Tripathi {WB}  9-0, 10-9, 9-7

ICICI LOMBARD OTTERS NATIONAL SQUASH
CHAMPIONSHIP 2002
from 18th Dec - 22nd Dec 2002.

Venue:Otters Club,Carter Rd, Bandra, Mumbai 400 050.Tel:6423051/6433067 Fax:6438856.

Semi finals : 
Men's :
1-Ritwik Bhattacharya Delhi) bt Gaurav Nandarjog (Delhi) 9-7, 9-5, 9-4
2-Manish Chotrani (Services) bt Sahil Vora (Mumbai)
Women :
1-Jhosna Chinappa(TN) bt Deepali Anvekar (Mumbai) 9-4, 9-3, 9-0
2-Mekhala Subedar(Deolali) bt Priyanka Yadav(Mumbai) 9-3, 9-2, 9-5.
Professionals :
1-Balamurgan (Chennai) bt 3-Mahesh Verma (Deolali) 9-6, 9-7, 8-10, 9-3
2-Dalip Tripathi (Kolkatta) bt 4-Santosh More (Mumbai) 9-2, 9-3, 9-5.
Men's Over-35 :
Darius Surti bt Raj Arora 9-0, 9-0, 9-6
Rohit Thawani bt Meherwan Daruwala 9-5, 9-2, 9-3.
Men's Over-45: C S Pawar bt Kishan Lal 9-2, 9-4, 9-7.

Quarter-finals:
Men's :
1-Ritwik Bhattacharya (Delhi) bt Supreet Singh 9-2, 9-2, 5-9, 9-1
Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) bt 3-Navneet Narain (Services) 8-10, 10-8, 9-0, 9-4.
Sahil Vora bt Gajendra Singh
Manish Chotrani bt Anuj Kalia
Women’s :
1-Mekhala Subedar bt Vandana Carvalho 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Deepali Anvekar bt Sohini Kumari 9-2, 9-6, 9-4
1-Jhosna Chinappa (Chennai) bt Shaila Pandole 9-2, 9-0, 9-1
Priyanka Yadav w/o Rhea Bhandari.
Professionals:
Mahesh Verma bt Vijay Sonavane 9-4, 9-6, 9-1
Dilip Tripathi bt Anant More 9-1, 9-3, 9-2
Santosh More bt Gopi Mohite 10-8, 9-5, 5-9, 9-0
Balamurgan bt Rohit More 9-3, 9-0, 9-0.

NATIONAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP
10-12-2001 (chennai) 

All Final Results:
Men: Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Manish Chotrani (Mah) 9-4, 9-1, 9-2
Women: Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Mekhala Subedar (Mah) 9-5, 3-9, 6-9, 10-9, 9-0
Professional: Balamurugan (TN) bt Mahesh Verma (Mah) 6-9, 9-5, 9-1, 6-9, 9-1
Over-45: Rajiv Reddy (TN) bt M. Meyappan (TN) 9-7, 1-9, 9-4, 9-1
Over-35: Rohit Thawani (Mah) bt Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN) 9-6, 4- 9, 9-7, 9-1.

Semifinals:
Men: 
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Gajendra Singh (MP) 9-0, 9-2, 9-5
Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Bikram Uberoi (Mah) 2-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-0.

Women: 
Mekhala Subedar (Mah) bt Sohini Kumari (Del) 9-3, 9-1, 9-3
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Deepali Anvekar (Mah) 10-9, 4-9, 9-3, 9-3.

Professionals: 
Balamurugan (TN) bt Santosh More (Mah) 9-0, 9-4, 9-0
Mahesh Verma (Mah) bt Dilip Tripathi (WB) 4-9, 9-1, 9-10, 9-3, 9-5.

Over-35: 
Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN) bt V. Laxman (TN) 9-4, 9-0, 9-5
Rohit Thawani (Mah) bt Vaman Apte (Mah) 9-3, 5-9, 9-3, 9-1.

Over-45: 
M. Meyappan (TN) bt P. Sivaraj (TN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
Rajeev Reddy (TN) bt Muneer Sait (TN) 9-6, 9- 6, 9-6. 

Men: quarterfinals: 
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Rajat Johar (TN) 9-0, 9-3, 9-4
Gajendra Singh (MP) bt Navneet Narain (SSCB) 9-4, 9-5, 9-3
Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Dhiraj Singh (Raj) 9-7, 9-2, 9-2
Bikram Uberoi (Mah) bt Arif Paul (Mah) 2-9, 9-3, 9-6, 9-5

Women: Quarterfinals: 
Mekhala Subedar (Mah) bt B. Arathi (TN) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0
Sohini Kumari (Del) bt Priyanka Yadav (Mah) 9-4, 9-3, 9-6
Deepali Anvekar (Mah) bt Divya Rajan (TN) 9-5, 9-1, 9-3
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Sonali Philip (TN) 9-2, 9-2, 9-1

Professional: Quarterfinals:
Balamurugan (TN) bt Vijay Sonawane (Mah) 9-0, 9-3, 9-0
Santosh More (Mah) bt Rajesh Sonavane (Mah) 9-2, 9-3, 9-4
Dilip Tripathi (WB) bt Rohit More (Mah) 9-4, 9-2, 9-1.

Over-35:quarterfinals:
Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN) bt Sanjay Gadhalay (TN) 9-2 9-1, 9-6
V. Laxman (TN) bt Imtiaz Ahmed (TN) 9-5, 3-9, 9-2, 9-1
Rohit Thawanin (Mah) bt Hemant Mehta (TN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-5
Vaman Apte (Mah) bt A. Ganesan (TN) 9-3, 9-3, 9-2.

Over 45: quarterfinals:
M. Meyappan (TN) bt Harish Uberoi (TN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-3
P. Sivaraj (TN) bt K. Balasubramaniam (TN) 9-7, 9-6, 1-9, 9-7
Muneer Sait (TN) bt Pothen Philip (TN) 9-4, 9-5, 9-7
Rajeev Reddy (TN) bt N. Vishwanathan (TN) 9-5, 9-2, 9-0.

National Squash Championship, Chennai
11-16 December 2000

All Final Results as on 17-12-2000:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Manish Chotrani (Mah) 6-9, 9-0, 9-0, 9-6
Professionals: Balamurugan (TN) bt Mahesh Verma (Mah) 9-1, 9-7, 9-5
Over-35 yrs: S.Subramaniam (TN) bt Rohit Thawani (Mah) 9-5, 4-9, 9-5, 4-9, 9-7
Over-45 yrs: M. Meyyappan (TN) bt Rajiv Reddy (TN) 9-7, 9-6, 9-5
Women: Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Vaidehi Reddy (TN) 5-9, 9-2, 9-0, 9-6

Results as on 16-12-2000:
All Semifinal:
Men: Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Bikram Uberoi (Mah) 9-1, 9-4, 9-4
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Dheeraj Singh (Raj) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
Over 35: Rohit Thawani (Mah) bt Manan Mashruwala (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-5
Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN) bt L.K. Agnihotri (SSCB) 9-1, 10-9, 9-3
Over 45 yrs: Rajiv Reddy (TN) bt M.M. Murugappan (TN) 9-3, 9-3, 9-3
M. Meyyappan (TN) bt Kawaljit Singh (Del) 9-4, 9-3, 9-3
Professionals: Balamurugan (TN) bt Santosh More (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-6
Mahesh Verma (Mah) bt Dalip Tripathi (WB) 9-4, 3-9, 9-4, 9-2.
Women: Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Mekhala Subedar (Mah) 9-5, 8-10, 9-2, 10-8
Vaidehi Reddy (TN) bt Rhea Bhandare (Mah) 9-1, 9-4, 9- 1.

Results as on 15-12-2000:
Quarterfinals: 
Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (SRFI) 9-5, 9-0, 9-4
Bikram Uberoi (Mah) bt Anuj Kalia (SSCB) 9-7, 9-1, 9-1
Dheeraj Singh (Raj) bt Navneet Narain (SSCB) 9-2, 9-7, 9-5
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) bt Abhimanyu Jain (SRFI) 9-1 9-4, 9-0.
Women's: quarterfinals: 
Mekhala Subedar (Mah) bt Divya Rajan (TN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Joshna Chinappa (TN) bt Sohini Kumari (Del) 9-0, 9-3, 9-4
Rhea Bhandare (Mah) bt Priyanka Yadav (Mah) 10-9, 9-5, 9-6
Vaidehi Reddy (TN) bt Rachita Vora (Mah) 9-4, 9-3, 9-4.
Professionals: quarterfinals: 
Balamurugan (TN) bt Vijay Kumar Singh (MP) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
Santosh More (Mah) bt Sunil Verma (Mah) 9-2, 9-2, 9-3
Mahesh Verma (Mah) bt C.S. Pawar (Mah) 10-9, 9-4, 9-3
Dalip Thripathi (WB) bt Anant More (Mah) 9-1, 10-8, 7-9, 9- 2.

Men over 45: quarterfinals:
Kanwaljit Singh (Del) bt Muneer Sait (TN) 9-1, 9-2, 9-1.

Nationals 1999 (Chennai) 7th to 12th Jan 2000 

Finals 
Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Delhi) 9-4, 9-1, 9-5. 
Women: Mekala Subedar (Mah) bt Deepali Anvekar (Maha) 9-5, 9-2, 9-2; 
Boys under-19: Bikram Uberoi (Mah) bt Mihir Kapoor (Maha) 9-4, 9-0, 9-0; 
Girls under- 19: Deepali Anvekar (Maha) bt Vaidehi Reddy (TN) 9-7, 9-5, 9-2; 
Professionals: Dalip Tripathi (UP) bt Santosh More (Mah) 9-7, 9- 3, 1-9, 9-5; 
Veterans over 35: R.S. Brar (SSCB) bt Vaman Apte (Mah) 9-1, 9-2, 9-1; 
over 45: Rajiv Reddy (TN) bt B.I. Singh (Delhi) 4-9, 9-5, 9-6, 9-2.
Men semifinals:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Delhi) beat Bikram Uberoi (Mah) 5-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-0; 
Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Naveneet Narain (SSCB) 9-0, 5-9, 9-2, 9-3.
Women semifinals: 
Mekala Subedar (Mah) beat Vaidehi Reddy (TN) 9-5, 9-1, 9-0; 
Depali Anvekar (Mah) beat Pia Abraham (TN) 9-3, 9- 2, 9-2.
Boys under-19 semifinals: 
Bikram Uberoi (Mah) beat Neerav Tomar (Delhi) 9-3, 9-2, 9-1; 
Mihir Kapoor (Mah) beat Junaid Nathani (Mah) 9-1, 2-9, 9-1, 9-3.
Professionals semifinals: 
Santosh More beat Ananth More 3-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; 
Dilip Tripathi beat Gopi Mohite 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
Veterns over 35 semifinals: 
R.S.Brar (SSCB) w.o. B.I.Singh (Delhi); 
Vaman Apte (Mah) beat L.K.Agnihotri (SSCB) 9-4, 9-5, 9- 0; 
Over 45: 
B.I. Singh beat Murugappan (TN) 5-9, 9-6, 9-6, 6-9, 9-4; 
Rajiv Reddy (TN) bt Munir Sait 9-6, 8-9, 9-6, 9-6.
Girls (under-19): semifinals: 
Deepali Anvekar (Maha) bt Priyanka Yadav (Mah) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; 
Vaidehi Reddy (TN) bt Pia Abraham (TN) 9-7, 3-9, 10-9, 9-3.
Boys (under-19): quarterfinals: 
Bikram Uberoi (Mah) bt Manish Mehta (AP) 9-1, 9-0, 9-2; 
Neerav Tomar (Delhi) bt Tajveer Singh (MP) 9-7, 9-0, 9-6; 
Junaid Nathani (Mah) bt Shakti Singh (Delhi) 9-2, 9-2, 6-9, 9-4; 
Mihir Kapoor (Mah) bt Gaurav Yadav (Kar) 9-2, 9-1, 9-2.
Professional Quarterfinals:
Santosh More bt Rajesh Sonawane 9-6/9-2/9-7
Anant More bt R. Gujjar 9-2/9-5/9-0
Dilip Tripathi bt C.S.Pawar 9-0/9-5/9-0
Gopi Mohite bt Vilas Tambe 9-5/9-7/9-0
Men: quarterfinals:
Ritwik Bhattacharya (Delhi) bt Dheeraj Singh (Raj) 9-4, 9-2, 9-2; 
Bikram Uberoi (Mah) bt Anuj Kalia (SSCB) 0- 9, 3-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-6; 
Manish Chotrani (Mah) bt Gajendra Singh Rathore (Raj) 9-1, 9-0, 9-7, 
Navneet Narain (SSCB) bt Bala Murugan (TN) 0-9, 9-0, 9-3, 9-5.
Women: quarterfinals: 
Mekala Subedar (Mah) bt Anaheta Dhalla (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-3; 
Vaidehi Reddy (TN) bt Supriya Balsekar (Mah) 9-3, 6-9, 9-1, 9-1; 
Pia Abraham (TN) bt Anjali Ponni Rajkumar (TN) 9-4, 9-10, 9-4, 9-1; 
Deepali Anvekar (Mah) bt Priyanka Yadav (Mah) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.

NATIONALS 1998 (CALCULTTA) 7-1-1999

SEMIFINALS:
MEN: AKHIL BEHL BEAT GAJENDRA SINGH 9-5/9-0/10-8.
WOMEN: MEKHALA SUBEDAR BEAT PIA ABRAHAM 9-0/9-0/9-0.
SOHINI KUMARI BEAT JOSHNA CHINNAPPA 9-1/9-2/9-2.
PROFESSIONALS: BALA MURUGAN BEAT GOPI MOHITE 9-7/9-1/9-3.
SANTOSH MORE BEAT CHANDRAKANT PAWAR 9-2/9-7/10-8.
OVER 35: VAMAN APTE BEAT BHARAT INDER SINGH 9-3/9-2/9-1.  

NATIONAL (CHENNAI) Dec 1997

MEN: AKHIL BEHL BEAT ARJAN SINGH 0-9, 9-5, 9-2, 9-7
WOMEN: MEKHALA SUBEDAR BEAT SOHINI KUMARI 9-2, 9-1, 9-0
PROFESSIONALS: BALA MURUGAN BEAT CHANDRAKANT PAWAR 9-5/9-7/9-1
OVER 35 MENS: YOGENDRA SINGH BEAT CHANDRAKANT PAWAR 9-2, 9-0,9-4
OVER 45 MENS: BHARAT SINGH BEAT LT. COL. K.J.VOHRA 9-4/6-9/9-0/9-3.
OVER 55 MENS: SHIV NANDA BEAT MUNEER SAIT 9-3, 9-6, 4-9, 9-4   

43rd NATIONALS DEC-1996

MENS: ARJAN SINGH BEAT UDAI SINGH 10-9, 7-9, 9-7, 9-4
WOMENS: MISHA GREWAL BEAT MEKHLA SUBEDAR 9-0, 9-7, 9-4