Indian Oil Otters Squash Open 2005
Ghoshal, Joshna supreme     (1st to 7th May 2005)                                                                                                            
(By Pradeep Vijayakar)

Deepali Anvekar the former international, has become Dr Shruti Parikh. She kept Joshna guessing with her hard and soft shots in the first game. But her body was not up to it for a longer tussle and Joshna claimed the title with a winning 10-8, 9-5 and 9-5. The Otters club has consistently organized this event splendidly. As a result the Otters Open is an event that players look forward to keenly. 

Results

BOYS
U-19: Saurav Ghosal (Chennai) bt Manek Mathur (Mah) 9-5 9-6 9-2.
U-17: Vikram Malhotra (Mah) bt Parth Sharma (Mah) 9-6 9-2 9-1
U-15: Ramit Tandon (Kolkata) bt Ravi Dixit (Dhampur) 9-6 9-3 9-5.
U-13: Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Abhishek Pradhan (Mah) 9-4 10-8 9-3.
U-11: Saumya Karki bt Arjun Kochar 9-4, 9-7, 1-9, 9-2.

GIRLS
U-17: Shivangi Paranjpe (Mah) bt Madhura Paranjpe (Mah) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2;
U-13: A Anaka bt Sachika Balwani 9-5, 9-3, 9-2.
Professionals: B Balamurugan (Chennai) bt Vijay Sonawane (Mah) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2.
Men Over-35: Deepak Kochar bt Chetan Ladiwala 9-3, 9-0, 9-3.
Over-45: Vaman Apte bt Chandrakant Pawar 9-1, 9-1, 9-4.

Chelmsford Delhi Open Squash Championship 10th June To 15th June-2005

Boys U-11 : Kush Kumar bt Shravan Kaul 9-3, 1-9, 9-6, 10-9
Boys U-13 : Karan Tharyamal bt Umer Balaj 9-6, 9-7, 9-3
Boys U-15 : Ravi Dixit bt Wajid Khan 9-5, 5-9, 9-2, 9-1
Boys U-17 : Parth Sharma bt Naresh Kumar 4-9, 9-5, 9-3, 0-9, 10-9)
Boys U-19 : Sandeep Jangra bt Manik Mathur 9-2, 9-7,9-3
Men's Open : Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9-2, 9-0, 9-3
Professionals : Dhiraj Singh bt B. Balamurgan 10-9, 10-8, 6-9
Men's O-35 : Gajendra Rathore bt Mukhtiar Ali 9-1, 9-4, 8-10, 9-0
Girls U-15 : Aakriti Sehgal bt Dheeya Somya 9-7, 9-3, 4-9, 3-9, 10-8
Girls U-17 : Dipika Pallikal bt Anwesha Reddy 9-1, 9-2, 9-10, 6-9, 9-2
Women's Open : Mekhla Subedar bt Dipika Pallikal 9-1, 10-9, 9-4

A. N. Jha ( Chief guest)  along with all the winners of Indian Oil Otters Squash Open at Otters club, Mumbai

Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa claimed the main titles in the Rs 3-lakh Indian Oil Otters Squash Open. The 18-year-old Saurav Ghoshal bagged a magnificent double winning the boys under-19 and men's titles. 

While Saurav eased past Manek Mathur 9-5 9-6, 9-2 in the under 19 age group final, he brushed aside No 3 seed Gaurav Nandrajog 9-0 9-4 9-2 in the men's final. 

Ghosal, ranked a career high No. 74 on the Professional Squash association (PSA) rankings can pick up the balls for hours together. And he hits the ball hard, which is a virtue in squash. Left-hander Manek Mathur who was playing the best squash of his career was troubling Ghoshal at times with his persistence. But he was up against a returning machine and had to wilt. Vikram Malhotra was another player who established his supremacy in an age group he has just entered. 

Nandrajog tried to slug it out but Ghoshal's experience is such that he can get the better of even Ritwik Bhattacharya as he proved in last year's final here. Ghosal won Rs. 68,000 for his twin triumphs. He said ``The new things I have been trying out are working out pretty well.''

  

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