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[4] Neil Hitchens bt Naresh Kumar 12/10, 4/11, 11/4, 11/8
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt [6] David Vidal (Esp) 11/8, 11/4, 8/11, 12/10
[4] Lim Yoke Wah (Mas) bt Surbhi Misra 9/1, 9/7, 9/0
[6] Siti Munirah Jusoh (Mas) bt Anwesha Reddy 9/3, 9/6, 9/6

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Men: Samy Farrag bt Parthiban Aiyappan 9-3 9-0 9-1
Women: Mandy Kennedy bt Ankita Sharma 9-2 9-7 9-1
Pro: Temo Gomez bt Rohit More 10-8 9-2 9-2
Girls u-15: Ankita Sharma bt Dheeya Somaiya 9-0 9-5 9-3
Girls u-17: Dheeya Somaiya bt Shria Khatri 9-6 9-3 9-7
Boys u-19: Rishi Jalan bt Karm Kumar 6-9 9-1 9-7 9-5
Boys u-17: Rishi Jalan bt Karm Kumar 9-0 9-2 9-2
Boys u-15: Abhishek Pradhan bt Aakash Borwankar 9-0 9-0 9-4

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Men: A Partiban bt Vikas Jangra 9-2,1-9,9-6,9-0, Samy Farrag bt Manish Chotrani 9-5,9-3,9-0
Women: 2-Ankita Sharma bt Swati Muchal 10-8, 7-9, 9-5, 9-4
Boys U-11: Kush Kumar bt Aditya Khatri 9-2,10-9,9-3 Roshan Khaana bt Kunj Rawani 9-1,5-9,5-9,9-5,9-3
Boys U-13: Deepak Kumar bt Kush Kumar 9-6,9-1,10-8 Rahil Fazalbhoy bt Rishi Tandon 3-9, 9-5,9-7,5-9,6-9
Boys U-15: Abhishek Pradhan bt Rohan Vora 9-3,9-0,9-3 Aakash Borwankar bt Karan Thariymal 7-9,9-2,9-7,2-9,9-7
Boys U-17: Rishi Jalan bt Abhinav Sinha 9-3,9-5,9-5 Karam Kumar bt Akhilesh Nayak 9-2,9-2,9-7
Boys U-19: Rishi Jalan bt Farman Khan 9-5,9-5,9-3 Karm Kumar bt Cyrus Vakil 9-2,9-4,5-9,4-9,9-7
Girls U-15: Dheeya Somaiya bt Anju Sharma 9-5,9-1,9-3 Ankita Sharma bt Shria Khatri 9-4,9-0,9-4
Girls U-17: Shria Khatri bt Rinky Soni 9-6,9-7,9-2 Dheeya Somaiya bt Urvashi Mishra 9-4,9-4,9-1
Men O-35: Temo Gomez bt AI Singh 9-4, 9-3, 9-2, Manish Chotrani bt Avinash B 9-3, 9-6, 9-5
MENS O-45: Vaman Apte W/o Raj Manchanda
Pro: Temo Gomez bt Sachin Jhadav 9-4,9-3,9-1 Rohit More bt Sanjay Pawar 9-6,9-4,6-9,9-6

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Men: 4-A Parthiban (Chennai) bt 5-Akhil Behl 3-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-0; 6-Samy Farrag (Egypt) bt 3-Sandeep Jangra (Mumbai) 9-7, 9-1, 9-0
Women: Swati Muchal bt 2-Rinki Soni 9-2, 9-2, 9-3; 1-Ankita Sharma bt Komal Sharma 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Boys U-11: 1-Kush Kumar bt Anshul Goyal 9-0, 9-1, 9-7; 3-Kunj Rawani bt Akhilesh Yadav 7-9, 9-2, 9-2, 5-9, 9-7; 2-Roshan Khanna bt Sandeep Paswan 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; 5-Aditya Khatri bt 4-Yohan Pandole 9-0, 9-3, 9-4
Girls U-17: 1-Dheeya Somaiya bt Serena K 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; 3-Shria Khatri bt Anju Sharma 9-5, 9-0, 9-3; 2-Rinki Soni bt Komal Sharma 9-3, 9-0, 9-4
Girls U-15: 4-Anju Sharma bt Nikita G 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; 2-Shria Khatri bt Urvashi Joshi 9-1, 9-3, 9-1; 1-Dheeya Somaiya bt Awantika Rajani 9-1, 9-0, 9-0

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Boys U-19 [Q/F]: Karm Kumar bt Sujat Barua 3-9, 9-5, 0-9, 9-3, 9-4; Farman Khan bt Rohan Zaveri 10-9, 9-0, 9-1; Cyrus Vakil bt Abhinav Sinha 9-3, 9-7, 9-7; Rishi Jalan bt Akhilesh Nayak 9-5, 9-10, 9-2, 9-5.
Boys U-17 [Q/F]: Akhilesh Nayak bt Pranay Merchant 9-1, 9-3, 6-9, 9-2; Rishi Jalan bt Anuj Chauhan 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Abhinav Sinha bt Abhishek Pradhan 9-4, 9-7, 9-5; Karm Kumar bt Karan Thariyamal 9-1, 9-1, 9-1
Boys U-13 [Q/F]: Deepak Kumar bt Sajid Hussain 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Kush Kumar bt Akhilesh Yadav 9-1, 9-2, 9-7; Rishi Tandon bt Kunj Rawani 9-0, 9-2, 9-5; Rahil Fazalbhoy bt Tushar Kotari 9-7, 6-9, 9-3, 9-2.
Boys U-11 [3rd Rd]: Sandeep Paswan bt Yohan Surti 9-1, 9-2, 6-9, 9-4; Kush Kumar bt Jatin Ghangas 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Yohan Pandole bt Aditya Singh 9-2, 9-6, 9-3; Anshul Goyal bt Ritwik Srivastava 9-6, 9-0, 9-2; Kunj Rawani bt Viraj Nadkarni 9-0, 9-3, 9-0; Akhilesh Yadav bt Ranjit Singh 9-3, 9-1, 9-4; Aditya Khatri bt Siddharth Gupta 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Roshan Khanna bt Siddharth Singh 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
Professionals: Rohit More bt A.I. Singh 9-1, 9-3, 9-4; Sanjay Pawar bt Yogesh S. 9-5, 9-6, 6-9, 9-4.
Women’s [1st Rd]: Komal Sharma bt Sunita Patwa 4-9, 9-7, 10-8, 2-9, 10-8; Shaheda Madraswala bt Vidya Gupta Mohe 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Swati Muchal bt Tanya Arora 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Avani Shetty bt Sweta Singh 10-9, 9-2, 9-3; Rinki Soni bt Urvashi Mishra 9-2, 9-1, 9-7
Girls U-17 [1st Rd]: Komal Sharma bt Surbhi Kuwelkar 9-1, 9-2, 9-4; Anju Sharma bt Torial Bhansali 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Urvashi Mishra bt Nikita Gulati 9-0, 9-1, 9-1; Sareena K bt Rajeev Mehta 9-1, 9-6, 9-7
Girls U-15 [1st Rd]: Anju Sharma bt Ruchi Mishra 9-0, 9-4, 9-3. 1-Dheeya Somaiya bt Zarina Sani 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Shria Khatri bt Toral Bhansali 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; [...]

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Boys U-19 [2nd Rd]:  Farman Khan bt Sami Jonson 7-9, 0-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-5; Akhilesh Nayak bt Kunwarpal Singh 7-9, 9-5, 9-4, 9-2; Karam Kumar bt Javed Shah Mohd 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Rishi Jalan bt Jay Dalal 9-4, 10-8, 9-6; Sujat Baruva bt Virendra Pawar 9-2, 9-1, 9-1; Pranay Merchant bt Sumer Bahl 5-9, 9-4, 9-7, 9-3; Abinav Sinha bt Hitesh Bhagra 9-4, 9-2, 9-0.
Boys U-17 [PQF]: Anuj Chavan bt Deerav Moolani 9-3,9-2, 1-9, 9-5; Karan Thariyamal bt Aakash Borwankar 9-3, 9-4, 9-7; Karm Kumar bt Shashi Pandey 9-0, 9-5, 9-0; Abhinav Sinha bt Ness Billimoria 9-5, 9-5, 9-0;  Akhilesh Nayak bt Rohan Zaveri 9-4, 9-1, 9-0; Abhishek Pradhan bt Rohan Vora 9-1, 9-3, 9-4; Rishi Jalan bt Javed Shah Mohd. 9-1, 9-5, 9-5.
Boys U-15 [QF]:Abhishek Pradhan bt Deepak Kumar 9-2, 9-6, 9-3; Aakash Borwankar bt Rahil Fazalbhoy 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Karan Thariyamal bt Vrishab Kotian 9-1, 9-5, 9-4; Rohan Vora bt Caran Arora 9-2, 9-7, 9-4.
Boys U-13 [3rd Rd]: Kush Kumar bt Raj Saran 9-2, 9-4, 9-0; Deepak Kumar bt Nishikant Khapre 9-3, 9-3, 9-0; Akhilesh Yadav bt Aditya Khatri 9-0, 9-3, 9-4;  Sajid Hussain bt Viraj Nadkarni 9-1, 9-4, 9-2; Rishi Tandon bt Anshul Goyal 9-0, 9-3, 9-2; Tushar Kothari bt Sandeep Paswan 9-1, 9-0, 9-2; Rahil Fazalbhoy bt Roshan Khanna 9-2, 9-5, 9-1; Kunj Rawani bt Vardhan Ladiwala 9-5, 5-9, 9-3, 9-1.
Professionals [PQF]: Vijay Waghela bt Vijay Jangra 9-2, 4-9, 9-7, 1-9, 9-0; Yogesh Sonawane bt Dasharth Tambe 9-2, 7-9, 9-3, 9-6; 4-Sachin Jhadav bt Vijay H. Sonawane 9-2, 9-2, 9-3; 3-Rohit More bt Ashish Keskar 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Temo Gomez bt Sunil Kumar 9-3, 9-0, 9-5; 1-Amjad Khan bt S. Kalimuttu 9-1, 9-0, 9-2; 2-Sanjay Pawar bt Sanjay Waghmare 5-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-3.

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Men’s Open (2nd Rd): Ravneet Singh bt Lt.Sandeep Singh (Ser) 9-3, 9-0, 9-2; Parthiban Ayappan (Chennai) bt Samy Jonson 9-7, 9-1, 9-2; Sujat Barua bt Sunil Kumar 9-6, 9-5, 9-3; Farman Khan bt Cyrus Vakil 6-9, 9-6, 9-1, 9-7; Amjad Khan bt Nitin Dutta 9-0, 9-5, 9-4; Nikhil Behl bt Akshay S 9-0, 9-0, 9-3; Dhiraj Nagpal bt S. Kalimutu 5-9, 9-7, 9-0, 2-9, 9-5; Samy Farrag bt Lt. Kush Bhandari 9-4, 9-0, 9-1; Dhruv Dhawan bt Joyson Bothello 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Harjinder Singh bt Sanjay Pawar 6-9, 9-7, 2-9, 9-7, 9-5; Manish Chotrani bt Sachin Jadhav 9-5, 9-2, 9-0.
Boys U-17 (2nd Rd): Ness Billimoria bt Urishab Kotian 9-3, 4-9, 2-9, 9-4, 9-5; Shashi Pandey bt Awdesh Yadav 8-10, 3-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Pranay Merchant bt Nitin Singh 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Abhinav Sinha bt Shivam Mehta 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Abhishek Pradhan bt Deepak Sarwan 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Rishi Jalan bt Aditya Advani 9-0, 9-0, 9-2; Dheerav Moolani bt Ankit Dahiya 9-4, 10-9, 10-9; Javed Shah bt Sanmeet Anand 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; Rohan Vora bt Sachin Singh 7-9, 9-2, 9-2, 9-1; Karan Tharimayal bt Ronak Kamat 9-2, 9-0, 9-2; Aakash Borwankar bt Saurabh Savarup 9-1, 9-0, 9-0.
Boys U-15 (3rd Rd): Caran Arora bt Sajid Hussain 9-3, 8-10, 9-5, 9-3; Aakash Borwankar bt Kabir Kar 9-2,9-7, 9-6; Rohan Vora bt Kahan Gandhi 9-1, 9-7, 9-2; Deepak Kumar bt Naman Jiandani 9-2, 9-3, 9-3; Karan Thariyamal bt Nitin Singh 9-0, 9-4, 9-1; Abhishek Pradhan bt Awdesh Yadav 9-0, 9-3, 9-0; Vrishab Kotian bt Armaan Shaikh 9-0, 9-0, 9-3; Rahil Fazalbhoy bt Ness Billimoria 2-9, 1-9, 9-6, 9-7, 9-6.
Boys U-13 (2nd Rd): Viraj Nadkarni bt Sushil Jaiswal 9-2, 3-9, 10-9, 3-9, 9-6; Nishikant Kaparia bt Madhav Dhingra 7-9, 9-2, 9-3, 9-0; Nishikant Khapre bt Kabir Kar 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Raj Saran bt Kartik Sankhala [...]

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Mr. Ramachandran, President Asian Squash Federation received a letter from the Director General - Olympic Council of Asia confirming that squash will be played at the next Asian games and for the 1st time there will also be a team event. Copy of the letter

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The Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports revised its categorization of sports disciplines in the country and has made squash one of the priority sports in the country. This comes in a wake of India achieving its first medal in the 2006, Asian Games held in Doha and Indian players like Saurav Ghosal and Ritwik Bhattacharya reigning the top 50 list of best players in the world.
Says N.Ramachandran, Secretary General, Squash Rackets Federation of India, “Its truly fabulous that Indian Squash is getting its much deserved recognition. This means a better funding from the government and increased opportunities for the federation to improve the infrastructural facilities of the state associations. The federation is keen to harness the talent of these junior players by giving them exposure to all international tournaments”
Cyrus Poncha National Coach, SRFI “This means motivation for all the aspirant squash players and a better scope of sincere participation to bring the sport to the forefront of Indian sports”.
Other than the men, the sport has also witnessed a steep rise in the participation figures in the women’s category. Apart from Joshna Chinnappa there are junior players like Dipika Pallikal, Anwesha Reddy, Aparajitha Balamurukan, Saumya Karki, Anaka Alankamony, Harita Omprakash etc.  Anaka and Saumya were the semi finalists at the British Open held last year.
Coach of the Gold Medal Women’s Team at the SAF Games, 2004 and Gold Medal Asian Junior Women’s Team in Pakistan 2003, Cyrus explains the situation “There used to be days when matches were cancelled for no participation of women. But the situation is definitely improving now with new possibilities in the current women’s junior team.” The boys who are turning out to be safer bets include Harinderpal Singh, A. Parthiban, Naresh Kumar and Parth Sharma climbing higher in the recent world rankings.
Articles in the newspapers

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Gu13 Anaka Alankamony lost to Haidi Lala 9/5 5/9 2/9 9/3 0/9 Runner up
Bu15 Aditya Jagtap beat Daniel Mekbib 9/0 9/5 1/9 9/6 Winner
Gu17 Anwesha Reddy 5th, Bu15 Ramit Tandon 5th

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41 Joshna Chinappa
91 Dipika Pallikal
139 Surbhi Misra, Anwesha Reddy
43 Saurav Ghosal
50 Ritwik Bhattacharya
197 Gaurav Nandrajog
204 Naresh Kumar
208 Harinder Pal Sandhu, Parthiban Ayappan
228 Siddharth Suchde
269 Parth Sharma

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