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Ritwik to meet Ghoshal

By Our Special Correspondent

Mumbai June 19. Those who showed calibre and consistency over the last week made it to the final of the Indian Oil-Servo Rs. 3.07 lakh Otters Club squash tournament on Thursday. The men's and women's sections saw the top two players playing well enough to make a strong bid for the title on Friday.

Ritwik Bhattacharya and Sourav Ghoshal in the men's category and Mekhala Subedar and Joshna Chinappa, in the women's, were hardly stretched in the semifinal stage. Ghoshal entered the boys' under-19 final, getting the better of Singapore's Vivian Rahmanan.

Mekhala and Joshna once again proved that they were the country's best players. Mekhala outclassed Priyanka Yadav 9-0, 9-3, 9-1 while Joshna dropped a game to Deepali Anvekar before winning her semifinal at 10-8, 9-2, 1-9, 9-6.

The results (semifinals):

Men: Sourav Ghoshal (Chennai) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) 9-3, 3-9, 9-2, 9-3; Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Sahil Vora 9-7, 9-7, 9-1.

Boys: Under-19: Sourav Ghoshal (Chennai) bt Vivian Rahmanan (Singapore) 9-1, 9-6, 9-0; Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) bt Sahil Vora 9-7, 9-5, 7-9, 9-6.

Under-17: Manek Mathur (Mumbai) bt Imran Khan (Dhampur) 6-9, 9-5, 6-9, 10-9, 10-8; Sandeep Jangra (Jindal) bt A. Parthiban (Chennai) 9-4, 9-4, 5-9, 9-3.

Under-15: Harinderpal Sandhu (Chandigarth) bt Jay Bhagat 9-7, 9-4, 9-0; 3-Vikram Malhotra bt Naishad Lalwani 9-4, 9-3, 9-3.

Under-13: Prashanth Kumar (Chennai) bt Aditya Jagtap 9-4, 9-4, 9-2; Ramit Tondon bt Ravi Dixit 8-10, 9-4, 9-5, 9-6.

Under-11: Ramit Tondon bt Tarun Nambiar 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Abhishek Pradhan bt Aakash Zhaveri 9-2, 9-4, 9-7.

Women: Mekhala Subedar (Deolali) bt Priyanka Yadav 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) bt Deepali Anvekar (Mumbai) 10-8, 9-2, 1-9, 9-6.

Girls: Under-19: Supriya Balsekar bt Alisha Mashruwala 5-9, 9-0, 9-1, 9-2; Joshna Chinappa (Chennai) bt Sonali Philip (Chennai) 9-4, 9-1, 9-4.

Under-17: Sonali Philip (Chennai) bt Madhura Paranjpe 9-4, 9-3, 9-10, 9-0; Alisha Mashruwala bt Shibani Philip (Chennai) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1.

Under-15: Shibani Philip (Chennai) bt V. Anwesha 9-2, 9-1, 8-10, 9-5; Dipika Pallikal bt Madhura Paranjpe 9-4, 9-6, 9-2.

Under-13: Dipika Pallikal bt Nikita Emanuel 9-0, 9-6, 7-9, 9-0; V. Anwesha bt Shivangi Paranjpe 9-6, 9-2, 10-8.

Under-11: Sachika Balwani bt Somiya Karla 9-0, 9-5, 9-0; Dhaiya Somaiya bt Shruti Dugar 9-4, 9-2, 4-9, 9-7.

Professionals: Balamurgan (Chennai) bt Anant More 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Santosh More bt Sachin Jadav 9-6, 9-6, 10-8.

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