NOVEMBER 18: Gaurav Nandrajog of New Delhi, who is playing in this tournament for the first time, made it to the under-15 semi-finals of The Indian Express-CCI Western India squash tournament at the Cricket Club of India today.He prevailed over Vikas Jangra of Jindal Club 9-4, 9-3, 9-1 and made the under-19 semis as well by taming compatriot Karan Singh 9-7, 10-8, 10-8. When asked whether he was playing in Mumbai due to his vacations, he replied in the negative and added that irrespective of when it is held, ``I've made this my regular event.''In the Open event semi-finals, Anshul Manchanda will meet Navneet Narain from Services and Gajendra Singh Rathore will take on R S Brar. In the Open quarter-finals, Narain and Rathore had comfortable wins over A Chonker of Services and Niraj Shirgaonkar of Otters respectively. Mihir Sheth scored an emphatic win over Karanpal Sethi of Otters 9-1, 9-1, 9-7 in the under-15 category just as he had done in the Maharashtra State Open.Alisha Mashruwala preventedVikram Malhotra from entering the semi-finals, despatching him 9-5, 9-5, 9-4 in the under-11. Alisha will now meet club-mate Jay Bhagat (CCI), who overcame Harshjit Sethi of Khar Gymkhana 3-1, in the final.Joshna Chinnappa of Chennai upset Supriya Balsekar 7-9, 9-5, 10-9, 9-5 in the under-19 semi-finals. Joshna will now face top seed Deepali Anvekar, who crushed Rhea Bhandare 9-3, 9-0, 9-1. In women's event, Mekhla Subedar takes on Bhandare and Anvekar meets Balsekar in the semis.RESULTSBoys under-19 (quarters): Mihir Kapoor bt Taran Machre 9-2 9-4 9-2, Gaurav Nandrajog bt Karan Singh 9-7 10-8 10-8. Junaid Nathani bt Manish Mehta (Hyderabad) 9-7 9-3 8-10 9-2. Under-17 (semis): Junaid Nathani bt Amjad Khan 9-3 10-8 7-9 9-0, Neerav Tomar bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9-3 8-10 5-9 9-3 9-7. Under-15 (semis): Gaurav Nandrajog bt Vikas Jangra 9-4 9-3 9-1, Mihir Sheth bt Karanpal Sethi 9-1 9-1 9-7. Under-13 (semis): Imran Khan bt Sadiq Madraswala 9-1 9-0 9-1, Gautam Kalani bt SandeepJangre 9-7 9-1 9-1. Under-11 (semis): Jay Bhagat bt Harshjit Sethi 5-9 9-4 9-2 9-1, Alisha Mashruwala bt Vikas Malhotra 9-5 9-5 9-4.Professionals (quarters): Santosh More bt Ramesh More 2-9 9-3 10-8 9-4, Chandrakant Pawar bt Vijay Sonawane 9-5 10-9 9-3, Gopi Mohite bt A I Singh 10-8 10-8 9-7, Anant More bt R Gujjar 9-3 9-4 9-7.Over-45 (quarters): Vaman Apte bt Chandrakant Pawar 10-8 9-1 9-3. Open: Quarters: Navneet Narain bt A Chonker 9-2 9-3 10-9, R S Brar bt Anuj Kalig 9-3 10-9 8-10 0-9 9-8, Gajendrasingh Rathore bt Niraj Shingankar 9-2 9-1 9-5, Anshul Manchanda w/o Manish Chotrani.Women (quarters): Mekhla Subedar bt Nusrat Madraswala 9-0 9-0 9-0, Rhea Bhandare bt Alisha Mashruwala 9-0 9-0 9-1, Supriya Balsekar bt Priyanka Yadav 9-4 10-8 9-1, Deepali Anvekar bt Lyngdoh Louise 9-0 9-2 9-0. Girls under-19 (semis): Joshna Chinnappa bt Supriya Balsekar 7-9 9-5 10-9 9-5, Deepali Anvekar bt Rhea Bhandare 9-3 9-0 9-1.
