Gill will no match for Supreet skill

november 16: Dhiraj Singh of Jodhpur, seeded fifth in the Open event, was forced to concede to A Chonker of Services in the 56th Indian E...

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november 16: Dhiraj Singh of Jodhpur, seeded fifth in the Open event, was forced to concede to A Chonker of Services in the 56th Indian Express CCI Western India Open Squash Tournament at the Cricket Club of India today.

The scores were level at 1-1 and Dhiraj was down 4-7 in the third when he had to quit. Chonker now faces Navneet Narain in the quarter-finals. Manish Chotrani, Anshul Manchanda, Navneet Narain, Anuj Kalia and Gajendra Singh Rathore have retained their positions, none dropping a game while moving into the quarter-finals.

Supreet Singh of Otters Club fought back to reach the pre-quarters of the boys’ under-19, snatching the match from club-mate Anurag Gill. After losing the first game 7-9, Supreet was up 9-8 matchball when he lost his serve. The next two points were awarded by him to Anurag, finding himself stranded between the ball and the opponent for referee to do the rest.

Results
Open (pre-quarters): Manish Chotrani bt M Khurana 9-1 9-8 9-4; Anshul Manchanda btMainak Mashruwala 9-1 9-7 9-1; Anuj Kalia bt Darius Surti 9-0 9-1 9-5; A Chonker bt Dhiraj Singh 6-9 9-3 7-4 conceded; Navneet Narain bt Nikhil Behl 9-1 9-1 9-3; Gajendra Singh Rathore bt Anant More 9-4 9-3 9-5.
Under-19 (second round): Mithir Kapoor bt Vikas Kumar 9-1 9-3 9-3; Taran Machra bt Rahul Lall 9-2 9-3 9-0; Karan Singh bt Kabir Kapoor 9-0 9-5 9-3; Neville Madon w/o Deepesh Solanki; Amjad Khan bt Praveen Parak 9-1 9-0 9-1; Junaid Nathani w/o Jatin Gurnani; Supreet Singh bt Anurag Gill 7-9 9-10 9-7 9-6 9-1; Karanpal Sethi bt Deepak Yadav 8-10 9-6 9-2 10-9; Gaurav Nandrajog bt Bipin Batra 9-5 9-3 9-3; Arvind Singh w/o Mahesh Verma; Neerav Tomar w/o Karan Bhatty; Jagbir bt Cyrus Appoo 9-1 9-4 9-3; Aditya Manjrekar w/o Sahil Vora; Manish Mehta bt Sanjay Pawar 9-4 9-7 9-1; Sachin Obaid bt Karan Batra 9-4 9-4 9-1.
Under-15 (quarter-finals): Mihir Sheth bt Vikas Kumar 9-3 9-7 9-1; Vikas Jangra bt Imran Khan 9-2 9-5 9-4.
Girls under-19 (first round): Rachita Vora bt AnahitaDhalla 9-5 9-1 9-2; Priyanka Yadav w/o Saachi Mehta; Rhea Bhandare bt Shaila Pandole 9-1 9-3 9-1; Joshna Chinnappa bt Nusrat Madraswala 9-2 9-1 9-0; Alisha Mashruwala bt Kanika Premnarayen 9-4 9-4 10-8; Natasha Lall w/o Deboo Liana; Supriya Balsekar bt Gitanjali Bakshi 9-1 9-0 9-0.