Sethi quells Appoo recovery attempt

MUMBAI, NOV 13: Karanpal Sethi fought a long, hard battle to defeat Cyrus Appoo in the boys' under-17 first round of the Indian Express-C...

MUMBAI, NOV 13: Karanpal Sethi fought a long, hard battle to defeat Cyrus Appoo in the boys’ under-17 first round of the Indian Express-CCI Western India squash tournament at the Cricket Club of India today.

Sethi prevailed 9-7, 9-3, 7-9, 7-9, 9-4 after Appoo showed signs of recovering from a two-game deficit.

RESULTS (FIRST ROUND)

Boys under 19: Vikas Kumar (New Delhi) bt Animesh Kejriwal (CCI) 9-1, 9-3, 9-8; Anurag Gill bt Vaibhav Abrol (Allahabad) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Deepak Yadav bt Ameya Joglekar 9-5, 9-1, 9-8; Neville Madon (CCI) bt Nitin Bhosale 9-4, 9-4, 9-3; Aditya Manjrekar bt Vrashank Yadav (CCI) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1; Manish Mehta bt Rushabh Singhvi 9-2, 9-6, 9-4; Jatin Gurnani bt Mohammed Merchant 9-0, 6-9, 9-3, 9-3.

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Under 17: Vikram Singh Ghadwal bt Vaibhav Abrol (Allahabad) 9-4, 9-4, 9-4; Manish Mehta bt Rahil Shah 6-9, 9-6. 9-2, 9-1; Karanpal Sethi bt Cyrus Appoo 9-7, 9-3, 7-9, 7-9, 9-4; Anurag Gill bt Ravi Pandey (Jindal Club) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Saumil Gandhi bt Arun Sharma (JindalClub) 9-0, 9-2, 7-9, 9-3; Neville Madon bt Ishan Sakraaney 9-4, 9-5, 9-2; Siddharth Shanbhag bt Mohammed Merchant 9-0, 9-6, 9-1; Karan Singh bt Animesh Kejriwal 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; Karan Batra bt Mrinal Todi 9-2, 9-0, 9-1, Ashok Singh Rathore (Jindal Club) bt Varun Bhagat (CCI) 9-4, 9-7, 9-1; Supreet Singh bt Vikas Jangra (Jindal Club) 9-0, 9-7, 9-3; Jagbir bt Sushant Krishna (Allahabad) 9-3, 9-0, 9-2, Rishabh Singhvi bt Karan Bhatty 9-5, 9-1, 9-2, Maulin Gandhi bt Sharang Mugve 9-2, 4-9, 9-3, 10-9.

Under-15: Shailesh Mishra bt Shahnaz Madraswala 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Rishab Shukla bt Siddharth Shanbag 9-2, 7-9, 9-6, 9-5; Anurag Gill bt Cyrus Appoo 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Arun Sharma bt Varun Bhagat 9-2, 9-2, 9-1; Maulin Gandhi bt Sharag Mugve 9-8, 9-7, 8-9, 5-9, 9-6; Harshjit Singh bt Sajil Shah 9-3, 9-1, 9-1; Karan Singh bt Rushab Vora 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Arjava Vig bt Aditya Prakash 7-9, 9-7, 9-0, 1-9, 10-9; Vikas Jangra bt Sudhir Mohandas 9-2, 9-1, 9-4; Karanpal Sethi bt Manoj Yadav 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Hrishikesh Pendse btAshok Singh RAthore 9-2, 9-1, 9-2; Rahil Shah bt Vrashank Yadav 9-0, 8-9, 9-0, 9-1; Vikram Singh Ghadwal bt Ishan Sakraney 3-9, 10-9, 9-4, 9-8; Kabir Kapoor bt Harsh Sampat 9-2, 7-9, 9-2, 9-0; Vikas Kumar bt Natash Lall 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Sadiq Madraswala bt Prashant Sagar 9-0, 9-1, 9-3; Ravi Pandey bt Zarir Aibara 5-9, 9-3, 10-9, 9-2.

Under-13: Harshjit Singh bt Ishaan Balwani 9-2, 9-4, 9-3.

Under-11: Anup Kumar Sharma bt Jai Bhagat 9-4, 9-2, 9-1; Harsjit Sethi bt Cyrus Vakil 9-0, 9-0, 9-3; Brijesh Yadav bt Shaheen Madraswala 9-4, 9-2, 9-3.