WCG make it to last four

MUMBAI, OCT 30: Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana scored an exciting 3-2 victory over navi Mumbai Sports Association to reach the semi-finals ...

MUMBAI, OCT 30: Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana scored an exciting 3-2 victory over navi Mumbai Sports Association to reach the semi-finals of the Royal Palms team handicap squash tournament, organised by the Indian Squash professionals, at the Club’s courts at Goregaon on Friday.

Willingdon were two up before Navi Mumbai fought back to make the scores level through Ravi Puri who beat Rakshak Malhotra and Leon Emmanual who defeated Sudesh Malik. Both matches went to five games, so intense was the tussle.

Sanjay Goel, however, clinched the tie for Willingdon by defeating Vasant Bhadra in four games in the decider.

RESULTS

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Otters `A’ bt Jindal 3-0 (Karampal Sethi bt Vijay Jhangra 9-15, 15-10, 15-10, 7-15, 15-8; Santosh More bt Rajeev Gupta 15-10, 15-14, 17-15; Junaid Nathani bt Anil Verma 5-15, 15-6, 15-10, 9-15, 15-12).

Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana bt Navi Mumbai 3-2 (Rajesh Sonawane bt Surpreet Singh 15-7, 9-15, 10-15, 17-14, 15-12; Douglas Goudinho bt Inderpal Singh 15-5, 15-17, 15-8, 16-17,15-13; Rakshak Malhotra lost to Ravi Puri 7-15, 11-15, 15-5, 15-13, 10-15; Sudesh malik lost to Leon Emmanuel 10-15, 15-9, 12-15, 15-8, 12-15; Sanjay Goel bt Vasant Bhadra 8-15, 15-12, 15-13, 15-12).

The Leela bt Kamath Club 3-1 (Deepali Anvekar bt Rajesh Totla 15-11, 17-14, 15-11; Subhash Wali lost to Gaurav Sachdev 15-8, 13-15, 13-15, 15-4, 14-17; Narendra Gour bt Sunil Bhandari 15-7, 17-14, 17-15; Chandrakant Pawar bt Anil Tikare 15-14, 17-15, 17-16).