Day of upsets at Squash tourney
Raghav Mehrotra upset top seed Abhimanyu Shah while unseeded Rishad Pandole shocked fourth seed and last year`s runner-up Vikas Jangra .
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Mumbai: Raghav Mehrotra upset top seed
Abhimanyu Shah while unseeded Rishad Pandole shocked fourth
seed and last year`s runner-up Vikas Jangra to storm into the
under-15 semi-finals of the 66th CCI-Western India Open Squash
Tournament here today.
The day of upsets also saw boys` under-19 third seed
Tushar Kothari of Rajasthan and boys` under-11 top seed Dev
Vazirani and number two Aryaman Adik crashing out.
Staring defeat at one stage, Pandole recovered from a 1-2
deficit and two match balls in the nail-biting fourth game to
score a thrilling 11-9, 5-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5 win.
Third seed Raghav Mehrotra of CCI beat Abhimanyu Shah of
Bombay Gymkhana 3-1 to advance to the championship round.
Fourth seed Yash Bhargav stunned No. 1 Dev Vazirani 3-2
in a thriller, rallying from 0-2 down, to set up a surprise
boys` under-11 title clash with third seed Chaitanya Shah who
shocked No. 2 seed Aryaman Adik by the same margin in another
thrilling semi-final.
In the other upset of the day, fancied Pranay Merchant of
CCI halted third seed Tushar Kothari of Rajasthan with an
impressive 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 win in the boys under-19
quarter-finals.
Bureau Report
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