CCI Western India Squash: Veer Chotrani and Suraj Chand begin campaigns with commanding straight-game wins

Top seed Veer Chotrani and second seed Suraj Chand kicked off their campaign in fine style on the second day of the 80th CCI Western India Squash tournament at the historic Cricket Club of India (CCI) on Thursday.

Pre-tournament favourite Chotrani underlined his class as he easily got the better of Ayaan Khan 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 to ease into the round of 32. Also moving into the round of 32 was the second Suraj Chand as he overcame the challenge of Ajinkya Patil 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.

Elsewhere in the boys under-15 category second seed Yusuf Pardiwala beat Arjun Parasrampuria in three games 11-3, 11-7, 11-7 to progress into the quarterfinals. “This is my home ground and I feel absolutely thrilled to be able to play here in front of my friends. I have got good support which has been very helpful. I feel confident of doing well,” said 14-year-old Yusuf at the end of the game.

In the boys under-17 category Agastya Bansal overcame Harsh Bansal in three games 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 to progress into the quarterfinals scheduled for Friday, 19 December. Agastya is now ready for the tougher challenges in the knockout rounds. “I really like the courts here at CCI. I joined here a couple of years ago. It is a really big community here and everyone supports you well,” said the 16-year-old Agastya.

Results

MIXU9: Lakshanya Rajawat [1] bt Danishdeep J Gill 11-1 11-0; Aliakbar Avez Sayed [9/16] bt Anika Bajpai 3-11 11-4 11-6; BU11: Krishna Gupta [5/8] bt Shaurya Bakshi [9/16] 11-8 11-7 10-12 15 15-13; Avyyanveer Luthra [2] bt Harshveer Pahwa [9/16] 11-7 11-5 11-7; BU13: Dhairya Gogia [1] bt Parshuram Lachaka 11-7 11-3 11-0; Vedant Parekh bt Nilesh Patel [9/16] 12-10 6-11 12-10 5-11 11-5; BU15: Yusuf Pardiwala [2] bt Arjun Parasrampuria [9/16] 11-3 11-7 11-7; Vinay Shinde [5/8] bt Reyansh Chheda [9/16] 11-8 6-11 11-2 11-4; BU17: Hridhaan Shah [5/8] bt Ayaan Dalal [9/16] 11-2 11-7 11-5 ; Agastya Bansal [3/4] bt Harsh Joshi [9/16] 11-5 11-6 11-6

GU11: Sameeksha Sugumar [1] bt Mysha Deora 11-0 11-1 11-4; Avni Nandal [9/16] bt Anam Yadav [5/8] 4-11 11-6 11-8 4-11 11-8; GU13: Shanaya Roy [1] bt Aditi Singh [9/16] 11-3 11-2 11-0 ; Sanaita Singh [9/16] bt Alekha Jalan [5/8] 11-5 8-11 11-5 11-8; GU15: Vasundhara Nangare [1] bt Sameera Gorsia [9/16] 11-1 11-5 11-8 ; Aaravi Raina [9/16] Nandikasree Kalaivanan [5/8] 11-4 10-12 11-7 9-11 11-8; GU17: Fabiha Nafees [5/8] bt Dharmi Hiru Pardhi 11-1 11-3 11-1 ; Riyansika Verma [3/4] bt Kashvi Harlalka 11-2 11-4 11-4

Men’s: Veer Chotrani [1] bt Ayaan Khan 11-1 11-1 11-1 ; Suraj Chand [2] bt Ajinkya Patil 11-4 11-4 11-3; Women’s: Aaradhana Kasturiraj [9/16] bt Shaheen Madraswala 11-5 11-4 9-11 11-8; Pooja Arthi R [5/8] bt Aaradhana Kasturiraj [9/16] 11-5 8-11 11-3 11-5

ProCoach: Dipesh Jadhav [9/16] bt Nimesh Salvi 9-11 13-11 11-6 11-4 ; Rohit Kadam [5/8] bt Lakhender Rathore 11-4 11-3 11-3; MO45: Alok Taparia [9/16] bt Kiran Bhandari 11-6 11-6 11-6 ; Rishaad Bilimoria bt Mayank Pandey [5/8] 11-7 11-5 11-8