Harinderpal shocks Nandrajog, to meet Ritwik in final

Mumbai, Nov 3 (UNI) Top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya and Harinderpal Singh set up the Men's Open final in the 63rd CCI Indiabulls Western India Squash Championship, co-sponsored by Lifebuoy, at the Cricket Club of India here today.

Bhattacharya, the highest ranking Indian in the world at 38, beat Vikas Jangra of the Services 9-0, 9-3, 9-2, while Harinderpal of Chennai shocked second seed Gaurav Nandrajog 9-3, 3-9, 9-6, 10-8 in a pulsating second semi-final that lasted one hour and 45 minutes.

Among the juniors, Vikram Malhotra and Mahesh Mangaonkar of Mumbai set themselves up for a double.

Malhotra entered the boys' under-19 and under-17 finals, while Mangaonkar stormed into the boys under-15 and under-13 finals.

Sanjay Pawar, who shocked top seed Mahesh Verma on Thursday, cliched his maiden title when he beat Sachin Jadhav 3-0 in the Professionals final. Son of 10-time CCI-Western India Professionals winner Chandrakant Pawar, Sanjay raced to a 9-1, 9-0, 9-4 triumph.

Results: Men's Open (SF): Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Vikas Jangra 9-0, 9-3, 9-2; Harinderpal Singh (Chennai) bt Gaurav Nandrajog 9-3, 3-9, 9-6, 10-8.

Boys U-19 (SF): Vikram Malhotra bt Cyrus Vakil 10-8, 9-0, 9-1.

Boys U-17: Cyril Kuhn (Chennai) bt Naveen Jangra 9-6, 10-8, 10-9; Vikram Malhotra bt Akhilesh Nayak 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Boys U-15 (SF): Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Pranay Merchant 9-5, 9-6, 9-3; Aadit Zaveri bt Rohan Vora 9-3, 9-2, 9-0.

Boys U-13 (SF): Caran Arora bt Rahil Fazalbhoy 9-1, 9-0, 9-1; Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Aditya Kochhar 9-0, 9-1, 9-2.

Boys U-11: Raghav Mehrotra bt Karan Kochhar 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; Kunj Rawani bt Yohan Pandole 9-2, 9-0, 9-0.

Girls U-19: Shivangi Paranjpe bt Tanya Arora 9-0, 9-1, 9-7.

Girls U-15: Ankita Sharma bt Namrata Purohit 9-7, 9-0, 9-1.

Professionals (Final): Sanjay Pawar bt Sachin Jadhav 9-1, 9-0, 9-4.

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