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Ritwik Bhattacharya in final

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, JULY 30. Ritwik Bhattacharya beat back a resurgent Sahil Vora to take his appointed place in the men's final of the Rs. 6 lakh Herald Maritime Services Open squash on Friday. The top seed from Delhi won 15-10, 15-7, 17-16 in the first semifinal and will take on the winner of the match between second seed Siddharth Suchde and former National champion Manish Chotrani.

Ranked 67th on the Professional Squash Association circuit, the Delhi-based pro appeared to be in control early on, before the unseeded Mumbai player caught up at 14-14 in the third, won the next two points for 16-14 before the former roared back, clinching the tie with a delicate drop to the left corner.

The boys' under-19 final will be an all-Mumbai affair, with top two seeds Rushabh Vora and Manek Mathur winning their semifinal matches against fourth seed Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) and Imran Khan (Dhampur) respectively.

The results (semifinals):

Boys under-19: 1-Rushabh Vora bt 4-Ritesh Sharma (Jindal) 15-8, 15-3, 8-15, 15-9; 2-Manek Mathur bt Imran Khan (Dhampur) 15-9, 15-10, 7-15, 15-5. U-15: 1-Vikram Malhotra bt Nitin Chauhan 15-11, 15-2, 15-3; 2-Laxman Joshi (Jindal) bt Naveen Jangra (Jindal) 15-13, 15-12, 15-6.

Men's Over-40: Deepak Kochar bt 1-Oniel Parmanik (Kolkatta) 15-7, 15-12, 15-12; Chetan Ladiwala bt 2-Rahul Kumar 13-15, 15-11, 9-15, 15-8, 15-12.

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