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Joshna storms into final

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MUMBAI: Joshna Chinappa played a ruthless game to overpower Shweta Yadav 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 in the semifinals of the 64th CCI-Western India Open squash championship on Saturday.

She will take on second seed Mandy Kennedy of England in Sunday’s final. The latter subdued Saumya Karki 9-6, 9-4, 9-6 in the other semifinal. Sandeep Jangra booked a final berth in the men’s open, defeating Vikram Malhotra 3-0.

Top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar and No. 2 Abhishek Pradhan, schoolmates at Don Bosco (Borivali) and members of Maharashtra’s triumphant squad at the Ajmer junior Nationals, set up a title clash in the boys U-15. Mangaonkar won points at will to down Vrishabh Kotian 9-1, 9-6, 9-1 while Pradhan powered past Caran Arora 9-6, 9-0, 9-0.

The results (all semifinals):

Men: Sandeep Jangra bt Vikram Malhotra 9-4, 9-0, 9-1.

Boys: U-19: Aditya Jagtap bt Aditya Gupta 9-2, 9-0, 9-1; U-15: Abhishek Pradhan bt Caran Arora 9-6, 9-0, 9-0; Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Vrishabh Kotian 9-1, 9-6, 9-1; U-13: Arjun Kochhar bt Yohan Pandole 9-3, 9-4, 8-10, 9-1; Raghav Mehrotra bt Ishaan Advani 9-3, 9-4, 8-10, 9-3; U-11: Sandeep Paswan bt Rajat Agarwal 3-9, 9-4, 9-7, 10-8; Yohan Pandole bt Yohan Surti 9-1, 9-0, 9-5.

Women: Joshna Chinappa bt Shweta Yadav 9-0, 9-1, 9-0; Mandy Kennedy bt Saumya Karki 9-6, 9-4, 9-6. Girls U-19: Urvashi Joshi bt Namrata Purohit 9-7, 9-0, 2-9, 6-9, 9-2; U-15: Saumya Karki bt Vasha Pandey 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Namrata Purohit bt Urvashi Joshi 9-2, 9-4, 9-1; U-9: Ivan Phillip bt Siddhant Iyer 9-4, 9-10, 9-4, 9-3; Ben Kennedy bt Dev Variani 9-4, 4-9, 9-7, 9-4.