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Mahesh shocks Vikas

V.V. Subrahmanyam

HYDERABAD: Mahesh Mangaonkar of Maharashtra, ranked No. 2 in the European circuit in the under-15 category, created the biggest upset in the men’s section of the 56th ICL senior National squash championship, when he shocked eighth-seeded Vikas Jangra of Services 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4 in the pre-quarterfinals at the Secunderabad Club, here on Wednesday.

This 14-year-old prodigy, playing his first Nationals, showed remarkable temperament to come up with the big points when it mattered the most to catch his fancied opponent off-guard.

Displaying plenty of grit and determination, this ninth standard student of Don Bosco (Borivali), Mahesh was easily the star of the evening. He got a well deserved round of applause from the fans when he clinched seven points in-a-row after being 4-6 down in the fourth game. It was proof of his class under pressure.

It looked as if Vikas was tired in the fifth game as the National under-15 champion capitalised on the unforced errors to take a sizeable 9-3 lead and eventually wrapped up the game at 11-4 in a contest that lasted 55 minutes.

The results: Men: Pre-quarterfinals: Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Pramit Singh (TN) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5; Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Vikas Jangra (Ser) 7-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6, 11-4; Naresh Kumar (TN) bt Amjad Khan (Del) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Harrinder Pal Singh (TN) bt Laxman Joshi 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; Siddarth Suchde (Mah) bt Sujat Barua (Mah) 11-1, 11-7, 11-5; Ravi Dixit (TN) bt Varun Prakash (Del) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5; Sandeep Jangra bt Gajendra Singh Rathore (MP) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3; Ritwik Bhatacharya (Del) bt Abishek Pradhan (TN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-9.

Pro-round II: A. Parthiban (TN) bt Manoj Solanki (Mah) 11-1, 11-5, 11-2; Gautam Das (WB) bt Sunil Verma 11-7, 11-3, 11-5; Rohit More (Mah) bt Rakesh Solanki (Mah) 11-3, 11-4, 11-8; Sanjay Pawar (Mah) bt Satosh More (Mah) 11-5, 11-5, 13-11; Dalip Tripathi (WB) w/o Sandeep Parab (Mah); Rehman Sayyed (Goa) bt Prashant Khaire (Mah) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6; B. Balamurugan (TN) bt Tariq Goud (MP)11-1, 11-6, 11-4.

Women: First round: Joshna Chinappa (TN) w/o Janet Vidhi (Dli); Swati Mucchal (MP) bt Vishani Kankaria 11-1, 11-1, 11-0; A. Anaka (TN) bt Jyoti Singh (Bih) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Surbhi Misra (Raj) bt Poonam Kumari (Bih) 11-1, 11-0, 11-1; Anwesha Reddy (TN) bt Neeraj Yadav (MP) 11-0, 11-0, 11-3; Harita Omprakash (TN) bt Kasumika Gupta 11-0, 11-2, 11-1; B. Aparjitha (TN) bt Shewta Rani (Bih) 11-0, 11-0, 11-0; Dipika Pallikal (TN) bt Bhavna Bharti (Bih) 11-1, 11-0, 11-0.

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