CCI-JSW squash: Tandon, Malhotra register wins
While Ramit Tandon and Vikram Malhotra registered comfortable wins, Aditya Jagtap lost to Egypt's Karim El Hammamy.
Published : Jan 08, 2019 22:06 IST
India’s Ramit Tandon defeated England’s Joshua Masters in straight games and Vikram Malhotra beat Saudi Arabian Mazen Gamal in four games in the first round of the $ 70,000 CCI International JSW Indian Squash Circuit 2019 at the CCI squash courts on Tuesday.
However, Egypt’s Karim El Hammamy overcame India’s Aditya Jagtap in an 84 minute five-game thriller with a scoreline 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7 .
The 2014 team Asian Games gold medalist, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu withdrew from his first round match against England’s Ben Coleman because of an injury.
| The results: (1st round) Youssef Ibrahim (EGY) bt Peter Creed (WAL) 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-6; Mohamed Reda (EGY) bt Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9; Iker Pajares Bernabeu (ESP) bt Edmon Lopez (ESP) 11-7, 11-3, 11-4; Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Joshua Masters (ENG) 11-9, 11-6, 11-8; Ben Coleman (ENG) w/o Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND); Karim El Hammamy (EGY) bt Aditya Jagtap (IND) 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7; Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Mazen Gamal (Saudi Arabia) 9-11,11-9,11-4, 11-7. |