Sarawak (Malaysia ), June 21 (IANS) India’s Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar won the men’s crown for a third consecutive year at the Asian Doubles Squash Championships on Sunday, as India finished with medals across all three categories. Abhay-Velavan, the top seed, rallied to beat Pakistan second seed Nasir Iqbal and Noor Zaman in a repeat of last year’s final, 7-11, 11-7, 11-2, in 47 minutes to extend their supremacy in the continental meet.Following a slow start, Abhay and Velavan rai…
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Sarawak (Malaysia), June 20 (IANS) India’s title defence in the men’s doubles remains firmly on track after top seeds Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar advanced to the final of the 3rd Asian Doubles Squash Championships on Saturday.The defending champions produced two commanding performances to book their place in Sunday’s summit clash, where they will face Pakistan’s second-seeded duo of Nasir Iqbal and Noor Zaman.Abhay and Velavan began the day by overcoming Japan’s Naoki Hayashi and Ren Ma…
Sarawak (Malaysia), June 18 (IANS) India’s leading men’s duo, Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar, began their title defence successfully at the 3rd Asian Doubles Squash Championships in Sarawak, Malaysia, on Thursday.The top seed smoothly defeated the South Korean duo of Oh Seojin and Min-Woo Lee 11-7, 11-10 in Pool A, using a mix of finesse and control to secure the win in a quick, intense match.Meanwhile, compatriots Rahul Baitha and Suraj Chand defeated Singapore’s Samuel Quek Wei Yi/…
Birmingham, June 2 (IANS) India’s challenge in the men’s draw of the British Open squash championships came to an end on Tuesday as Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani suffered second-round defeats against higher-ranked opponents. Abhay, ranked World No. 24, pushed Egyptian star Mohamad Zakaria hard before going down 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 10-12 in a closely contested four-game encounter. The Indian fought back strongly after losing the opening two games, taking the third and threatening to force a decider…
Birmingham, May 31 (IANS) India’s Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani advanced to the second round at the British Open squash, while Ramit Tandon and rising women’s player Anahat Singh bowed out in the PSA Diamond event. World No. 24 Abhay defeated Colombia’s Matias Knudsen 11-8, 11-5, 11-4, while world No 44 Chotrani beat Pakistan’s world No 29 Noor Zaman 11-8, 12-14, 11-6, 11-7.Chotrani will take on fifth-seed Welsh player Joel Makin, while Abhay will next face seventh-seed Egyptian Mohamad …
Chennai, May 15 (IANS) The third National Doubles Squash Championships could see multiple players winning two titles as Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar, Joshna Chinappa, and Rathika Seelan all advanced in their categories at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Friday.Defending men’s doubles champions Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar delivered a strong performance to reach the final. They secured a decisive 11-1, 11-6 victory over Ravi Dixit and Vikas Mehra in the semifinals.The top-see…
Chennai, May 14 (IANS) Defending champions Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar made a commanding start to their campaign in the men’s doubles event at the 3rd National Doubles Squash Championships, cruising into the semifinals with a dominant straight-games victory at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Thursday.The top-seeded pair, who received a bye in the opening round, needed little time to settle into rhythm as they overpowered Shubham and Vedant Patel 11-4, 11-2 in the quarterfinals…
Giza, May 11 (IANS) India’s challenge at the World Squash Championships ended after Veer Chotrani went down to Egyptian world No 1 and defending champion Mostafa Asal in the men’s second round here at Golf Central Palm Hills. World No. 45 Chotrani lost 5-11, 2-11, 4-11, which ended the Indian challenge at the Worlds following first-round losses to compatriots Abhay Singh, Ramit Tandon and Velavan Senthilkumar.“Veer and I have played a lot together before and I’m pleased to see him here, …
Giza, May 9 (IANS) Ramit Tandon and Velavan Senthilkumar bowed out in the men’s opening round of the World Squash Championships in Giza, Egypt on Saturday. A day after Veer Chotrani edged out higher-ranked compatriot Abhay Singh in the first round, world No 40 Tandon lost to Egyptian world No 21 Kareem El Torkey 6-11, 11-7, 6-11, 0-11, while world No 50 Senthilkumar went down to world No 5 Victor Crouin, the Frenchman winning 11-8, 11-8, 11-3.After edging Asian Games medallist Abhay Singh in a…
Giza, May 9 (IANS) Indian world No. 45 Veer Chotrani defeated higher-ranked compatriot Abhay Singh in five games in the men’s opening round of the World Squash Championships here at the Palm Hills Club and PGC Golf Central Mall. Chotrani overcame Singh 14-12, 8-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-2 for his second win in three meetings against the Indian world No. 22. After edging Asian Games medallist Abhay Singh in a tight tie-break in the opening game, Veer Chotrani found himself with his back against the wa…