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…
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Chennai, May 13 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu duo of Guhan Senthilkumar and Sandhesh PR advanced to the men’s doubles quarterfinals of the National Doubles Squash Championships with impressive performances at the Indian Squash Academy on Wednesday. In the round of 16, the local pair showed their strength by defeating Naman Surana and Pranav Agarwal in straight games, 11-1, 11-2. The Tamil Nadu team controlled the rallies from the beginning and finished the match decisively.Shubham and Vedant Patel als…
Hamburg, April 18 (IANS) Indian world No 47 Veer Chotrani went down to French fourth seed Baptiste Masotti in a five-game thriller in the men’s quarterfinals of the Hamburg Open, a PSA Bronze-level event, in Hamburg on Friday.Chotrani recovered twice to take the contest down to the wire before the French world No 19 clinched the decider for a 12-10, 9-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-6 victory in 69 minutes.Earlier, Chotrani pulled off a major upset by defeating the 8th seed and home favourite Kandra in st…
Hamburg, April 17 (IANS) India’s world No. 47 Veer Chotrani defeated German eighth-seed Raphael Kandra 3-0 in the men’s second round to move into the quarterfinals of the Hamburg Open squash, a PSA Bronze-level event. Chotrani pulled off a major upset by defeating home favourite Kandra in straight games. The Indian dominated the match from start to finish, requiring just 30 minutes to secure an 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 victory and advance to the last eight.However, his compatriots, fifth seed Abhay Si…
Hamburg, April 16 (IANS) Joshna Chinappa and Veer Chotrani advanced in the Hamburg Open squash, while compatriots Velavan Senthilkumar and Tanvi Khanna bowed out in the opening round. Former women’s world No. 10 Joshna eased past local challenger Saskia Beinhard 11-4, 11-5, 11-4, while men’s world No. 47 Chotrani beat Spain’s Ivan Perez 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 in the PSA Bronze-level event.Men’s fifth seed Abhay Singh, who moved up to a career-best world ranking of 22 this week, and Ramit Tando…
Chennai, March 31 (IANS) India’s Abhay Singh has been honoured as the Men’s Player of the Year 2025 by the Asian Squash Federation, while teenage prodigy Anahat Singh secured the top accolade in the girls’ junior category.The Indian men’s team was also recognised, earning the Team of the Year award after finishing with a bronze medal at the World Junior Team Championships 2025 in Egypt, as per the ASF’s official announcement.Currently ranked World No. 25, Abhay has built an impressive …
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Been there, done that — Joshna Chinappa can quite relate to India’s teen squash queen Anahat Singh, who, just like her, found early success and has now made it to the top echelons of the sport. Joshna became the youngest National Champion at age 14 and has so far won two World Championship gold medals in doubles (2022, 2024), a gold medal each in the World Cup and Commonwealth Games (doubles) and medals at the Asian Games and Asian Championships in the last two decades. …
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) India made an impressive showing in the men’s and women’s quarterfinals of the Indian Open squash championships on Friday, with multiple Indian players delivering dominant performances to secure semifinal berths.India enjoyed an impressive outing in the men’s quarterfinals as second seed Abhay Singh and fourth seed Veer Chotrani produced dominant performances to storm into the semifinals. In the last four stage, Singh will take on Malaysia’s Ameeshenraj Chandaran,…
Mumbai, March 20 (IANS) Top seed Anahat Singh and unseeded compatriot Tanvi Khanna ensured a strong Indian presence in the women’s singles semifinals of the Indian Open squash championship being played at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) courts in Mumbai after winning their respective quarterfinal matches on Friday.However, local favourite Joshna Chinappa bowed out of the competition following a 1–3 defeat to Egypt’s Nadien El Hammamy, which proved to be the only setback for Indian fans dur…
Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) Indian stars Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh made a winning start on Day 2 of the Indian Open 2026, which delivered high-octane squash at the CCI, with a mix of dominant performances, stunning comebacks, and marathon five-game thrillers.Indian stars rose to the occasion, delivering commanding performances in the competition being held at the Barbourne Stadium complex.The standout clashes came from Egypt’s Ibrahim Elkabbani and Mohamed Sharaf, both of whom emerged victoriou…