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…
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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…
Washington, Jan 29 (IANS) Reigning men’s national champion Velavan Senthilkumar and Veer Chotrani advanced in the Squash on Fire Open in Washington with hard-fought first round wins in the PSA Bronze-level event. World No. 46 Senthilkumar rallied to beat England’s Tom Walsh 12-14, 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 and will next meet Mexican world No. 11 and second seed Leonel Cardenas. World No. 49 Chotrani edged out Hungary’s Balazs Farkas 6-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3, and will take on French world No. 19…