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The Hindu
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Indian sports wrap, May 12: India's challenge ends at PSA Squash World Championships
SQUASH PSA Squash World Championships: Indian challenge ends in second round Indian challenge at the PSA Squash World Championships in Chicago ended in the second round on Sunday. World No. 62 Anahat Singh, the only Indian in the women's draw, went down 1-3 (7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 3-11) to World No. 15 Fayrouz Aboelkheir of Egypt in 28 minutes. In the men's field, top-ranked Indian Ramit Tandon fought hard before his defeat to England's Marwan Elshorbagy. World No. 7 Elshorbagy won 3-2 (11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8) against World No. 34 Tandon in 57 minutes. 😱 That is unbelievable from Veer Chotrani - back-to-back nicks! 🔥🔥🔥# — PSA Squash Tour (@PSASquashTour) May 11, 2025 Veer Chotrani, who booked his spot at the main event after winning the Asian qualifiers along with the 17-year-old Anahat in Kuala Lumpur, challenged World No. 2 Ali Farag in his second-round match. However, the Egyptian, a four-time world champion, beat Chotrani 3-1 (7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 12-10) in 32 minutes. World No. 38 Abhay Singh lost 0-3 (11-6, 11-6, 11-9) in half an hour to World No. 13 Youssef Ibrahim of Egypt. -Team Sportstar ATHLETICS UAE Athletics Women's Gala: Ancy wins silver, Shaili takes bronze in long jump Indian long jumpers Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh both finished on the podium at the UAE Athletics Women's Gala at the Dubai Police Club Stadium on Sunday. Asian Games silver medallist Ancy finished second with a season's best effort of 6.54m. Shaili Singh came third with a jump of 6.48m. Egypt's champion Esraa Owis won gold with a distance of 6.66m. For the Indians, it was a reversal of Friday's UAE Athletics Grand Prix where Shaili had won silver while Ancy had picked the bronze. Karishma Sanil's won the women's javelin throw gold with 53.33m effort. The event had only two other competitors - UAE's Aliazya Tarek (31.04m) and Harshita Sehrawat (16.77m). Moumita Mondal (24.61s) clinched silver in the 200m race behind Tamzin Thomas (24.15s) of South Africa. Niharika Vashisht, with a new personal best effort of 13.58m, finished third in women's triple jump. - Team Sportstar TENNIS Italian Open: Bhambri-Galloway pair knocked out in first round Yuki Bhambri and his American partner Robert Galloway were knocked out of the Italian Open in the first round on Sunday. The Indo-American pair went down 6-1, 6-2 to the fourth-seeded Spanish-Argentine duo of Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. -Team Sportstar
Indian Express
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Indian Express
Squash World Championships: Anahat Singh and three Indians advance to round 2
Four Indian players have advanced to the second round of the PSA Squash World Championships on Saturday. Ramit Tandon, Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh, and Veer Chotrani won their respective first round matches. Ramit Tandon faced Japan's Ryunosuke Tsukue in the first round encounter and made a comeback after losing the first game 10-12. He won the next three games with scores of 11-7, 13-11, and 11-7. Teenage Indian star, Anahat Singh was up against Marina Stefanoni of the USA and won a thrilling 3-2 victory. After losing the first game 10-12, she cameback to win 11-9, lost the third game 6-11, and then clinched the final two games 11-6, 11-6, securing a 3-2 victory. 'We had really long rallies and she's a great player. I've seen her play in the last few tournaments, she's been playing really well and she's broken into the top 30 so I knew today it was going to be a battle,' she told the PSA World Championships website. 'It was really tiring and I'm exhausted and I'm really happy I was able to get through it. Abhay Singh also produced a solid performance against Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller. His only blip came in the second game when he lost 2-11 but convincingly won the other three games to book his berth in the next round. Other Indian in fray, Veer Chotrani caused an upset as he defeated former world number 15 Declan James of England in a very tight contest. Both players fought toe-to-toe in the game pushing each other to the limits. Veer emerged victorious in the four game matche as he won the first game 11-9, lost the second 9-11, and then took the third 12-10 and the fourth 16-14, securing a well-deserved 3-1 victory. However, Veer will face tough competition in the second round as four-time World Champion Ali Farag waits for him in the next round after defeating Bernar Jaume of Spain in straight games. 'Relief, I'd say! Last week I played Mohamad Zakaria in Bermuda and I had four match balls and I bottled it and I lost,' he told the organizers. 'That match was actually in my head when I was up match ball and I thought I cannot give it away this time, but I fought hard and stayed extremely focused and I was able to get the win in the end.
