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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
The Hindu
12-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
World Squash Championships: Indians exit in second round
All the four remaining Indians -- Veer Chotrani, Abhay Singh, Ramit Tandon -- bowed out in the prestigious World Squash Championships held in Chicago on Sunday (May 11, 2025) in the second round. The lone Indian in the women's singles, Anahat Singh lost 1-3 to Fayrouz Aboelkheir of Egypt. Anahat was able to level the scores at the end of the second game but eventually lost the match 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 3-11 in the second round match that lasted 28 minutes Sunday night. The 17-year-old Anahat, ranked 62nd in the world, had earlier beaten world No. 28 American Marina Stefanoni in the opening round. In the men's singles, Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani and Ramit Tandon also lost their second round matches to bow out of the tournament. Singh was no match to world No. 13 Youssef Ibrahim of Egypt, losing 0-3 (6-11, 6-11, 9-11), while Chotrani was beaten 1-3 (11-7, 7-11, 3-11, 10-12) by top seed Ali Farag, also of Egypt. Tandon's match was the closest as he went down fighting 2-3 (9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 8-11) to eighth seed Marwan Elshorbagy of England. The results (second round): Men: Ali Farag (Egy) bt Veer Chotrani 7-11, 11-7, 11-3, 12-10; Marwan ElShorbagy (Eng) bt Ramit Tandon 11-9, 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8; Youssef Ibrahim (Egy) bt Abhay Singh 11-6, 11-6, 11-9. Women: Fayrouz Aboelkheir (Egy) bt Anahat Singh 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-3. (With inputs from PTI)
Hans India
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
Squash World C'ship: Veer, Anahat register massive wins to move to second round
Chicago: India's Veer Chotrani is through to the second round of the Squash World Championships for the first time after causing an upset against former World No.15 Declan James. Chotrani, who booked his place at the tournament by winning the Asia qualifying event, won 3-1 (11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 16-14) to progress to the second round at his first appearance at the World Championships. The World No.57 was almost forced into a fifth game with the Englishman when he had four match balls but was unable to convert. However, Chotrani succeeded on the fifth attempt to seal the victory. '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 said. '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. 'Last week I didn't have the belief that I could beat top 20/25 guys, and today I went into the match with nothing to lose and I told myself that, play without any pressure and enjoy it. 'Those match points were so hard and he showed why he's been a top 15 player. I'm over the moon to get through," Chotrani added. Four-time world champion Ali Farag awaits Chotrani in round two. Fellow Asian qualifying event winner and Chotrani's compatriot Anahat Singh, also featuring at this event for the first time, ended home hopes for Marina Stefanoni in a five-game thriller. '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. 'It was really tiring and I'm exhausted and I'm really happy I was able to get through it. 'It's a bit surreal – I've seen this tournament since I've been playing squash on TV and watching matches, but getting to be here and see all the top players and see how they are during the biggest tournament of the year it's an experience not many people get to have and I'm really grateful I have," she said. The World No.62 Anahat came from 2-1 down to defeat USA's Stefanoni 3-2 (10-12, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6) in 52 minutes.
