SEMI
FINALS: OTTERS BEAT JUHU VILE PARLE GYMKHANA 4-1 Avinash Bhavnani lost to Amitpal Kohli 11-15,17-14,15-13,13-15,6-15;
Manish Chotrani beat Jatin Mehta 17-15,15-11,3-15,17-15;
Niraj Shirgaokar beat K. Shah 6-15, 11-15, 15-10,15-13,15-13;
Akhil Behl beat U. Mehra 15-10, 15-12, 15-13;
Cyrus Poncha w/o S. Mehra.
THE LEELA BEAT
SEA ROCK 3-2 C. Pawar beat A. Merchant
15-13, 12-15, 15-12, 12-15, 15-11;
The top two fancied
teams, Otters Club and The Leela, will contest the final of the first
suburban handicap squash tournament co-sponsored by Kanakia Construction
and The Leela.
In the semi finals,
Otters crushed Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana by four matches to one. The Leela
edged out Sea Rock by three matches to two. Their professional,
Chandrakant Pawar, came back from the verge of defeat to beat A. Merchant
in the opening tie. E. Dastur and Vinit Chauhan clinched The Leela’s win
after Brian Sopher lost to junior Kukreja.
Otters Club won a
hard-fought encounter against The Leela by three matches to one in the
last league tie of the first suburban handicap squash tournament
co-sponsored by Kanakia Construction and The Leela. Four of the five
matches went the full distance.
Hoshi Sarkari and Eric
Dasturwon their matches
for The Leela and the six games they won enable. The Leela to top the
table with 76 points two more than Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana. Each game won
counts for one point. Otter’s with 72 were third and Sea Rock fourth
with 65. The top four play the semi finals next Sunday. The Leela meet Sea
Rock and Juhu Play Otters.
Hard-earned victories
by Brian Sopher and Chandrakant Pawar featured the Leela’s 4-1 win over
Holiday Inn in the second round matches of the inaugural Rs.25,000
suburban handicap squash tournament co-sponsored by Kanakia Construction
and The Leela.
Sopher wore down Ashish
Mehra in five games and Pawar beat R. Sonpal over extra points in the
deciding fifth game.
The other matches saw
Juhu Centaur beat Andheri Recreation Club 5-0 and Otters rout Juhu
Gymkhana 5-0. Favourites Otters had lost to Sea Rock in the first round.
Sea Rock had a bye in the second round.
The Leela lead the
table with 28 points followed by Otters (20), Juhu Gym (19), Holiday Inn
(16), Juhu Centaur (15), Andheri (12), and Sea Rock (9).
Sea Rock, who had
shocked Otters Club in the opening round, downed The Leela by four matches
to one in the First suburban handicap squash tournament co-sponsored by
Kanakia Construction ad The Leela on Sunday.
The Leela still hold
the lead with 64 points. In striking distance areotters and Juhu Gymkhana with 60 points each,
while Sea Rock have
jumped to fourth place with 57 points.
The once to clinched
Sea Rock’s win were A. Kukerja who beat Brian Sopher, A. Merchant who
beat Chandrakant Pawar and C. Pereira who downed Eric Dastur in five
grueling sets.
Despite losing to Juhu
Gymkhana 2-3, The Leela, with 40 points, led the table after the third
round ofmatches in the seven
team inaugural handicap squash tournament co-sponsored by Kanakia
Construction and The Leela.
In the other matches,
Centaur beat Sea Rock 3-2, while Holiday Inn thrashed Andheri Recreation
Club Junior Parth Doshi gave them aflying
start beating D. Shetty in five keen sets.
THE LEELA, with 28
points, leads the tally after the second round in the Suburban Handicap
Squash Tournament, co-sponsored by Kanakia Buildersand The Leela . In second round matches played at The Leela court
on Sunday. The Leela defeated Holiday Inn 4-1, with most of the matches
getting stretched the full distance. Leading professional Chandrakant
Pawar of The Leela had a fight on his hands before getting the better of
R.Sonpal 8-15, 15-17, 15-13, 15-13, 17-14.
In second position is
Otters Club with 20 points, followed by Juhu Gymkhana (19), Holiday Inn
(6), Juhu Centaur (15), and Andheri Recreation (12).
SEA ROCK caused an
upset in the inaugural suburban team handicap squash tournamentco-sponsored by Kanakia Builders and The Leela, when they beat
Otters Club 3-0.
Kukreja beat Cyrus
Poncha 11-15, 15-13, 15-10, 10-15, 15-11.
The other victories
were recorded by B. Carl, who beat Rustom Dalal 15-6, 17-15, 13-15, 15-14
and Clint Pereira, who downed Avinash Bhavnani 15-12, 13-15, 15-14 and
15-8.
In the other matches,
Juhu Gymkhana won a close match against Holiday Inn 3-2, while the The
Leela beat Andheri Recreation Club 4-1.
Cyrus Poncha led Otters
Club to a 5-0 victory Centaur on Sunday to propel the winners into Holiday
Inn (both have 49 points) in the Suburban Squash Handicap Tournament at
the The Leela Hotel.
Poncha dropped a game
to Sanjay Goyal before prevailing 15-12, 15-13, 7-15, 15-12.
The Leela lead the
league with 54 points.
In the other matches,
Sea Rock beat Holiday Inn 3-1 and Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana defeated
Andheri Recreation Club 5-0.
