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Gujjar wins thriller
EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE
Chennai, Jan 4: Jodhpur resident Rajendra Gujjar used his fitness, to maximum effect to bounce back from an adverse situation and beat Ranjoth Singh Aneja 2-9, 10-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1 in the India Cements-MCC Senior National Squash Championship at MCC, on Sunday. Ranjoth, who was on the verge of going 2-0 up frittered away his chances towards the end of the match.The walkover bug continued on the second day with seven players failing to turn up. Sixth seed Ritwik Bhattacharya (Delhi) had a rest day because G Vishwa Ganesh failed to turn up. Vijay Kumar Singh gave a walkover to Gajendra Rathore of Indore. RESULTS Men (1st round): Dhiraj Sodhi (Jodh) bt Jasbir Singh 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Kumarpal Singhvi w/o Manoj Chandani (Mds); V Laxman (Mds) bt Munish Pabbi (Mds) 9-5, 9-2, 9-2; M Khurana w/o Vijay Rawat; Yogendra Singh (Del) bt D Bhargava 9-2, 9-3, 5-9, 9-0; Ajay Shesadri (Mds) bt Ajay Shelke 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Arjun Krishnan (Mds) bt Gopi Mohite (Bom) 9-1, 9-6, 7-9, 4-9, 9-0; Ritwik Bhattacharya (Del) w/o
Vishwa Ganesh; Gajendra Rathore w/o Vijay Kumar Singh; Rajendra Gujjar (Jodh) bt Ranjoth Singh Aneja (Mds) 2-9, 10-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1; S Rajamani (Ser) bt Sandeep Jaswal (Mds) 9-0, 9-4, 9-2; Mohit Pannu (Ser) w/o Vijay Waghela (Bom); Rishal Sawhney (Del) bt Jasdev Singh 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Rajesh M Sonavne (Bom) w/o Samir Thukral (Del); Bala Murugan (Mds) w/o Vijay Sonavne (Bom). Professional: Yakub Sheikh bt Kishan Bamania 9-1, 9-2, 9-5; P Yelve bt Hillary Fernandes 9-2, 9-6, 9-0; Riyaz Mohammed bt Vijay Sonavne 9-5, 0-9, 9-3, 9-6; R Sonawane bt Baburao Salve 10-8, 9-4 (conceded); AI Singh bt Sunil Verma 9-7, 9-3, 9-3; Vijay Wagela bt Kishore Naik 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.
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