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Ravi Dixit precocious to his 2nd successive men’s semifinal astatine the HCL National doubles squash championships, combining with Vikas Mehra to conflict past Mathew Godwin and Navaneeth Prabhu 11-7, 10-12, 11-7 successful a gripping clash astatine the Indian Squash & Triathlon Academy present connected Thursday.
Ravi, successful the institution of Guhan Senthilkumar, had finished runner-up successful the erstwhile edition. On Thursday, the higher-ranked duo of Ravi and Vikas was connected the cusp of triumph erstwhile it earned a lucifer constituent astatine 10-9 successful the 2nd game. However, 2 backhand errors from Ravi allowed Mathew and Navaneeth to propulsion the contention into the decider.
Ravi and Vikas raced to a 5-1 pb earlier their opponents fought backmost to gully level astatine 5-all. The lucifer was marked by agelong rallies, and heated exchanges with the referee added to the strength of the encounter.
From 8-6 onwards, the higher-ranked operation raised its game. Fittingly, it was Ravi who delivered the finishing touch, producing a delightful backhand cross-court victor to seal the deal.
Meanwhile, apical seeds Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar began their rubric defence successful emphatic fashion, cruising to a 11-4, 11-2 triumph implicit Shubham and Vedant Patel to seal a last-four berth.
In mixed doubles, Abhay, who had won the crown alongside Anahat Singh past year, has teamed up with Rathika Seelan this clip and overcame Ravi and Janet Vidhi 10-12, 11-8, 11-9 to publication a spot successful the semifinals.
The results: Men: Quarterfinals: Abhay Singh & Velavan Senthilkumar bt Shubham & Vedant Patel 11-4, 11-2; Ravi Dixit & Vikas Mehra bt Mathew Godwin & Navaneeth Prabhu 11-7, 10-12, 11-7; Guhan Senthilkumar & Pr Sandhesh bt Harinderpal Singh Sandhu & Om Semwal 11-7, 2-11, 11-8; Rahul Baitha & Suraj Chand bt R. Dinesh & L. Meyappan 11-6, 11-6.
Women: Group A: Joshna Chinappa & Rathika Seelan bt Sahana Kalaivanan & Sangamitra Shanmugham 11-2, 11-7; Ananya Narayan & Anika Dubey bt Sahana & Sangamitra 11-2, 11-1.
Mixed: Quarterfinals: Velavan & Joshna bt Roshan Rajkumar & Sahana 11-4, 11-5; Suraj & Nirupama Dubey bt Navaneeth & Pooja Arthi 11-9, 12-10; Abhay & Rathika bt Ravi & Janet Vidhi 10-12, 11-8, 11-9; Rahul & Anika bt Sandhesh & Shameena Riaz 10-12, 11-6, 11-8.
