Mahesh Mangaonkar wins Sekisui Open Squash title in Switzerland

Mahesh Mangaonkar in action

Indian squash player Mahesh Mangaonkar has stamped his name back on the World squash scene by winning the Sekisui Open today in Switzerland. The fifth seed, making steady progress finally made a great start to the year by the $15,000 PSA world tour event.

A bad 2015 had put off young Mahesh to the extent that his rankings dropped to 65. But this has been a promising start to 2016 with his fifth PSA title, the last being in October of 2014 in the Indian circuit.

In the final in Kriens, Mahesh waged a long battle to wear down the third seed Danish player, Kristian Frost in five games 12-10, 7-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-8. It was expected to be a close match and it proved to be one between two players of almost similar standards.

Mangaonkar had earlier stunned the second seed German Raphael Kandra en route to his victory to the in Switzerland.