Nandrajog, Jagtap enter fourth round at squash tournament

Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) Second seed Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi and third seed Aditya Jagtap of Mumbai entered the mens fourth round in the 74th CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament today.

Nandrajog halted Mumbai's Kunj Rawani 11-2, 11-9, 11-6, while the man-in-form with three successive titles this season, Jagtap, subdued Mehul Kumar of Services 11-7, 11-5, 11-9.

Former Asian team gold and India under-19 world championship bronze winner, Abhishek Pradhan, also advanced to the men's fourth round with a hard-earned 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 win over unseeded Rushabh Vora of Maharashtra.

Also making round four was 5/8 seed Sandeep Jangra of the Services.

In the girls' under-19 first round, unseeded Tanaya Parakh of West Bengal upset 5/8 seed Bhavna Goyal of Maharashtra 11-7, 11-7, 3-11, 12-10 in a tight encounter.

Results:

Girls U-19 (1st Round): Tanaya M. Parakh bt Bhavna Goyal 11-7, 11-7, 3-11, 12-10; Sparshi Mattas bt Avishi Jain 11-1, 11-1, 11-2; Mira Kamat bt Vanshika Drolia 11-0, 11-1, 11-2; Radhika Rathore bt Bijali Darvada 11-7, 11-5, 11-1; Abhilasha Bhasin bt K. Ankita Rao 11-4, 11-1, 11-1.

Men (3rd Round): Pradeep Chaudhary bt Kumar Gaurav 11-4, 10-12, 12-10, 7-11, 11-6; Ashish Keskar bt Prayansh Desai 11-6, 11-2, 11-4; Jamal Sakib bt Dhruv Sanghavi 11-3, 11-6, 11-4; Sandeep Jangra bt Maunil Vora 11-2, 11-4, 11-2; Aishwary Singh bt Divit Poojary 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Aditya Jagtap bt Mehul Kumar 11-7, 11-5, 11-9; Ashray Ohri bt Ness Billimoria 11-4, 11-3, 11-8; Aadit Zaveri bt Awdesh Yadav 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; Abhishek Agarwal bt Rahul Arora 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; Naveen Jangra bt Rishit Agrawal 11-4, 11-1, 11-3; Abhinav Sinha bt Aaroh Soni 11-5, 11-4, 11-3; Gaurav Nandrajog bt Kunj Rawani 11-2, 11-9, 11-6; Abhishek Pradhan bt Rushabh Vora 11-4, 11-9, 11-9