Dipika Pallikal enters quarters of JSW Squash

Chennai: India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal breezed past Harshit Kaur Jawanda 3-0 to enter the quarterfinals of the JSW Indian Squash Challenger Circuit here on Sunday.

Pallikal packed off Jawanda 11-6 11-4 11-3 in 29 minutes.

The event is the fourth and final leg of the Circuit.

In another match, Lakshya Ragavendran got past compatriot Aparajitha Balamurukan 14-12 11-9 4-11 12-10.

Asian Games gold medallist Harinder Pal Sandhu also showed his mettle in the men's singles by fighting his way past Pakistan's Ahsan Ayaz 11-4 11-7 8-11 9-11 11-7 in a marathon match lasting 81 minutes.

"It was indeed a very hard fought match. I should have sealed it up at 3-0, nevertheless I am happy emerging victorious," said Sandhu.

India's Ravi Dixit and Kush Kumar also emerged victorious beating Velavan Senthilkumar and Lance Beddoes of New Zealand respectively.

Results:

Men: Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Adhitya Raghavan (Ind) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; Hannan Tarmidi (MAS) bt Deepak Mishra (Ind) 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5; Ravi Dixit (Ind) bt Velavan Senthilkumar (Ind) 11-5 11-8, 11-7; Kevi Moran (Sco) bt Vijay Meena (Ind) 11-8,11-4, 13-15, 13-11 ; Kush Kumar (Ind) bt Lance Beddoes (Nzl) 11-2, 11-9, 8-1, 11-5; Hossam Nasser (Egyp) bt Jonas Daehler (Switz) 11-6, 7-11,12-10 6-11,11-4 ; Joel Makin (Wales) bt Abhinav Sinha (Ind) 11-7, 11-5, 11-5; Harinderpal Sandhu (Ind) bt Ahsan Ayaz (Pak0 11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7

Women: Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Harishit Kaur Jwanda (Ind) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Laksha Ragavendran (Ind) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (Ind) 14-12, 11-9, 4-11, 12-10 ; Siyoli Waters (RSA) bt Uwashi Joshi (Ind) 11-6, 11-3, 11-4; Sivasangari Subramanian (Mas) bt Sammer Anjum (Pak) 12-10, 11-3, 11-4; Cheyna Tucker (RSA) bt Saida Gul (Pak) 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt Sunayna Kuruvilla (Ind) 11-6, 11-8, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6; Satomi Watanabe (JPN) bt Sachika Ingale (Ind) 11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-8; Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Ashita Pranaya Bhengra (Ind) 11-2, 11-1, 11-2.