24 July,2011 08:08 AM IST | | A Correspondent
Sachin Jadhav brought all his experience to get past Laxman Joshi, the youngster from Jindal Academy, while Delhi's Karm Kumar, the top seed, had an easy outing against Sanjay Pawar to set up a final clash in the Men's Open of the JVPG-GVK 3rd Brave Heart Ashok Kamte Squash Classic, 2011, at the courts of Juhu Vileparle Gymkhana on Saturday.
Jadhav (right) hits a backhand on Saturday
What was slated to be a slugfest turned out as expected as Jadhav got the better of Joshi in five games. The younger and faster Laxman ran away with the first two games before Jadhav slowed down the pace and controlled proceedings. Winning the close third game 12-10, Jadhav won the next two relatively easily to emerge a 9-11,7-11,12-10,11-6,11-9 winner. The second semifinal was a straight forward affair with Karm outplaying Pawar 11-5, 11-6, 11-6.
Other Results:
Men's U-21: Ness Billimoria btu00a0 Dipesh Borhadia 11-1, 11-5, 11-7; Shashi Pandey bt Javed Mohammed 11-9, 3-11, 11-5, 11-8.
Boys' U-17: Madhav Dhingra bt Sumer Rao 11-4, 11-0, 11-2; Raheil Fazelbhoy btu00a0 Arjun Kochchar 11-8, 13-11, 11-7.
