Sergeants fight on

Sergeants Ashish Keskar and Sachin Ughade of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) endured strong challenges in the men's qualifying third round before advancing in the 58th Senior National Championship & 67th CCI-Western India Open squash tournament at the Cricket Club of India yesterday

Sergeants Ashish Keskar and Sachin Ughade of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) endured strong challenges in the men's qualifying third round before advancing in the 58th Senior National Championship & 67th CCI-Western India Open squash tournament at the Cricketu00a0 Club of India yesterday.

Sgt. Keskar initiated a gallant recovery after trailing 1-2 and stretched his gruelling encounter to the decider to beat Ranjit Singh of UP 10-12, 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 11-2.

Sgt. Ughade also faced similar resistance after leading 2-0 and overcame Ravi Pandey of Delhi 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5 in another tight contest.

Muhammad Nasir of Delhi and Akhil Daswani and Vicky Singh of Maharashtra also advanced after enduring close third round ties. Singh, who led 2-0 against Prabkirat Sanghera of Delhi, almost frittered away the advantage before snatching the decider with a crucial lead.

Shetty upsets Baheti
In exciting action in the CCI-Western India Open for juniors, Maharashtra lads Zahaan Motiwala and Ansh Shetty registered hard-fought wins in boys' under-11 matches that went the distance.

While Motiwala beat state mate Shlok Makhija, Shetty upset seeded Utkarsh Baheti of Rajasthan with the final game being decided over extra points.

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