Balamurugan and A Parthiban, coaches of the Indian Squash Academy, scalped the top two seeds in the first round qualifying of the PSA Indian Challenger-Three 2009 squash on Monday.

After Balamurugan, a national champion in Professional Category for 10 years, put paid to the aspirations of top seed Paul Mathieson of Italy, Parthiban made amends to get back his rhythm in the third and fourth games to dispose of Hon Fung Wong of Hong Kong.