Sanya Vats was the lone Indian to advance to the semifinals of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour-Chennai at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Fourth seed Sanya had reached this stage after beating eighth seed compatriot Unnati Tripathi in four games in the women\u2019s quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, second seed Indian Suraj Chand rallied to beat Kuwait\u2019s Ammar Altamimi 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 in the men\u2019s pre-quarterfinals of the event being played at the Indian Squash Academy on Sunday. But he went down in the next stage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men\u2019s seventh seed Om Semwal and women\u2019s third seed Rathika Seelan, eighth seed Unnati Tripathi, and Pooja Arthi Raghu were the other Indians to advance to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Ananya Narayanan beat Janet Vidhi in four games in the women\u2019s first round of the HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour-Chennai at the Indian Squash Academy in the southern Indian metropolis on Saturday. But all of them except Sayna failed to progress past the last-eight stage.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A few days back, India's Tanvi Khanna went from flat to fizzy after losing two games in quick time and turned the tables against Egypt\u2019s Farida Walid to earn a creditable victory in the women\u2019s final of the HCL-SRFI PSA Challenger Tournament at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club in Mumbai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 3rd-seeded Tanvi prevailed 8-11, 2-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-7 over her 2nd-seeded rival in a match that lasted 45 minutes, also avenging her 2-3 loss in January this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The men\u2019s title was won by M. Syafiq Kamal, who defeated (2) Yassin Shohdy (Egypt) 3-2 (6-11, 9-11,11-8,14-12,11-8).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour-Chennai results (semifinals): <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The men\u2019s title was won by M. Syafiq Kamal, who defeated (2) Yassin Shohdy (Egypt) 3-2 (6-11, 9-11,11-8,14-12,11-8).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: 6-Hwayeong Eum (Kor) bt Hana Aladdin (Egy) 11-9, 9-11, 2-11, 11-4, 11-6; 1-Rouqaia Othman (Egy) bt 4-Sanya Vats (Ind) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n