In another engrossing five-game contest, Sandhesh Palanivel Ravikumar rallied from 2-0 down to beat sixth seed Ayaan Vaziralli 6-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 and advance to the men\u2019s quarters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In women\u2019s, top seed Tanvi Khanna moved to the quarters with a straight-games win over Vasundhara Nangare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Arihant K.S. defeated Switzerland\u2019s Leandro Mannhart 11-6, 9-11, 13-11, 11-4 in the men\u2019s singles opening round on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In women\u2019s first-round action, Pooja Arthi Raghu rallied to beat Kaashvi Mangal 13-15, 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9. Another Indian player, Ananya Narayanan, defeated Aahana Singh 8-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-8 while Vasundhara Nangare got the better of compatriot Janet Vidhi 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The event has a prize fund of $9,000 for the men's section while in the women's section, the prize money is $9,000.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour has so far organised events in Indore, Mumbai, and Chennai, and is now in the Kolkata leg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Results (pre-quarterfinals, Indians unless specified):<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour has so far organised events in Indore, Mumbai, and Chennai, and is now in the Kolkata leg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: 3-Sohayla Hazem (Egy) bt 8-Anjali Semwal 11-4, 12-10, 11-5; Ananya Narayanan bt Rani Gupta 11-4, 11-1, 11-5; 1-Tanvi Khanna bt Vasundhara Nangare 11-3, 11-6, 11-7; 7-Nirupama Dubey bt Vyomika Khandelwal 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; 4-Karolina Sramkova (Cze) bt Reiva Nimbalkar 11-4, 11-2, 12-10; 2-Menna Walid (Egy) bt Anika Dubey 12-10, 11-6, 12-10; 7-Unnati Tripathi bt Sahana Kalaivanan 11-1, 11-3, 11-5; 5-Rathika Seelan bt Pooja Arthi Raghu 11-1, 11-2, 11-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n