Indians pick three squash titles

Indian juniors Alisha Mashruwala, Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghoshal did their country proud by winning titles in their respective age groups at the Milo Malaysian Junior international squash tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.

According to information, Calcutta-based Ghoshal, who has had a fine tournament, went on to win the boys' under-15 title when he tamed second seed Kapil Nesan of Malaysia 9-4, 9-3, 9-3 in 34 minutes.

India's youngest women's national champion, the Madras-based Joshna Chinappa pipped her citymate Vaidehi Reddy 10-8, 9-5, 5-9, 1-9, 9-2 to win the girls' under-17 title.

Bombay lass Alisha Mashruwala proved too good for Nabilla Ariffin of Malaysia on way to the girls under-13 title. She won 6-9, 9-4, 9-0, 9-3 in 39 minutes while another Bombay lad Jay Dalal finished fifth in the boys under-11 event.

In the Classical Plates events, India's Supreet Singh (under-17), Manek Mathur (under-13) and Ramit Tandon (under-11) emerged victorious while Chandigarh based Harinder Pal Singh finished seventh in the boys under-13 category.