Squash Nationals: Siddharth Suchde, Sandeep Jangra enter 5th qualifying round

Siddharth Suchde of Maharashtra and Sandeep Jangra of Delhi entered the men's fifth qualifying round in the 73rd Senior National Squash Championship at the Otters Club in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Suchde got past Aran Thawani 11-4 11-4 11-4 while Jangra halted local lad Pranay Jain 11-8 11-5 11-6 to inch closer to the main draw. Top seed in the qualifiers, Gaurav Nandrajog of Delhi, Hiteshwar Singh Riar of Chandigarh and Adhitya Raghavan of Tamil Nadu were the other significant winners to roll into the fifth round along with Delhi's Robin Mann Singh. 

Advait Adik, of the host club, overcame India under-19 No. 10 Ajit Sharma 11-7 11-8 6-11 12-10 in a thriller. 

Results: Men (4th qualifying round): Gaurav Nandrajog bt Yohann Surti 11-2 11-6 11-4; Hiteshwar Singh Riar bt Ramesh Kumar Choudhary 11-7 11-6 11-6; Siddharth Suchde bt Aran Thawani 11-4 11-4 11-4; Robin Singh Mann bt Naveen Jangra 11-8 11-3 16-14; Adhitya Raghavan bt Awdesh Yadav 11-1 11-3 11-3; Abhishek Pradhan bt Abhishek Agarwal 11-9 11-7 11-4; Sandeep Jangra bt Pranay Jain 11-8 11-5 11-6; Aryaman Adik bt Yohann Darius Pandole 11-1 13-15 11-8 11-6; Advait Adik bt Ajit Sharma 11-7 11-8 6=11 12-10.