Saurav, Joshna champions

Top seeds Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinnappa won their respective finals at the 34th Bombay Gymkhana-HSBC Maharashtra Open squash championship 2009 on Sunday.
In the women’s final, Saumya Karki took on Joshna Chinappa, who had played only one match before the finals. Joshna was given a tough fight by the gutsy youngster. Joshna edged out her opponent in straight sets 11-8 11-2 11-9.

The men’s final between Saurav Ghosal and Gaurav Nandrajog was a tight contest as well. The world No. 34 won 11-7 11-6 11-7.

Results: Men: Saurav Ghosal bt Gaurav Nandrajog 11-7 11-6 11-7; Women: Joshna Chinappa bt Saumya Karki 11-8 11-2 11-9; Boys U-19: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Karm Kumar 11-5 12-10 11-3; Girls U-19: Saumya Karki bt Shria Khatri 11-6 11-8 11-8; Boys U-17: Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Aakash Borwankar 11-8 11-1 11-5; Girls U-17: Saumya Karki bt Shria Khatri 11-7 11-8 11-5, Boys U-15: Abhimanyu Shah bt Anuj Bahl 8-11 11-6 11-6 11-9; Girls U-15: Urvashi Joshi bt Aishwarya Kulkarni 11-4 11-5 11-4; Boys U-13: Yohan Pundole bt Kunj Rawani 11-9 11-6 11-13 11-2; Girls U-13: Aishwarya Nambiar bt Aishwarya Bhattacharya 11-6 11-5 1-11 11-6, Boys U-11: Dev Vazirani bt Chaitanya Shah 11-8 11-5 11-5; Girls U-11: Nikita Joshi bt Daksha Pathak 7-11 5-11 11-9 12-10 11-9; Professional: Amjad Khan bt Rohit More 11-5 10-12 11-7 11-9; Over 55: Pranab Dutta bt Sudhir Sood 11-2 11-3; Over 45: Col Ashun Bahl bt Vaman Apte 11-6 3-11 6-11 11-8 11-3.