World SportsVelavan, Tanvi enter PSA Challenger semis

Velavan, Tanvi enter PSA Challenger semis

MUMBAI, JUL 1 (PTI): India’s Velavan Senthilkumar and Tanvi Khanna advanced to the men’s and women’s semifinals at the PSA Challenger Tour-Mumbai squash tournament here on Wednesday.
Men’s top seed Senthilkumar defeated Egyptian fourth seed Abdullah Hafez 15-13, 11-4, 11-3 in the quarterfinals, and will meet Egyptian second seed Yassin Shohdy next.
Meanwhile, women’s third seed Tanvi beat Malaysian eighth seed Zoe Foo 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, and will face Japanese sixth seed Akari Midorikawa in the last-four stage.
Quarterfinals results:
Men: 2-Yassin Shohdy (Egy) bt 7-Tomotaka Endo (Jpn) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4; 8-Ziad Ibrahim (Egy) bt Om Semwal (Ind) 11-5, 11-13, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9; Md Syafiq Kamal (Mas) bt Salah Eltorgman (Can) 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 11-8; 1-Velavan Senthilkumar (Ind) bt 4-Abdullah Hafez (Egy) 15-13, 11-4, 11-3.
Women: 3-Tanvi Khanna (Ind) bt 8-Zoe Foo (Mas) 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6; 6-Akari Midorikawa (Jpn) bt Shameena Riaz (Ind) 12-10, 11-8, 5-11, 11-2; 4-Nour Khafagy (Egy) bt 5-Malak Fathy (Egy) 11-1, 11-9, 11-8; 2-Farida Walid (Egy) v bt 7-Risa Sugimoto (Jpn) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6.

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