Rathika Seelan battled past Sanya Vats 7-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3, 16-14 in the women’s first round of the HCL $9,000 PSA Tour squash tournament at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium on Monday.
In the pre-quarterfinals, Rathika will challenge the fifth seed Tanvi Khanna who had a bye in the first round.
The results (first round): Men: Ayaan Wazirali bt Mohit Bhat 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 6-2 (retired); Aryaveer Diwan bt Youssef El Sherif (Egy) 13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9; Sandesh Ravikumar bt Tai Jun Kuan (Mas) 11-6, 11-6, 13-11; Om Semwal w.o. Marwan Tamir (Egy); Saif Refai (Egy) bt Rahul Baitha 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 6-1 (retired).
Women: Sunita Patel bt Chhavi Saran 11-9, 11-5, 8-11, 11-4; Pooja Aarti bt Aradhana Kasturi 11-2, 11-5, 11-3; Isha Srivastava bt Yoojin Shin (Kor) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Rathika Seelan bt Sanya Vats 7-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3, 16-14; Anika Dubey bt Tanishka Jain 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12, 16-14; Unnati Tripathi bt Mona Tamer (Egy) 11-8, 11-5, 1-11, 11-5.
Published – August 04, 2025 07:35 pm IST
