Sandeep, Parth, Amjad, Capt Shakti enter in last 16

Wednesday, September 13, 2006, 15:40 [IST]

Jaipur, Sep 13 (UNI) Sandeep Jhangra, Parth Sharma, Capt Shakti Singha and Amjad Khan entered last 16 in the Indian Oil Harish Chandra Golecha Rajasthan Open Squash Championship at Jaipur club courts here today.

Sixth seed Sandeep dropped one game before beating Ishan Tharyamal 5-9, 9-5, 9-1, 9-0 in the men's section. Other seeded players got through easily. Fifth seed Parth Sharma routed Kastikeya Sharma 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 while capt Shakti singh beat Kaluram with a score of 9-, 9-0, 9-1 and Ajmad Khan registered easy victory over Kapil Murjani (Jodhpur) 9-4, 9-0, 9-7.

In boys under-19, third seed Gunraj beat Udai Shankar 9-1, 9-1, 9-1, while fourth seed Sami Jhonson easily got through Farid Singh 9-3, 9-3, 9-2.

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