Siddarth, Ravi in PSA events

Deepak Jain Mon, Jan 18 10 08:16 PM

Chennai, Jan 18 (PTI) Top Indian squash players including Siddarth, Ravi Dixit and Joshna Chinnappa figures in the PSA and WISPA events being held here as part of India''s preparation for the Commonwealth Games. Supported by the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, these events offers prize money of USD 8750 and USD 8000 respectively for PSA and WISPA categories. South African Stephen Coppinger (PSA ranked 49) has been given the pride of place in seedings and Suchde (ranked 99) and Ravi Dixit (ranked 223) are direct entrants in main draw based on their rankings, while eleven other Indians would be participating in the qualification rounds. In the WISPA event, Chinappa (ranked 34) has been given top billing, while Dipika Pallikal (ranked 46), Anaka Alankamony (ranked 87) and Anwesha Reddy (ranked 114) are the direct entrants. The first qualifying round ties held today were won by Naveen Jangra, Deepak Mishra and A Parthiban (all Indians) and Zyad Alowayesh (Kuwait). Jangra beat Vrishab Kotian (Ind) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7, Deepak Mishra defeated Waqar Pathan (Ind) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4, Parthiban saw off Kush Kumar (Ind) 11-5, 11-9, 11-7, while Alowayesh beat B Balamurugan 11-13, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7. MORE PTI RE ATK

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