Manchester: With a clean slate each, both the Indian pairs Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Vikram Malhotra and Joshna Chinappa topped their respective groups and moved in style into the quarterfinal of the mixed doubles competition of the WSF-World doubles squash championship here on Thursday.
Second seed Saurav and Dipika who had two matches today overwhelmed the Wales pair of Peter Creed and Tesny Evans in their last match in Group B while Vikram and Joshna who qualified last night itself after their third straight win in Group C completed their engagement with a hard fought win over the Australian pair of Cameron Pilley and Donna Urquhart.
Meanwhile the men’s pair of Vikram and Mahesh Mangaonkar fell in their last Group match to finish at the table bottom. They will now play for the placings matches from nine down.
The results:
Men: Group A: Adnan and Yuen (Mal) bt Vikram Malhotra and Mahesh Mangaonkar 11-8, 10-11, 11-8
Mixed doubles: Group B: Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik bt Bennett and vd Heijden (Neth) 11-4, 11-4; bt Delierre and Cornett (Can) 11-5, 11-5; bt Peter Creed and Tesny Evans (Wales) 11-8, 11-6 (Group C: Vikram Malhotra and Joshna Chinappa bt Andres Herrera and Catalina Pelaez (Col) 11-7, 11-4; bt Cameron Pilley and Donna Urquhart (Aus) 7-11, 11-7, 11-7.
