RESULTS:                South Asian Games Squash Championship, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Men's 1st round:
Sopon Parvze (BAN) bt Chhabilal Paija Pun (NEP) 6-9, 9-6, 9-0, 10-9
Hira Bahadur Thapa (NEP) bt Bhola Chowhan (BAN)            9-3, 9-1, 9-0

Quarter-finals:
[1] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt Sopon Parvze (BAN)                9-2, 9-3, 9-1
[3/4] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Navin Samarasinghe (SRI)               9-3, 9-0, 9-4
[3/4] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) bt Saman Thilakaratna (SRI)    9-4, 9-0, 9-4
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Hira Bahadur Thapa (NEP)     9-0, 9-0, 9-1

Semi-finals:
[1] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [3/4] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND)                9-0, 9-2, 9-2
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [3/4] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND)                 9-2, 9-3, 9-3

Final:
[1] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) bt [2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)            9-5, 7-9, 4-9, 9-2, 9-0

Women's 1st round:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Chitij Gurung (NEP)   9-0, 9-0, 9-0
[3/4] Tehani Guruge (SRI) bt Maria Toor Pakay (PAK)            9-0, 9-10, 9-4, 10-8
[3/4] Nirasha Guruge (SRI) bt Muqaddas Ashraf (PAK)         9-3, 9-1, 9-4
[2] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Bhawana Sunuwar (NEP)               9-1, 9-1, 9-0

Semi-finals:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [3/4] Tehani Guruge (SRI)         9-3, 9-0, 9-5
[2] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [3/4] Nirasha Guruge (SRI)              9-7, 9-6, 9-3

Final:
[1] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [2] Dipika Pallikal (IND)    9-6, 9-6, 9-1
 

Pakistan's Mansoor Zaman and India's Joshna Chinappa successfully defended their squash titles in the South Asian Games at the Gymkhana Club in Sri Lanka's largest city Colombo.

Left-hander Zaman, the world No28 from Peshawar, faced 16-year-old compatriot Aamir Atlas Khan in the final after both players beat 3/4 seeds from India - Harinder Pal Sandhu and Gaurav Nandrajog, respectively - in the semi-finals.

Second seed Khan shocked his more experienced top-seeded opponent by taking a 2/1 lead in the final – but Zaman regained his composure to win 9-5, 7-9, 4-9, 9-2, 9-0 to retain the title he won two years ago in Islamabad, in his home country.

In the women's final, 19-year-old Joshna Chinappa from Chennai took on 14-year-old rising star Dipika Pallikal, also from Chennai.  The two top-seeded Indians had overcome their anticipated opponents – Sri Lankan 3/4 seeds, sisters Tehani Guruge and Nirasha Guruge – in the previous round.

Favourite Chinappa was too strong for Pallikal in the final, winning 9-6, 9-6, 9-1.