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RESULTS: Chennai Squash Open, Chennai, India

1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [Q] Vikas Jangra (IND) 15-5, 15-7, 15-9 (28m)
[5] Khayal Muhammad (PAK) bt Saurav Ghosal (IND) 17-15, 15-8, 15-11 (57m)
[3] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt Sherif Kamel (EGY) 15-7, 15-9, 17-15 (45m)
[6] Stefan Leifels (GER) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) 15-9, 15-12, 17-15
[7] Saeed Hassan (PAK) bt [Q] Sandeep Jangra (IND) 15-5, 15-3, 15-4 (18m)
[4] Dylan Bennett (NED) bt [Q] Seif Bayoumi (EGY) 7-15, 15-8, 15-5, 15-7
[8] Ashley Flathers (ENG) bt [Q] Supreet Singh (IND) 15-6, 15-6, 11-15, 15-6
[2] Mark Heather (ENG) bt Simon Pickering (ENG) 15-5, 15-4, 15-13 (30m)

Bhattacharya Leads Local Bid For Chennai Success

Third seed Ritwik Bhattacharya is the sole domestic survivor after the first round of the Chennai Squash Open in India.

The 24-year-old from New Delhi beat Egypt's Sherif Kamel 15-7 15-9 17-15 in 45 minutes and now meets Germany's sixth seed Stefan Leifels, who defeated the third seed's fellow countryman Gaurav Nandrajog 15-9 15-12 17-15.