Ghosal, Chinappa in quarters of National Squash C'ship

The world No.21 defeated qualifier Ashish Keskar of Services 11-3 11-3 11-9 to set up a quarterfinal clash against Delhi lad Gaurav Nandrajog who is seeded between 5 and 8.

Second seed Harinder Pal Sandhu defeated qualifier Aseem Ingale of Delhi 11-4 11-7 11-5.

In the women's draw, top seed Joshna Chinappa and talented Anaka Alankamony, seeded second, had it easy against their respective opponents.

Joshna defeated Anupam Kumari of Bihar 11-0 11-1 11-2 while Anaka thrashed Mona Kumari of Bihar 11-2 11-0 11-2.

Results (Round of 16):

Men's: Saurav Ghosal (1, TN) b Ashish Keskar (Q, Services) 11-3 11-3 11-9; Gaurav Nandrajog (5/8, Del) b Ranvijay Singh (TN) 11-9 11-8 13-11; Vikas Jangra (5/8, Services) b Rishi Tandon (TN) 12-10 11-9 3-11 11-1; Ravi Dixit (3/4, TN) b Shravan Kaur (Q, WB) 11-6 11-2 11-6; Mahesh Mangaonkar (3/4, Mah) b Krish Kapur (Q, WB) 11-2 11-5 11-5; Abhinav Sinha (5/8, Mah) b Arjun Agnihotri (Services) 7-11 11-8 11-1 9-11 11-6; Sandeep Jangra (5/8, Services) b Vivek Dinodia (WB) 11-7 11-9 13-11; Harinder Pal Sandhu (2, TN) b Aseem Ingale (Q, Del) 11-4 11-7 11-5.

Women's: Joshana Chinappa (1), TN, b Anupam Kumari, Bihar, 11-0 11-1 11-2; Kiran Katoch, J&K b Neha Rani, Bihar, w.O; Janet Vidhi, Delhi, b Jyoti Singh, Bihar 11-0 11-1 11-1; Vrishrutyi Sahni (3/4), Mah, b Soni Kumari, Bihar, 11-1 11-2 11-1; Sachika Ingale (3/4), Delhi, b Sunny Meatha, Bihar 11-0 11-0 11-0; Aishwarya Bhattacharya, Mah b Chandani Kumari Bihar, 11-0 11-0 11-0; Tamanna, UP b Neha Kumari, Bihar, 11-0 11-0 11-1; Anaka Alankamony (2), TN, b Mona Kumari, Bihar, 11-2 11-0 11-2.