Malaysia's Bong, Sanjay enter main draw of squash meet

Malaysian duo Valentino Bon Jovi Bong and Sanjay Singh won their respective matches in contrasting styles to enter the men's main draw of the second leg of the JSW PSA Indian Squash Circuit, here today.
Third seed (in qualifiers) Bong packed off Indian challenger Vikas Jangra in just 22 minutes with a 11-2 11-5 11-5 scoreline, but second seed Singh had to wage a protracted battle to get his way past fighting fifth-seeded Pakistan rival Muhammad Asin Khan at the the Juhu-Vile Parle Gymmkhana.
Singh won 9-11 11-8 9-11 11-7 11-2 after a 70-minute struggle that saw some prolonged rallies and delicate drops.

India's Ravi Dixit, top-seeded in the qualifiers, is set to clash with sixth seed Sandeep Jangra, while No.8 seed Deepak Mishra takes on fourth-seeded Angus Gilliams of England to decide the last two qualifiers.
In the main draw, Egyptian Zahed Mohammed is the top seed with a world ranking of 47, followed by India's Mahesh Mangaonkar (63) at no. 2, Denmark's Krisitian Frost Olesen (64) at no. 3 and India's Harinder Pal Sandhu (83) at no. 4.
Zahed takes on Indian wild card Khush Kumar in his opening round encounter, Sandhu is up against France's Arthur Moineau and Mangaonkar will clash against a qualifier.