Successful Finish for Chennai Leg of HCL Squash Tour & Southern Slam

Ashok

UPDATED: Jun 10, 2024, 7:26:56 PM

Chennai, June 08th 2024: To enhance the squash ecosystem in India, HCL, a leading global conglomerate, along with the Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI), successfully concluded the second leg of its multicity Indian Squash Tour in Chennai.

This tour, part of HCL’s Squash Podium Program, aimed to provide Indian players an opportunity to compete against the world’s best on their home turf and gain international ranking points. The HCL Southern Slam was held at the Indian Squash Academy, from June 04 to June 08, showcasing exceptional talent and competitive spirit among players.

The top squash talents, including Ravindu Laksiri (World Rank 142), Anahat Singh (U19 & World Rank 114), Rathika Suthanthira (World Rank 170), Rahul Baith (World Rank 206), Vedant Patel (World Rank 316), and Om Semwal (World Rank 279), compete for a $3K prize money in both the PSA Men and Women categories.  

The Southern Slam and HCL Squash Tour provided a unique platform for young players to compete against best of the talents, gaining experience and enhancing their Asian and World ranking points respectively.

Some of the key victories include Anahat Singh (India) winning in Southern Slam U-19 and women’s category of HCL Squash Tour and Ravindu Laksiri (Sri Lanka) winning in Men’s category.

Winner details are below:

Southern Slam

Category 

Winners 

Won Against

Boys Under 11:

Dhairya Gogia 

Tilakvir Kapoor

Girls Under 11

Divyanshi Jain

Shanaya Parasrampuria

Boys Under 13

Dhruv Bopana (IND)

Shayan Samtani

Girls Under 13

Deepa Debiram

Anika Kalanki

Boys Under 15

Lokesh Subramani (3)

Shiven Agarwal

Girls Under 15

Diva Shah

Aadya Budhia

Boys Under 17

Subhash Choudhary

Vedant Chheda

Girls Under 17

Akanksha Gupta

Rudra Singh

Boys Under 19

Sandhesh Pr

Karan Yadav

Girls Under 19

Anahat Singh

Shameena Riaz

PSA Challenger

Men’s Singles

Ravindu Laksiri

Rahul Baitha

Women’s Singles

Anahat Singh

Rathika Seelan

The tournament's success was celebrated at the closing ceremony, attended by esteemed guests including Ishaan Bhatnagar, member of Olympic Gold Quest and gold medallist Badminton player and Dr. Arumugam S. who is Director of Sri Ramachandra Centre of Sports Science.

 

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