Commonwealth Games: Harinderpal Sandhu, Vikram Malhotra advance in squash events
By IANS | Published: 05th April 2018 11:51 AM |
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File photo of Harinder Pal Sandhu
GOLD COAST: It was a good start for India in squash as Harinderpal Sandhu and Vikram Malhotra notched up comfortable wins against their respective opponents in the men's singles round-of-64 matches at the Commonwealth Games here on Thursday.
Sandhu, a former national champion, defeated Cameron Stafford of Cayman Islands 3-1 to qualify for the round-of-32 while Malhotra took 23 minutes to outplay Manda Chilambwe of Zambia 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2) at the Oxenford Studios here.
It was a lop-sided match for Malhotra as he wrapped up the first two games in just nine minutes and last game in five minutes.
