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Hat-trick for top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar

Updated on: 18 August,2016 08:03 AM IST  | 
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Defending champion and men's top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar overcame second seed Ravi Dixit to clinch the men's crown for the third time in a row in the JSW 41st Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Championships

Hat-trick for top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar

Mahesh Mangaonkar

Defending champion and men's top seed Mahesh Mangaonkar overcame second seed Ravi Dixit to clinch the men's crown for the third time in a row in the JSW 41st Bombay Gymkhana Maharashtra State Open Squash Championships.


Mahesh Mangaonkar
Mahesh Mangaonkar


India No 2 Mangaonkar endured a strong challenge from Tamil Nadu's Dixit to snatch a hard-fought 11-9, 11-9, 13-11 win in a championship round that lasted 37 minutes.


Dixit recovered from a 4-7 deficit to lead 8-7 in the opening game and fought hard in the second in a neck-and-neck battle. He ran Mangaonkar close in the third as well after surging to a 3-1 advantage, before Mangaonkar sealed victory on the third championship point, after earlier leading 10-9 and 11-10.

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