Former junior national champion Ramit Tandon pulled off a surprise by ousting 9/16 seed Joshua Masters of England in three straight games to enter the second round of the USD 70,000 CCI International JSW Indian Squash Circuit 2019 in Mumbai on Tuesday. However, the Indian challenge got diluted when former national champion Harinder Pal Sandhu pulled out of the PSA event citing an injury. He was drawn to take on Ben Coleman of England, who got a walkover into round two. Later, Karim El Hammamy of Egypt rallied well to beat Indian wild card recipient Aditya Jagtap 8-11, 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-7 after a tough battle lasting 84 minutes. Vikram Malhotra brought back some cheer by getting the better of Egypt's Mazen Gamal 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 to join Tandon in the second round.

Source: dna January 08, 2019 16:30 UTC