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Mahesh lost in first qualifying match against his British opponent.

At $150K Men's Windy City Open 2016, , Chicago, USA

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,67) l Declan James (ENG,44) 11-8, 8-11, 6-11, 6-11 (60m)

Mahesh Mangaonkar lost to the second seed Laurens Jan Anjema in the QF of $15K Irish Open. He lost 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 3-11. Good fight from Mahesh in the first three games against a superior opponent.

Kush Kumar scored nice upset win over top-80 Swiss player in the quarters before losing to top-60 Aussie player in the final ... Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu also performed as per his seeding as he lost in the semis against top-50 type British player Joe Lee.

At $10K Men's Victorian Open 2016, Melbourne, Australia

[R1] Ravi Dixit (IND,188) l (Q) Vincent Droesbeke (FRA,162) 10-12, 10-12, 8-11 (33m)
[R1] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) bt (Q) Connor Sheen (ENG,283) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (26m)
[R1] (Q) Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,197) bt Rohan Toole (AUS,248) 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (36m)
[R1] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) bt Ko Youngjo (KOR,141) 11-4, 11-2, 7-11, 11-7 (42m)

[R2] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) bt Lance Beddoes (NZL,110) 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 (47m)
[R2] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) bt (Q) Sandeep Ramachandran (IND,197) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (18m)

[QF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) bt (7) Evan Williams (NZL,87) 9-11, 11-2, 11-2, 11-7 (51m)
[QF] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) bt (4) Reiko Peter (SUI,80) 10-12, 5-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (60m)

[SF] (3) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) l (1) Joe Lee (ENG,52) 8-11, 4-11, 10-12 (59m)
[SF] (8) Kush Kumar (IND,102) l (2) Rex Hedrick (AUS,57) 5-11, 7-11, 5-11 (45m)

In World doubles championship Indian pairs r playing well ... In women's doubles Dipika and Joshana r top-seed and they r in the semis with straight games win over their opponent pairs in the pool.

In MXD, Joshana and Sandhu won three matches of their pool including win over top-seed Aussie pair in three games ... In other pool Dipika and Saurav r second seeds and scored two straight wins.

In men's doubles Sandhu and Tandon managed only one win from four matches.

At World Doubles Championship 2016,, Darwin, Australia

Women's Doubles
Pool A
(1) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) bt (5) Sarah Cardwell AUS)/ Christine Nunn (AUS) 11-8, 11-8
(1) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) bt (4) Delia Arnold (MAS)/ Rachel Arnold (MAS) 11-7, 11-10 (20m)
(1) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) bt (8) Aika Azman (MAS)/ Teh Min Jie (MAS) 11-5, 11-5

[SF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) vs (2) Rachael Grinham (AUS)/ Donna Urquhart (AUS)

Men's Doubles
Pool A
(9) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)/ Ramit Tandon (IND) l (5) Andrés Herrera & Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) 11-8, 7-11, 10-11
(9) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)/ Ramit Tandon (IND) l (1) Ryan Cuskelly (AUS)/ Cameron Pilley (AUS) 6-11, 6,11 (25m)
(9) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)/ Ramit Tandon (IND) bt (8) Sanjay Singh Chal MAS)/ Ivan Yuen (MAS) 6-11, 11-4, 11-10
(9) Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)/ Ramit Tandon (IND) l (4) David Palmer AUS)/ Zac Alexander (AUS) 5-11,8-11

Mixed Doubles
Pool A
(5) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) bt (9) Delia Arnold (MAS)/ Sanjay Singh Chal (MAS) 11-9, 10-11, 11-10
(5) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) bt (8) Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL)/ Campbell Grayson (NZL) 11-9, 11-5 (22m)
(5) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) bt (1) Rachael Grinham (AUS)/ Cameron Pilley (AUS) 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 (43m)

Pool B
(2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt (7) Tesni Evans (WAL)/ Peter Creed (WAL) 11-8, 5-11, 11-5 (38m)
(2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt (10) Rachel Arnold (MAS)/ Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) 11-7, 11-4 (20m)

In women's doubles semis Dipika and Joshana lost against 2nd seed Aussie pair in straight game.

In MXD, Dipika and Saurav scored comeback win over their Indian compatriots Joshana and Sandhu for entering into the semis ... In the final they r facing New Zealand pair Joelle King and Paul Coll, they defeated same pair in tight match in pool ... Before that Dipika and Saurav scored three more wins in the pool but Joshana and Sandhu lost in their last pool match.

At World Doubles Championship 2016,, Darwin, Australia

Women's Doubles
[SF] (1) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) l (2) Rachael Grinham (AUS)/ Donna Urquhart (AUS) 5-11 10-11 (29m)

Mixed Doubles
Pool A
(5) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) l (4) Donna Urquhart AUS)/ David Palmer (AUS) 11-7, 5-11, 8-11 (41m)

Pool B
(2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt (6) Catalina Pelaez (COL)/ Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 11-4, 11-5
(2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt (11) Jenny Haley (WAL)/ Joel Makin (WAL) 11-9, 11-7 (21m)
(2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt (3) Joelle King (NZL)/ Paul Coll (NZL) 11-10, 8-11, 11-8 (46m)

[SF] (2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt (5) Joshna Chinappa (IND)/ Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND) 10-11, 11-7, 11-6 (37m)

[F] (2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) vs (3) Joelle King (NZL)/ Paul Coll (NZL)

In MXD, Dipika and Saurav lost the final against New Zealand's Joelle King and Paul Coll in straight games ... Our pair scored very tight win against same pair in the Pool but in the final they failed to execute their plan on the court.

So with this silver we also won couple of bronze medals from women's double and mixed doubles.

At World Doubles Championship 2016,, Darwin, Australia



Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND)/ Saurav Ghosal (IND) l (3) Joelle King (NZL)/ Paul Coll (NZL) 8-11 8-11 (34m)

It must be pretty crowded and dangerous on the Squash court in a doubles match. But good to see such excellent results from the Indian pairs, especially the Mixed Doubles silver.

Sandhu lost in 5 games against top-30 type Swiss Nicolas Mueller ... And in the final qualifying round Mueller defeated Mahesh comfortably.

At $150K Men's Hong Kong Open 2016,

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,61) bt Henry Leung (HKG,279) 8-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (55m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,84) l Nicolas Mueller (SUI,32) 6-11, 11-4, 11-4, 5-11, 2-11 (50m)

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,61) l Nicolas Mueller (SUI,32) 7-11, 10-12, 4-11 (35m)

Good experience for our girls in Otters International though they lost their matches in the first round.

At $35K Women's Otters International JSW ISC 2016, Mumbai, India

[R1] (Q) Sachika Ingale (IND,84) l (8) Nadine Shahin (EGY,34) 7-11, 11-5, 1-11, 6-11 (35m)
[R1] (WC) Akanksha Salunkhe (IND,191) l (3) Delia Arnold (MAS,18) 2,11, 3-11, 6-11 (18m)

guys what happened to anaka alangamony she seems to have completely disappeared

Anaka joined at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in the fall of 2013 and is studying Computer Science and Economics ... In this year's squash roster her name is missing but in last year's roster she was there ... You will find more details in below link.

University of Pennsylvania - Profile of Anaka Alangamony

In Men's World championship, Mahesh qualified for main-draw with couple of good win ... In the first qualifying round Mahesh received tough fight from u-16 WR #1 Omar El Torkey ... Other hand Sandhu lost titanic battle with top-70 Egyptian Hammamy in 102 mins match ... Sandhu was up 2-1 games and he lost next two games in extra points ... He also missed few match balls, tough loss.

In main-draw Mahesh had a tough match against former top-10 Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez ... Mahesh started well winning first game but Rodriguez fought back winning close second game ... After that Rodriguez raised his game and Mahesh failed to cope with that ... Still fighting performance by Mahesh.

Saurav having winnable first round but can face WR #2 Frenchman Gregory Gaultier in the second round.

At $325K Men's World Championship 2016, Cairo, Egypt

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt Omar El Torkey (EGY,478) 11-3, 7-11, 11-4, 11-7 (45m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,82) bt Sean Conroy (IRL,165) 11-6, 11-8, 13-11 (36m)
[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,66) bt Ahmad Al-Mudhaf (KUW,331) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (16m)

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) bt Carlos Cornes Ribadas (ESP,86) 11-9, 11-5, 11-6 (43m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND,82) l Karim El Hammamy (EGY,70) 11-6, 6-11, 11-5, 11-13, 10-12 (102m)
[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,66) l Shehab Essam (EGY,88) 8-11, 9-11, 8-11 (35m)

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,68) l (8) Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL,11) 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (53m)
[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,23) v Adrian Waller (ENG,36)

Mahesh and Vikram qualified for the main-draw with almost identical wins in the qualifying ... In the main-draw they r facing seeded opponents.

At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[Q1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Ben Grindrod (NZL,136) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5
[Q1] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Peter Marshall (ENG,UNR) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4

[Q2] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt Evan Williams (NZL,82) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
[Q2] Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt Jens Schoor (GER,82) 11-9, 13-11, 9-11, 11-4

[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (8) Ivan Yuen (MAS,40)
[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (7) Mohamed Reda (EGY,41)

Mahesh and Vikram scored contrasting upset wins over seeded player ... Vikram scored straight games win over Mohamed Reda ... Mahesh won his match in a really long battle against Malaysian Ivan Yuen ... After winning first 2 games Mahesh struggled to close this match ... He missed few match balls in the third and fourth games but he recovered well for winning the fifth after 107 minutes.

At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[R1] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) bt (8) Ivan Yuen (MAS,40) 11-6, 12-10, 10-12, 10-12, 11-7 (107m)
[R1] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) bt (7) Mohamed Reda (EGY,41) 11-8, 11-4, 11-2

[QF] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) vs (3) Tom Richards (ENG,35)
[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) vs (2) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,30)

Tom defeated Mahesh in tight three games ... Vikram also gave valiant efforts against top-30 Malaysian Adnan.

At $25K Men's Wimbledon Club Open 2017, London, England

[QF] (Q) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,70) l (3) Tom Richards (ENG,35) 9-11, 10-12, 7-11 (48m)
[QF] (Q) Vikram Malhotra (IND,69) l (2) Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS,30) 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11 (52m)