Suchde gains 10 spots in international squash rankings

Suchde gains 10 spots in international squash rankings Chennai, Dec 4 : Siddharth Suchde moved 10 places to end the year at 99 in the PSA world squash rankings.

Siddharth's jump was due to his runner-up result at the recently concluded US$6,000 BC Open in Canada.

By virtue of this, Siddharth moves into the second position in the list of Indians behind Saurav Ghosal who is at 32, having gained a spot, according to a press release from the Squash Racquets Federation of India.

Harinder Pal Sandhu, winner at the PSA Indian Challenger 5 tournament here earlier this year, also progressed by one position to 101 for his best-ever ranking so far. However, Ritwik Bhattacharya slipped to 141.

Indian's top two women players, Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal had minimal movements in their ranking while Anaka Alankamony, Aparajitha Balamurukan and Anwesha Reddy have had significant movements due to the Indian Challenger 3 in Chennai.

The December rankings are as follows:

Men: Saurav Ghosal 32; Siddharth Suchde 99; Harinder Pal Sandhu 101; Ritwik Bhattacharya 148; Naresh Kumar 154; Gaurav Nandrajog 183; Ramit Tandon 352; Abhishek Pradhan 359; Ravi Dixit 222; Karan Malik 387; Aditya Jagtap 417; Mahesh Mangaonkar 417.

Women: Joshna Chinappa 33; Dipika Pallikal 46; Anaka Alankamony 101; Anwesha Reddy 111; Aparajitha Balamurukan 131; Surbhi Misra 152; Shria Khatri 198; Ankita Sharma 215.(IANS)