Ibrahim Elkabbani upset No.1 seed Yahya Elnwasany while Malaysian duo Ameeshenraj Chandaran and Duncan Lee spoiled the home party late on, on a dramatic second day at the Indian Open squash championships in Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The action was once again taking place on the traditional courts of the prestigious Cricket Club of India, with Egyptian trio Nadien Elhammamy, Mohamed Sharaf and Hana Moataz all among the earlier winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those results were before the all-Egyptian showdown between Elkabbani and Elnawasany, which produced the first big shock of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
23-year-old Elkabbani has a career-high ranking of No.58 in the world but has endured a tough few months of late, dropping outside the world\u2019s top 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He did, however, come into this event in good form, winning his eighth Tour title at the Egyptian Squash Federation 4 just a few days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His opponent, Elnawasany, had also enjoyed a successful run of results recently, though, reaching a Bronze-level final and winning a maiden Copper title in his last two events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the No.1 seed who made by far the better start in this encounter, too, needing less than 10 minutes to take the opening game 11-4, but Elkabbani found his range in game two, displaying a powerful approach to his hitting and moving well around the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having won game two 11-8, he then closed out the third on a tiebreak, keeping his composure after seeing three game balls come and go at 10-7 up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A run of five straight points for Elnawasany from 6-6 in the fourth sent the match to a decider, and at 6-4 up, the World No.25 would have been sensing victory was within his reach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But having seen that lead quickly disappear, Elnawasany would never lead again in the match, as Elkabbani took his second match ball at 10-9, crouching down in a state of disbelief in the moments that followed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, in the women\u2019s draw, home favorite Tanvi Khanna put in an impressive display to get past No.7 seed Nour Khafagy 3-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite being unseeded, Khanna is only ranked three places below Khafagy in the world, and made a dominant start in front of her home crowd, needing just seven minutes to take game one 11-5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Game two was a far closer affair, but once again it was Khanna who came out on top, clinching her third game ball at 10-9 to move within one game of glory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Game three would prove to be the closest of them all, with the score never separated by more than two points, and tension was rising at 9-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khanna, though, kept her cool, closing out victory on back-to-back no-lets, letting out an emotional scream after the final decision was announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her win looked as though it would highlight a hugely successful day for Indian players, that is until the final session of the night, which saw Ramit Tandon and Velavan Senthilkumar both go out on opposing courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the time Tandon and Senthilkumar began, Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa had already progressed in the women\u2019s draw \u2013 beating Farida Walid and Breanne Flynn respectively \u2013 while Abhay Sigh and Veer Chotrani had won in the men\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Singh had beaten Matthew Lai while Chotrani had played just eight points against Yannik Omlor before the German retired through illness, and hopes were high among that crowd that Randon and Senthilkumar would complete a strong day for the host nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Lee and Ameeshenraj had other ideas, both playing some outstanding squash, with Ameeshenraj showcasing his trademark deception and Lee finding his targets to all four corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having gone 2-0 up, Lee found himself with four match balls at 10-6 up in the third, and could easily have wilted under the pressure after seeing the first three come and go, with the crowd cheering every point Tandon won.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But instead, the unseeded Malaysian found a moment of magic when it mattered most, reaching high for a forehand which he placed perfectly just above the tin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost simultaneously, Ameeshenraj was clawing his way back from a 7-1 deficit in game three \u2013 having won the first two games against Senthilkumar \u2013 and soon had two match balls of his own at 10-8 up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like Lee, he was unable to convert the first, but took the second with a well-weighted forehand cross-court, with Senthilkumar\u2019s back-wall boast attempt falling short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lee and Ameeshenraj will now go head-to-head for a place in the semi-finals of the men\u2019s draw, which has been blown wide open by today\u2019s results, results that also included a win for Yassin Shohdy over No.8 seed Dewald van Niekerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Results: Women\u2019s Round Two<\/strong> Results: Men\u2019s Round Two<\/strong> Ibrahim Elkabbani upset No.1 seed Yahya Elnwasany while Malaysian duo Ameeshenraj Chandaran and Duncan Lee spoiled the home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-10742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-squash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran.webp",1536,1024,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran-300x200.webp",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran-768x512.webp",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran-1024x683.webp",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran.webp",1536,1024,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran.webp",1536,1024,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran-825x575.webp",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran-590x410.webp",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Ameeshenraj-Chandaran.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10744,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10742\/revisions\/10744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
[3] Nadien Elhammamy (EGY) bt. Ambre Allinckx (SUI) 3-0: 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 (30m)
[5] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt. Breanne Flynn (IRL) 3-1: 12-10, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9 (48m)
[8] Yasshmita Jadishkumar (MAS) bt. Elise Romba (FRA) 3-1: 8-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-4 (28m)
[2] Hana Moataz (EGY) bt. Sof\u00eda Mateos (ESP) 3-0: 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 (17m)
[4] Ainaa Amani (MAS) bt. Danielle Ray (CAN) 3-1: 11-3, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2 (25m)
Tanvi Khanna (IND) bt. [7] Nour Khafagy (EGY) 3-0: 11-5, 11-9, 11-9 (30m)
[1] Anahat Singh (IND) bt. Farida Walid (EGY) 3-0: 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (26m)
Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) bt. [6] Enora Villard (FRA) 3-0: 11-7, 12-10, 11-8 (39m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
[4] Veer Chotrani (IND) bt. Yannik Omlor (GER) 3-0: 5-3 ret. (4m)
[7] Mohamed Sharaf (EGY) bt. Chi Him Wong (HKG) 3-2: 10-12, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 (56m)
[6] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) bt. Om Semwal (IND ) 3-0: 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 (24m)
Ibrahim Elkabbani (EGY) bt. [1] Yahya Elnawasany (EGY) 3-2: 4-11, 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9 (66m)
[2] Abhay Singh (IND) bt. Matthew Lai (HKG) 3-0: 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (25m)
Yassin Shohdy (EGY) bt. [8] Dewald van Niekerk (RSA) 3-0: 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 (35m)
Duncan Lee (MAS) bt. [3] Ramit Tandon (IND) 3-0: 11-9, 11-4, 11-9 (34m)
Ameeshenraj Chandaran (MAS) bt. [5] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) 3-0: 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 (39m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"