SPO-SQUASH-MANGAONKAR

National champion Mahesh

Mangaonkar stunned second seed Marwan El Shorbagy of Egypt to

reach the quarter finals of the USD 70,000 CCI International

JSW Indian Squash Circuithere Wednesday.

Mangaonkar won 11-9, 14-12, 12-10 in a second round

match lasting 43 minutes at the Cricket Club of India.

Also through to the last eight were two other

Indians, world number 12 Saurav Ghosal and Ramit Tandon.

But Vikram Malhotra lost to former world number one

James Willstrop of England 9-11, 5-11, 9-11.

Former junior national champion Ramit

Tandon upset eighth seed Tom Richards of England with

surprising ease to enter the quarter finals.

Tandon, ranked 68 in the world, who upset 9/16

seed Joshua Masters, also of England, in the first round on

Tuesday, took just 29 minutes to pack off Richards, globally

ranked 20 on the professional circuit, 11-7, 11-1, 11-2 to

enter the last eight.

Tandon will meet his Indian compatriot and world

number 12 Saurav Ghosal on Thursday for a place in the

semi-finals.

Ghosal, the third seed, defeated Mohammed Reda of

Egypt 11-1, 7-11, 11-3 11-6 in another quarter final

encounter.

"I enjoyed the match. Last year also I did well in

this event, so I think it's something about Mumbai. I like

coming here, I have lot of friends here. So I am happy that I

could perform well and I am looking forward to the quarter

finals," said the Kolkata-born player who had made the

quarters in the previous edition of this event too.

"I focus only on my game and I hopefully I will be

able to perform well and play my best tomorrow," added the

26-year-old finance professional-turned squash pro who was a

member of the countrys Commonwealth Games squad last year in

Gold Coast, Australia.

In two other second round matches, Iker Pajares

Bernabeu of Spain shocked seventh seed Nicolas Mueller of

Switzerland 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 11-7 after a 66-minute battle

while Egypt's number four seed Fares Dessouky ousted

Englishman Ben Coleman 11-7, 11 -5, 11-6 in 34 minutes.