Overseas title for Malhotra

Second seed Vikram Malhotra defeated third seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in what was the first ever all-Indian final in a PSA World Tour away event, the North of Scotland Open squash tournament in Aberdeen

Vikram Malhotra

Chennai: Second seed Vikram Malhotra defeated third seed Mahesh Mangaonkar in what was the first ever all-Indian final in a PSA World Tour away event, the North of Scotland Open squash tournament in Aberdeen.

According to a SRFI release, it was a close contest that lasted 66 minutes in which Vikram edged out Mahesh 3-11, 11-8, 6-11, 13-11, 11-4. Earlier in the semi-finals, Mumbai player Mangaonkar had stunned top-seed Richard Fallows of England while Malhotra had beaten Eain Yow Ng of Malaysia.

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