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Delhi's Gaurav Nandrajog clinched the men's title in the Harish Chandra Golecha Memorial squash tournament in Jaipur on Sunday after top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya conceded the final match because of a knee injury.
Defending champion Joshna Chinappa beat Dipika Pallikal in the women's final of the event.
Ritwik won the first two sets 9-10, 7-9 but second seed Gaurav came back strongly to win the third set 9-1. Gaurav was leading 3-2 in the fourth set when Ritwik was forced to retire.
Later Ritwik said that he had a knee operation few months back and it was hurting.
"I did not feel like continuing with the game. I did not want to aggravate my injury. But all credit to Gaurav for pushing me hard in the match," he said.
Top seed Joshna, who is ranked second in the world among juniors, sailed past 9-4, 9-5, 9-4 against Deepika Pallikal to clinch the women's title.
In the boys under-19 Sandeep Jhangra beat Parth Sharma 9-1, 10-8, 9-7, while in the girls event of the category Deepika Pallikal of Chennai trounced Surabhi Mishra 9-1, 9-2, 9-4.
Parth Sharma of Jaipur won the boys under-17 category beating Gunraj Singh 9-2, 9-4, 9-1.