Ritwik Bhattacharya dethroned Saurav Ghosal to regain the men's crown, while Joshna Chinappa retained the women's title in the Sr National Squash Championships.
Top seed Joshna Chinappa and Deepali Anwekar-Parikh will contest the women's final in the \nSenior National and Maharashtra State Open Squash Championships.
The other semi-final in the National squash championship will be between Siddarth Suchde and Sourav Ghosal.
The top two Indian players may meet again during the national squash championships.
Delhi's Gaurav Nandrajog clinched the men's title after top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya conceded the final because of a knee injury.
Joshna Chinappa, the world number two junior trounced Tanya Ananda (Mayo) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 on Saturday.
The top seeded Australian pulled out of the PSA Otters Open Squash due to an injury.
Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal were knocked out of the Malaysian Open in the first round.
India's top two squash players enjoyed contrasting fortunes at the Northern Open squash Championship.
Ritwik Bhattacharya beat Dylan Bennet in 25 minutes to win the ICL Chennai Open world squash championship
He went down to Canada's Shawn De Lierre 10-12, 10-12, 11-7, 11-4, 7-11 in the quarter-final of the Atlanta Open.
Ritwik Bhattacharya lost to world No. 4 James Willstrop 11-13, 11-13, 5-11 in the first round of the Liverpool 08 Squash Open
Indian challenge ended early at the third World doubles squash championships in Melbourne on Tuesday.
Ritwik gave a good account before losing to second seeded Mohd Ali Anwar Reda of Egypt 11-2, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 6-11 in a 56 minute marathon.
They lifted the men's and women's titles respectively of the 62nd CCI-Western India Squash championship.
The former Indian national champion beat Mohd. Essam Hafiz of Egypt in straight games to reach the quarter-finals of the Atlanta Open Squash championship.
The Indian defeated Englishman Sam Miller 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10 in the final to claim his second title in a fortnight.
Joshna Chinappa crashed out of the women's singles while National champion Saurav Ghosal got the better of compatriot Ritwik Bhattacharya to breeze into the men's semi-finals at the squash competition of the Asian Games.
The Indian ace made it to the quarter-final even as five of his compatriots fell by the wayside in the first Chennai 2003 PSA Open Squash Championship.
India's No.1 will take on Gaurav Nandrajog in the men's final in the CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament.
Second seed Saurav Ghosal upset top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya to win the PSA Squash tournament at the Otters Club in Mumbai on Sunday.
The men's top seed outclassed Chandan Jadhav in the Rs 600,000 Herald Maritime Open Squash Championships.
The men's final at the SAF Games will be an all-Pakistan affair as Ritwik Bhattacharya and Saurav Ghosal lost in the semi-finals.
Corren will play second seed Mark Heather of England in the final of the Chennai Open 2003 PSA Championship.
The Indian ace beat Stefan Leifels of Germany in the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open PSA Squash Championship.
The national squash champion will play tournaments in Spain and Qatar in a bid to break into the top 64 and qualify.
The Indian ace beat world number 46 Kashif Shuja of Pakistan in the final of the Royal Oak squash Open.
Ritwik, who is ranked 91 at present is likely to break into the top 70 with this win.
Upset with the 'manipulative' singles draw, India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal is "seriously considering" pulling out of the upcoming Asian Games in Incheon.
India's highest-ranked squash player Dipika Pallikal has decided to put the controversy over the dubious Asian Games draw behind and confirmed her participation for the upcoming Incheon edition, saying "she has always put country first and it is no different this time".
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