Mandy Kennedy to lead challenge in Otters Open squash

Mumbai, May 9 (UNI) Women's defending champion England's Mandy Kennedy, Vikas Jangra and Manish Chottrani will vie for top honours in the Otters Open Squash Tournament 2007 to be held at the Otter's Club, Bandra from May 12 to 19.

Joining firm favourite Kennedy in the women's main draw are Ankita Sharma, Rinky Soni, Shaheda Madraswala and Shweta Singh, a release said here today.

Apart from top seed Vikas Jangra and No 2 Chottrani, the others to feature in the men's draw are Sandeep Jangra, Chennai's Parthiban Ayappan, Akhil Behl, Capt. Shakti Singh, Ravneet Singh and Amjad Khan.

The prestigious tournament includes 12 categories, with top seed Vikram Malhotra and No 2 Cyrus Vakil leading the challenge in a strong boys under-19 field, while Abhishek Pradhan as the No 1 seed will be the boys under-15 favourite, the release added.

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