Commonwealth Games 2018: Squash Men's Single Round of 64 , Vikram Malhotra carries India's hopes: Live Updates

Malhotra def Chilambwe 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2)

Updated: 05 April 2018 11:14 IST - Published: 05 April 2018 09:57 IST

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This has been a very good start to India's squash campaign. Earlier in the day, Harinderpal Sandhu also won his first match, albeit in four games.

And with Malhotra's win, it remains a flawless day for India in squash so far.

WOW! What a performance that was from Malhotra in that last game! Ruthless and destructive, he totally annihilated his opponent in that final game!!!!!

Final score: Malhotra def Chilambwe 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-2)

And Malhotra has WON THE MATCH!!!!!

And 10-2

EIGHT MATCH BALLS FOR THE INDIAN!

9-2

Malhotra has decimated his opponent in this game!

And 8-2 it is!

This is absolute demolition!

And Malhotra has upped the tempo here. He is moving fast and getting the points fast as well!

5-2 is the lead for the Indian!

It's 1-0 to the Indian in Game 3

Now the Indian needs just one more game to complete the win.

Can he do the job in Game 3?

And Malhotra has INDEED done that!

He has taken the second game as well, with a score of 11-5

It's 9-5 to the Indian, who looks determined to take a two-game lead

This time Malhotra grabs three points to establish a lead of 6-3.

And long rallies continue to be the order of the day. The Indian is still ahead 3-2, although the initial stages of Game 2 appear to be tough.

And the Indian keeps the mini lead

2-1

Second game gets under way!

It's 1-0 to Malhotra

And the first game goes to India as Malhotra takes it 11-6.

Slowly and steadily, Malhotra has made his way to 10-6 and he has quite a few game balls in hand

And he extends his lead to THREE POINTS!

8-5

It's a tight match so far but the Indian has kept his nose in front.

7-5

It's a 6-4 lead for the Indian, who is showing nerves of steel at the moment.

FOUR POINTS ON THE TROT FOR THE INDIAN, WHO GOES UP TO 5-3.

Malhotra fights back and makes it 3-3

And we are off!

The Zambian is off to a good start and leads 3-1

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Day 1 of Gold Coast Commonwealth Games brings to us the sport of Squash. The indoor fast-paced racquet sport is held in a special square enclosed court where the player's face-off against one other in five sets of 11. The first player to win three out of those five sets.

The high-intensity sport requires players to hit a small-sized ball inside a given area which consists of four playable walls and the floor. The players must hit the ball within a bounce. The bounces are not counted if the ball hits any of the walls.
Vikram Malhotra will start his campaign in the round-of-64. Malhotra will face Zambia's Manda Chilambwe.
The 28-year-old player from Maharashtra only made her world championship debut two years ago and has reached the quarterfinals stage once, in 2017. He is making his CWG debut.

His opponent, Chilambwe took part in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. He won the Consolation Plate Finals in the singles category but was knocked out of doubles in round three.