Monday, February 13, 2012

Squash News
At $25K Windy City Open, Chicago, USA
Final
(1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (Q) Yasir Butt (PAK,105) 11-8 15-13 10-12 11-5

[SF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Alan Clyne (SCO,49) 11-4 11-5 11-6
[QF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt (Q) Olivier Pett (ENG,88) 5-11 11-7 11-4 14-12
[R1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,26) bt Cesar Salazar (MEX,55) 6-11 8-11 11-2 11-6 11-6

Saurav lifted his first title of the year ... He was top-seed in this tournament but needed to give full efforts in every match except semi-final ... In the first round match he made remarkable comeback against Mexican after 0-2 down ... In quarter-final also he needed extra efforts against last year's champion Pett ... Saurav had a easy semifinal but in the final Pakistani qualifier stretched him again ... Two games went into extra points before Saurav won the fourth comfortably ... Much needed title for Saurav.

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