Thursday, May 17, 2012

Squash News
At $150K Men's and $95K Women's British Open Squash Championships 2012,

[Q1] Siddarth Suchde (IND,46) bt James Earles (ENG,196) 11/5 11/6 11/1 (43m)
[Q1] Joshna Chinappa (IND,71) bt Olga Ertlova (CZE,44) 11/8 4/11 11/6 11/7 (53m)

[Q2] Siddarth Suchde (IND,46) l Alan Clyne (SCO,28) 6/11 5/11 7/11 (38m)
[Q2] Joshna Chinappa (IND,71) l Heba El Torky (EGY,27) 9/11 11/7 7/11 3/11 (49m)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,25) bt (Q) Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY,30) 11/7 11/6 11/5 (35m)
[R1] (14) Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY,18) 8/11 9/11 11/9 11/5 11/5 (70m)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,25) vs (6) Peter Barker (ENG,7)
[R2] (14) Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) l (5) Raneem El Weleily (EGY,5) 4/11 11/8 4/11 11/7 7/11 (51m)

Dipika had a tricky draw at British Open Squash Championships ... In the first round she faced former WR #4 and current #18 ranked Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy ... After losing first 2 games Dipika produced excellent comeback to win next 3 ... In the second round she faced another Egyptian WR #5 Raneem El Weleily ... Again Dipika played excellent match but lost in the final game.

Saurav is playing at British Open Squash Championships ... He scored good win over junior winner and similar ranked Marwan El Shorbagy in straight games ... Next he is facing British WR #7 Peter Barker.

Joshna's comeback from injury is continued ... She played qualifying at British Open Squash Championships ... Won the first round and lost the final qualifying against higher ranked Egyptian opponent.

Siddarth also played in the qualifying of British Open Squash Championships ... After winning the first round he lost against top-30 Scottish in the final qualifying.

Table Tennis News

At $70K ITTF Challenge Plus Oman Open 2020 , Muscat, Oman [R32] Harmeet Desai (IND,87) bt Jeremy Hazin (CAN,164) 4-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4,...