Thursday, October 17, 2013

Squash News

At $50K Macau Open, Taipa

[Q1] Ravi Dixit (IND,116) l Leo Au (HKG,46) 10-12 11-7 3-11 8-11

[R1] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) bt (Q) Mazen Hesham Sabry (EGY,38) 3-1 (11-4 9-11 11-9 13-11) (55m)

[QF] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,17) vs Max Lee (HKG,31)

Egyptian qualifier Sabry stretches Saurav in the first round ... Saurav won the first game easily but after that Sabry produced excellent comeback ... He troubled Saurav with his deceptive shots and won the second game ... In the third game also Sabry was using deceptive shots cleverly but this Saurav handled him better and won this game ... In the fourth game Sabry had a chance of taking match into decider but he failed to convert game ball and Saurav completed victory on extra points ... Next he is facing Hong Kong player Max Lee.
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At $35K Macau Open, Taipa

[R1] (6) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) bt Siyoli Waters (RSA,28) 3-0 (12-10 11-3 11-4) (34m)
[R1] (3) Dipika Pallikal (IND,17) bt (Q) Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,49) 3-1 (11-5 11-8 14-16 11-8) (47m)

[QF] (6) Joshana Chinappa (IND,24) vs (1) Natalie Grinham (NED,8)
[QF] (3) Dipika Pallikal (IND,17) vs (8) Delia Arnold (MAS,33)

Dipika started with tight win over Egyptian qualifier Ibrahim ... After losing the first game easily Ibrahim troubled Dipika with her game ... Ibrahim was leading in the second game but Dipika catch up and won it ... In the third game also same happened as Ibrahim was leading and had game ball at 10-9 but Dipika saved and take it in tie-break ... This time Ibrahim won this game on extra points ... The fourth game was also close but Dipika used her experience to finish it off ... Next she is facing 8th seed Malaysian opponent Delia Arnold ... South African take first set in tie-break but Joshna won it on extra points ... After that Joshna didn't give much chance to Waters ... Joshna is facing top-seed and WR #8 Dutch girl Natalie Grinham.

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