Friday, February 28, 2014

Squash News

At $50K Women's Windy City Open 2014, Chicago, USA (Gold 50)

[R1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,10) l (5) Low Wee Wern (MAS,6) 2-3 (5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 14-12, 6-110 (80m)

Dipika lost in 80 minutes long marathon match against Low Wee Wern ... Wern started winning first game comfortably but Dipika produced comeback for winning the second ... Wern stopped Dipika's resistance for winning the third game but Dipika wasn't going to lose without fight ... The fourth game both players tried hard and after saving few match balls Dipika won it in extra points ... I think her efforts in fourth game drained Dipika and Wern take advantage for winning the decider..
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At $115K Men's Windy City Open 2014, Chicago, USA (World Series Gold)

[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,18) bt Tarek Momen (EGY,12) 3-1 (11-9, 3-11, 11-4, 11-7) (50m)

[QF] Saurav Ghosal (IND,18) vs (4) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,3)

Terrific win by Saurav against another marathon man and higher ranked Momen in four games ... After winning tight first game Saurav lost the second game cheaply ... But Momen failed to keep momentum in next game and Saurav take advantage of it for winning it comfortably ... Momen tried fightback in the fourth but Saurav kept his advantage for winning this match in 50 minutes ... In the quarters he is facing WR #3 Mohamed Elshorbagy.

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