Monday, April 14, 2014

Squash News

At $115K Men's El Gouna International Open 2014, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (World Series Gold)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,15) l (1) Gregory Gaultier (FRA,1) 2-3 (9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 4-11, 8-11) (102M)

What a match played by Saurav against WR #1 Frenchman Gregory Gaultier ... After losing the first game Saurav fought back and won next two tight games ... But Gregory used his experience of big matches and dominated the fourth game ... After that in the decider Gregory played smartly and completed comeback victory but creditable performance by Saurav.
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At $50K Women's Champion Fiberglass Texas Open 2014,, Houston, USA (Gold 50)

[F] (4) Dipika Pallikal (IND,12) l (Q) Nour El Sherbini (EGY,13) 1-3 (7-11 11-5 7-11 8-11) (48m)

18 yrs old Nour El Sherbini climbing quickly on WSA ladder and Dipika fails to break hold of her as this is her third loss against Nour El Sherbini ... This was Dipika's first $50K (Gold 50) tournament final but it is ended on losing side ... In this loss Dipika gave encouraging performance as after losing first game Dipika fought back to win the second game ... After losing the second game tamely Nour El Sherbini raised level of game from the third game ... Dipika almost matched her but lost next two games after close fight.
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At $10K Men's IG Open de Paris 2014, France (Challenger 10)

[R1] (5) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,74) bt (WC) Johan Bouquet (FRA,109) 3-1 (11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-5) (73m)

[QF] (5) Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,74) l (2) Ivan Yuen (MAS,71) 6-11 10-11 retd.

Mahesh played in $10K challenger tournament at Paris but got injured in the quarter-final against Malaysian opponent ... Hoping for quick and complete recovery for Mahesh.

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