Tuesday, October 02, 2018

Squash News

At $118K Men's Oracle NetSuite Open 2018, San Francisco, USA

[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Campbell Grayson (NZL,41) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 (49m)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) l (3) Tarek Momen (EGY,4) 11-9, 6-11, 11-2, 5-11, 7-11 (71m)

Saurav's consistency on the professional tour take him to his new career high ranking, WR #11 ... He missed an opportunity of scoring an upset top-5 win over Tarek Momen, as he lost in five games after leading 2-1.

At $125K Men's JP Morgan China Open 2018, Shanghai, China

[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) bye
[R2] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) bt (9/16) Greg Lobban (SCO,34) 5-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-8 (71m)
[QF] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) bt (9/16) Raphael Kandra (GER,19) 7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (52m)

[SF] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,12) l (6) Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY,9) 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-3, 8-11 (63m)

Saurav reached into the semis in China Open before losing to in-form Mohamed Abouelghar in five games.

At $120.5K Women's JP Morgan China Open 2018, Shanghai, China

[R1] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt Donna Lobban (AUS,17) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (36m)
[R2] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (4) Joelle King (NZL,5) 4-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8 (61m)

[QF] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (5) Camille Serme (FRA,4) 3-11, 5-11, 9-11 (26m)

Joshna scored a really good win over WR #5 Joelle King after saving a match ball in the fourth game ... But in the quarters, she lost in straight games against WR #4 French girl, Camille Serme.

At $88K Women's Oracle NetSuite Open 2018, San Francisco, USA

[R1] (9/16) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,23) l Nadine Shahin (EGY,32) 7-11, 7-11, 9-11 (23m)

A bad loss for Dipika against lower ranked Shahin.

At $11K Men's Aspin Cup 2018, Charlottetown, Canada

[R1] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bye
[R2] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt Jamie Ruggiero (USA,287) 11-5, 11-6, 11-0 (23m)
[QF] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (8) Reiko Peter (SUI,104) 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7 (47m)
[SF] (4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (2) Alfredo Avila (MEX,68) 11-5, 11-7, 10-12, 11-3 (50m)

Final
(4) Vikram Malhotra (IND,72) bt (3) Mostafa Asal (EGY,62) 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9

Vikram won his 7th PSA title in Canada ... In the final, he defeated the 17 yrs. old and current junior World Champion Egyptian Mostafa Asal in four games.

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