Ghosal lone Indian survivor in Chennai Open squash

March 4th, 2010 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS  

Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Indian challenge all but evaporated in the PSA and WISPA Chennai Open squash tournament and national champion Saurav Ghosal remained the lone survivor here Thursday.
Among the Indians to made exit were wild card Joshna Chinappa and qualifier Dipika Palikal in the WISPA event while top-ranked Siddharth Suchde and Ritwik Bhattacharya tumbled out of the PSA competition.

World No.1 Nicol David from Malaysia was at her imperious best while defeating Palikal 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 in just 30 minutes and Chinappa went down to seventh seeded Australian Kasey Brown in four games.

Fourth-seeded Ghosal saved the blushes for India with a 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 win over compatriot Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu.

The results:

PSA - 8-Alan Clyne (Scot) bt Q-Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 11-7, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9 (41 mins); 3-Mohd. Ali Reda (Egy) bt WC-Ramit Tandon (Ind) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (22 mins); 7-Yann Perrin (Fra) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (Mas) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-6 (70 mins); 4-Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Q-Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (Ind) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (40 mins); 6-Chris Simpson (Eng) bt Q-Siddharth Suchde (Ind) 14-12, 3-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7 (95 mins); 2-Jonathan Kemp (Eng) bt Q-Kristian Frost Olessen (Den) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 (30 mins); Laurance Delasaux (Eng) bt 5-Stephen Coppinger (RSA) 11-7, 13-11, 11-6 (47 mins); 1-Ong Beng Hee (Mas) bt Ivan Yuen (Mas) 11-6, 3-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-3 (50 mins).

WISPA - 1-Nicol David (Mas) bt Q-Dipika Palikal (Ind) 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 (30 mins); 8-Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Q-Donna Urquhart (Aus) 11-3, 3-11, 11-3, 11-4 (29 mins); Jaclyn Haweks (Nzl) bt 4-Madeline Perry (Ire) 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 (40 mins); 7-Kasey Brown (Aus) bt WC-Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (37 mins); 6-Camillee Serme (Fra) bt Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) 11-3, 11-8, 11-4 (20 mins); 3-Rachel Grinham (Aus) bt Q-Delia Arnold (Mas) 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 (45 mins); 5-Laura Massaro (Eng) bt Q-Low Wee Wern (Mas) 11-2, 8-11, 3-11, 11-5, 11-7 (51 mins); 2-Jenny Duncalf (Eng) bt Annie Au (Hkg) 8-11, 11-7, 11-0, 11-2 (34 mins).

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