Saurav Ghoshal cruises into semi-finals

Chennai, Jun 16 (UNI) Fourth seeded Saurav Ghosal of India entered the semifinals of the 10,000 dollar ICL-Chennai Open PSA Squash Championsip here today.

In the quarterfinals, Saurav was off to a sluggish start losing the first game. But, he recovered well to put paid to the hopes of seventh seeded Tom Richards of England winning the contest in four games.

Saurav, who became the first ever Indian to win the coveted British Junior Open Under-19 Squash title last year, won 6-11, 11-7, 17-15, 11-5.

In the other match, third seeded Dylan bennett of Netherlands defeated eight seed Wai Hang Wong of Hong Kong 11-4, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7 to join Saurav in the last four stage.

Results: Quarterfinals: Saurav Ghosal (India) bt Tom Richards (Eng) 6-11, 11-7, 17-15, 11-5.

Dylan Bennett (Neth) bt Wai Hang Wong (HK) 11-4, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7.

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