Saurav Ghoshal thread - PB WR # 13 in Apr 2018

[jaydeep]

Yes, defending champion Gawad raised his game after 0-4 down in the second game ... Still, a good run in the Worlds for Saurav.

[jaydeep]

Saurav have achieved his career best ranking of #14 in new ranking update with his consistent performances in last few months.

[arjun2761]

Congrats to Saurav for sticking with it and getting to a career high after nearly 5 years....

[PKBasu]

Squash has very strange ranking and seeding systems. At the world championship this year, Saurav (ranked 16 then) beat the world #10 (seeded 9) in the first round, but ran into the reigning champion (seeded 4th) in the round of 16. How could three of the world's top-16 be in the same section of the draw (i.e., drawn to play each other before the QF)?!

[suresh]

Such things happens when there are only 8 seeds. I recall Saina (as world no 9) playing world no 8 in R1 of a badminton tournament where a similar ranking was followed.

[jaydeep]

Saurav continues with his rich form and lifted another title last week after winning $35K Indian Open ... He defeated 2nd seed Müller in the thrilling match ... After 1-2 games down Saurav needed to dig deep to fightback ... He won the fourth game and then won nail-biting final game on extra points.

At $35K Men's Indian Open 2018, Mumbai, India

[R1] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,14) bt (Q) Karim El Hammamy (EGY,69) 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 (44m)
[QF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,14) bt (5) Karim Ali Fathi (EGY,39) 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 (37m)
[SF] (1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,14) bt (3) Greg Lobban (SCO,33) 11-8, 13-11, 11-6 (54m)

Final
(1) Saurav Ghosal (IND,14) bt (2) Nicolas Müller (SUI,24) 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10 (67m)

[jaydeep]

With his recent consistent performances Saurav has climbed to new personal best - WR #13 ... Great work.