Saurav Ghoshal thread - PB WR # 10 in Apr 2019

[jaydeep]

P.C. to psaworldtour.com

A historic moment for Indian Squash ... Saurav Ghosal becomes the first Indian ever to crack into World top 10 ranking for PSA men's squash ranking ... In new PSA rankings, he is WR #10.

Interestingly our all three top squash players, Dipika, Joshna and Saurav, now have WR #10 is their personal best ... Hoping that Saurav climbs further.

[arjun2761]

Congrats to Sourav! A remarkable story of perseverance and consistent improvement to get to the top 10! Hope he can stay here for some time...

[jaydeep]

Saurav is in the third round after surprising tough match against a lowly ranked Spanish opponent ... After winning the second game comfortably Saurav was cruising towards straight games win ... But he lost concentration and Lopez took advantage of it and won the next 2 games ... Saurav recovered to win the final game to complete hard-fought win ... Next, he is having a tough match against an in-form WR #3 Tarek Momen.

At $176K Men's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bye
[R2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bt Edmon Lopez (ESP,62) 11-9, 11-1, 3-11, 9-11, 11-6 (70m)

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) vs (3) Tarek Momen (EGY,3

[jaydeep]

Saurav gave a decent performance in his loss against the WR #3 Tarek Momen.

At $176K Men's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R3] Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) l (3) Tarek Momen (EGY,3) 8-11, 7-11, 11-13 (45m)

[jaydeep]

Saurav gave a fighting performance against a former World Championship winner and WR #4 Karim Abdel Gawad in his loss.

At $162K Men's Allam British Open 2019, Hull, England (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bye

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) l (5) Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY,4) 9-11, 4-11, 11-7, 6-11 (54m)

[jaydeep]

Saurav started the new season on a positive note ... He played at Shanghai in PSA world tour gold tournament ... He performed as per his seedings and lost in the semis to current WR #1 Ali Farag.

At $112K Men's JP Morgan China Open 2019, Shanghai, China (PSA World Tour Gold)

[R1] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bye
[R2] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bt (9/16) Yip Tsz Fung (HKG,34) 11-7, 11-4, 11-7 (43m)
[QF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) bt (9/16) Mazen Hesham (EGY,25) 12-10, 11-9, 12-14, 11-7 (67m)

[SF] (3) Saurav Ghosal (IND,10) l (1) Ali Farag (EGY,1) 4-11. 9-11, 4-11 (34m)

[jaydeep]

Saurav is facing a Hong Kong player in the second round.

At $185K Men's Egyptian Open 2019, Giza, Egypt (World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bye

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs Yip Tsz Fung (HKG,31)

[jaydeep]

Saurav scored straight games win over Yip Tsz Fung and enters into the third round ... Next, he is facing the former top-10 Egyptian, Fares Dessouky.

At $185K Men's Egyptian Open 2019, Giza, Egypt (World Tour Platinum)

[R2] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Yip Tsz Fung (HKG,31) 11-9, 11-5, 11-4 (43m)

[R3] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs (9/16) Fares Dessouky (EGY,14)

[jaydeep]

Saurav failed to raise a game against Dessouky and lost in straight games.

At $185K Men's Egyptian Open 2019, Giza, Egypt (World Tour Platinum)

[R3] (9/16) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) l (9/16) Fares Dessouky (EGY,14) 6-11, 5-11, 5-11 (42m)

[prasen9]

What is 9/16? Why did they lose 7 points in the test anyway?

[jaydeep]

Saurav moved into the second round of the World Championship beating his compatriot Mahesh in tight 3 games ... The last game was 34 points long which Saurav won on his experience ... Next, he is facing a Frenchman Lucas Serme.

At $335K PSA Men's World Championship 2019, Doha, Qatar

[R1] (10) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,52) 11-7, 11-7, 18-16 (56m)

[R2] (10) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs Lucas Serme (FRA,37)

[jaydeep]

Saurav enters into the pre-quarters of the World Championship and will face the top-seed Mohamed Elshorbagy ... In the second round, he defeated a Frenchman Lucas Serme in straight games.

At $335K PSA Men's World Championship 2019, Doha, Qatar

[R2] (10) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) bt Lucas Serme (FRA,37) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (36m)

[PQF] (10) Saurav Ghosal (IND,11) vs (1) Mohamed Elshorbagy (EGY,2)

[suresh]

One of these days, we might beat an Egyptian in squash. When will that day come?

[jayakris]

One of these days, we might beat an Egyptian in squash. When will that day come?

Maybe when we beat Iran in volleyball....

[jaydeep]

One of these days, we might beat an Egyptian in squash. When will that day come?

Maybe when we beat Iran in volleyball....