ICL Chennai Open 2004, 21-24 July, Chennai, India, $6k

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:04 am

2nd ICL Chennai Open qualifying round are underway.

Qualifying:

Finals:
Vivian Rahmanan (Ind) v A Perthiban (Ind)
B Balamurugun (Ind) v Sandeep Jangra (Ind)
Harinderpal Singh (Ind) v Vikas Jangra (Ind)
Imran Khan v Siddarthe Suchde (Ind)

1st round:
Imran Khan bt Naresh Kumar 15/9, 15/6, 12/15, 15/6
A. Parthiban bt Vinayak Shetty 15/10,16/17, 15/9, 15/11

Here is what coach Cyras Poncha reports from Chennai Preview
2ND ICL CHENNAI OPEN 2004

Ritwik is seed 3rd and scheduled to meet a qualifier in first round. The full draw:
1st Round, Wed 21st
[1] Jeam-Michel Arcucci (Fra) v. Qualifier
[5] Sherif Kamel (Egy) v. Mohamed Elkety (Egy)
[4] Amr Mansi (Egy) v. Qualifier
[6] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) v. Paul Johnson (Wal)
Qualifier v. [7] Mohamed Ismail (Egy)
Qualifier v. [3] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind)
Ahmed Maged Hamza (Egy) v. Gaurav Nandrajog (Ind)
Supreet Singh (Ind) v. [2] Mohammed Essam A Hafiz (Qat)

Kathir

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 3:37 am

Thanks Kathir for the news about Chennai Open. The first Chennai Open was a success and the second Chennai Open should be even better. The Indian coach Cyrus Poncha and the other Indian squash people should be complimented for organizing a good show in Chennai.

I wish some of the industrial giants in India realize that they are sitting on a gold mine, and I hope that they put some money into Indian squash and the many young talented Indian players.

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:55 am

Ghosal reaches Chennai Final:

India's top junior player Saurav Ghosal reached his second PSA tour final when he defeated top seed Jean-Michel Arcucci in Chennai.

Hopes of an all-Indian final were dashed though, as Indian number one Ritwik Bhattacharya went bowed out to second seed Mohammed Essam A Hafiz.

That brings up,

Final:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) v. [2] Mohammed Essam A Hafiz (Qat)

Here the results so far;
First round:
[1] Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra) def. [Q] A. Parthiban (Ind) 15/2, 15/8, 15/6 (32m)
[5] Sherif Kamel (Egy) def. Mohamed Elkety (Egy) 15/9, 15/17, 15/5, 15/4 (61m)
[4] Amr Mansi (Egy) def. [Q] B.Balamurugan (Ind) 15/10, 15/9, 15/12 (43m)
[6] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) def. Paul Johnson (Wal) 15/11, 15/4, 15/8 (34m)
[Q] Siddharth Suchde (Ind) def. [7] Mohamed Ismail (Egy) 15/11, 14/17, 15/11, 15/4 (51m)
[3] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) def. [Q] Vikas Jangra (Ind) 15/11, 15/10, 15/8 (34m)
Ahmed Maged Hamza (Egy) def. [8] Gaurav Nandrajog (Ind) 15/8, 15/2, 15/8 (40m)
[2] Mohammed Essam A Hafiz (Qat) def. Supeet Singh (Ind) 15/8, 15/11, 15/11 (32m)

Quarterfinal:
[1] Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra) def. Sherif Kamel 15/7, 15/8, 15/5 (65m)
[6] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) def. Amr Mansi 15/12, 15/13, 15/10 (61m)
[3] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) def. Siddharth Suchde 17/15, 15/5, 15/9 (44m)
[2] Mohammed Essam A Hafiz (Qat) def. Ahmed Maged Hamza 15/6, 15/12, 15/10 (32m)

Semifinal:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) def. [1] Jean-Michel Arcucci (Fra) 11/15, 15/9, 15/8, 15/9

[2] Mohammed Essam A Hafiz (Qat) def. [3] Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 15/10, 15/9, 15/14

Go Saurav

Kathir

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:58 am

Here is The Hindu report Impressive Ghosal Reaches Final

Kathir

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:11 pm

Great work Ghosal!

in the final.

suresh · Post by **suresh** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:36 am

Ghosal lost in straight sets to Hafiz as reported in the Hindu this morning. Hafiz is
an Egyptian playing for Qatar. I was wondering when Qatar started producing squash
players. The good news is that Hafiz is going to be in Chennai longer and will train
with the Indians. Nothing like a wily and crafty old pro to have around. I am sure our
Indian players will stand to gain a lot.

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:20 pm

Excellent run by Sourav, nonetheless, to make the final here. He had been almost invisible after his British Open junior title (apart from a few team events), so it is particularly good to see him beating higher-ranked players quite handily. Ritwik was probably a bit more disappointing here, as his game appears to have stabilised (rather than continuing to improve) over the past 6 months or so.

warpspeed · Post by **warpspeed** » Sun Aug 08, 2004 3:17 pm

66 é RITWIK BHATTACHARYA
108 é SAURAV GHOSAL
148 é GAURAV NANDRAJOG
173 é SUPREET SINGH

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:38 am

Hey, great move by Ghosal in world rankings after the Chennai Open final.

Kathir

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