Saurav Ghoshal thread - PB WR # 10 in Apr 2019

[jaydeep]

At $172K Mens Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Squash Open,

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) bt Mohammed Y Hajeyah (KUW) 11-6 11-7 11-4
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) l Alister Walker (NZL,28) 9-11 11-6 7-11 9-11

Jaydeep.

[jaydeep]

At $120K Qatar Classic 2007

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) bt Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-4 11-9 11-7

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,40) l Daryl Selby (ENG,36) 13-11 11-7 7-11 8-11 8-11

Saurav lost big opportunity of qualifying for maindraw of this prestigious after winning first 2 games against higher rank player.

Jaydeep.

[neville]

Saurav has now reached the top 40 in the world, lets see what his latest ranking is this month. Lets also not forget he is also studying side by side.

[jayakris]

Yeah, I am quite peeved at Saurav continuing to waste time now, being in college.  What the heck is this guy doing, studying? .. Get out and play, man.  You have the whole rest of the life to study.

Jay

[jaydeep]

Saurav Ghosal also experienced a fall going down 3 places to 43rd ... He has 1113.75 points.

[jaydeep]

At $77.5K British Open Squash Championships, Manchester

[Q1] (5/8) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Alan Clyne (Sco) 11-7 11-7 11-6 (33m)

[Q2] (5/8) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) vs Aaron Frankcomb (Aus)

Saurav having good chance to qualify for British Open.

[jaydeep]

At $77.5K British Open Squash Championships, Manchester

[Q2] (5/8) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Aaron Frankcomb (Aus) 11-7 11-8 12-10 (55min)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) vs (8) Stewart Boswell (Aus)


And with that Saurav first time qualify for British Open ... But having tough first round against 8th seed Australian.

[jaydeep]

At $77.5K Mens British Open Squash Championships, Manchester

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (Ind) l (8) Stewart Boswell (Aus) 8-11 3-11 9-11

Saurav couldn't do much against 8th seed ... But still creditable to qualify for this prestigious tournament.

[jaydeep]

At $120K Qatar Classic, Doha

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,48) bt Mohamed Reza Sadeghpour (IRN,308) 11-3 11-2 11-2 (19m)

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,48) l Chris Ryder (ENG,57) 7-11 11-8 4-11 11-7 5-11 (69m)

Big lost opportunity for Saurav to qualify for maindraw of this prestigious event.

[jaydeep]

Good to see Saurav qualified for such prestigious event, but match against WR #4 gave clear indication that it is still very long journey to be part in top players.

At $120K Men's Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open 2007, (05th to 11th November)

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) bt Choy Kit Lun (HKG,UNR) 11-4 11-3 11-6 (18m)
[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) bt Jesse Engelbrecht (RSA,92) 11-5 11-9 11-5 (30m)

[R1] (Q) Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) l (3) David Palmer (AUS,4) 4-11 3-11 4-11 (27m)

[jaydeep]

At $175K World Open Bermuda 2007,

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) bt Dick Lau (HKG,109) 11-4 11-3 11-5 (24m)

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) l Omar Mosaad (EGY,33) 11-5 9-11 9-11 11-4 11-6 (67m)

Saurav was up 2-1 games against higher rank Egyptian but couldn't managed to finish the match and with that lost opportunity of playing in Squash World Open maindraw.

[jaydeep]

At $80K Davenport Pro Champs 2008, Richmond, USA

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,49) l (6) Karim Darwish (EGY,8) 11-6 13-11 (4-2) 6-11 6-11 4-11 (55m)

Very promising performance in loss by Saurav against top 10 Karim Darwish.

[jaydeep]

In the final qualifying round, Saurav facing top-35 British player, with whom he lost twice in their previous meetings.

At $200K Kuwait Open

[Q1] Saurav Ghosal (Ind,51) bt Mohd Al-Tuwary (Kuw,UNR) 11-5 11-0 11-3 (29m)

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (Ind,51) vs Daryl Selby (Eng,35)

[jaydeep]

This time also no changed in fortune against Selby.

At $200K Kuwait Open

[Q2] Saurav Ghosal (Ind,51) l Daryl Selby (Eng,35) 8-11 11-5 5-11 6-11 (65m)

[sameerph]

Saurav Gosal won his biggest career title when he won $ 15,000 Ornano Oprn squash event in Bordeaux. He beat three higher ranked players including world no. 27 & top seed Renan Lavigne on the way.

This is the article on rediff on the win -

Ornano Open: Saurav Ghosal wins biggest career title