Chennai, Apr 26:
Top men’s squash player Saurav Ghosal led four other Indians into the prequarterfinals of the 19th Asian Individual Squash Championship here today.
Second-seed Ghosal breezed past Singapore’s Benedict Chan 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 to join compatriots Vikram Malhotra (10th seed), Mahesh Mangaonkar (11th seed), Harinder Pal Sandhu (15th-seed) and Velavan Senthilkumar in the third round.
Mangaonkar beat Vivian Rhamanan of Singapore 11-4, 11-7, 11-6, while Malhotra defeated Alireza Shameli of Iran 11-7, 11-8, 15-13 in another match.
Earlier, Senthilkumar, who had reached two PSA World Tour event finals recently, brushed aside Soheil Shameli of Iran 11-1, 11-5, 11-5 in the first round and received a walk over from Farhan Zaman of Pakistan.
Harinder defeated Reymark Begornia of Philippines 11-1, 11-5, 11-4 but Aditya Jagtap suffered a 5-11, 6-11, 8-11 loss to Malaysia’s Mohammed Nafizwan Adnan in another match.
In the women’s section, Indian player Sunayna Kuruvilla stunned 12th-seed Choe Yura of Korea in straight games. However, R Lakshya was outlasted by 11th seed Foo Zoe Yuk Han of Malaysia in five games.
In another match, ninth-seeded Indian Sachika Ingale lost a five-game encounter to Malaysia’s Aifa Zaman.
Top-seed Max Lee of Hong Kong, meanwhile, outplayed Navid Maleksabet of Iran 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 to sail into the pre- quarterfinals. (PTI)
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