New Delhi: India's top ranked player Saurav
Ghosal crashed out of the USD 277,500 World Squash Open after
being humbled by Egyptian Karim Darwish in Kuwait City.
World number 34 Ghosal, who for the first time in his
career has made it to the second round of the premier event,
lost 4-11, 5-11, 9-11, 1-11 to top seed Darwish in 40 minutes at
the all-glass court in Green Island last night.
Ghosal, India's lone challenge, had beaten French
qualifer Mathieu Castagnet 0-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 in the opening
round of the PSA World Tour Squash event.
"It was a bad outing for me. Karim played splendidly and
gave me no chances," explained the 29th seed from Chennai
after his match.
Players from 24 nations are participating in the event,
which is the richest in men's professional circuit.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 14:57