Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: May 08, 2023, 12:51 IST
World Squash Championships: Saurav Ghosal and Diego Ellias (Twitter)
Saurav Ghosal misplaced to world primary Diego Ellias 11-9 11-4 6-11 3-11 10-12 within the pre-quarterfinals of the World Championship
India’s most interesting male squash participant Saurav Ghosal misplaced a gruelling five-match battle towards world primary Diego Ellias within the pre-quarterfinals of the World Championship right here.
Ghosal, who final reached the quarterfinals of the premier occasion 4 years in the past, even had a few match balls earlier than happening 11-9 11-4 6-11 3-11 10-12 in a marathon contest on Sunday evening.
Ghosal squandered a 2-0 benefit to concede the following two video games to take the match into the decider. The 36-year-old couldn’t convert the essential factors and it was anybody’s match at 10-10 within the fifth sport.
However, the Indian made an unforced error to make it 10-11 earlier than the Peruvian participant closed out the match.
Elias, 10 years youthful to Ghosal, lauded the Indian veteran after an power sapping contest. Ghosal had performed his first world championship method again in 2005 and has been the torchbearer of Indian squash for the final 20 years.
“Saurav was taking part in nice squash from the start. He had a great sport plan towards me and I couldn’t determine it out at first. It took me a few video games and I’m simply very completely happy I may come again from that as a result of I used to be below quite a lot of stress and I didn’t begin in one of the simplest ways.
“I wasn’t shifting nice. I feel I can enhance quite a lot of issues for the following match and simply be far more aggressive. Hopefully I’ll be shifting higher within the subsequent one,” said Ellias.
Both Ghosal and Ellias have had intense battles over the years. The 16th-ranked Indian had stretched Ellias to five games even at the Tournament of Champions in New York last year.
Ghosal’s last win against the Peruvian star came way back in 2016.
Mahesh Mangaonkar, Ramit Tandon and qualifier Abhay Singh had lost their first round matches.
The only Indian women in the singles draw, Joshna Chinappa, had suffered an opening round loss to USA’s Olivia Clyne.
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