Squash World Cup: India suffered a defeat within the semifinal of the SDAT WSF Squash World Cup 2023 because the group went all the way down to Malaysia by 0-3. Second seed India now bow out of the competition as fourth seed Malaysia qualify for the summit conflict. They will now face the defending champions Egypt in Chennai.
The Indian gamers Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal, and Abhay Singh, all misplaced their respective video games to their Malaysian counterparts. Sai Hung Ong first defeated Abhay Singh in a nail-biter opening encounter that lasted 37 minutes. He saved a sudden-death match ball earlier than successful the conflict in 5 video games. The 18-year-old Aira Azman then defeated Joshna Chinappa 7-3, 7-3, 5-7, 7-4 to ship Malaysia 2-0 up.
The Indian group wanted two wins from Saurav Ghosal and Tanvi Khanna to maintain their hopes alive however the World No.19 Ghosal suffered 7-5, 2-7, 7-6, 6-5 defeat by the hands of World No.134 Darren Pragasam.
After the win, Malaysia confirmed their place within the finals and are set to face prime seed and defending champs Egypt. The top-seeded Egypt defeated Japan in one other semifinal of the event. Karim El Hammamy, Fayrouz Aboelkheir, Aly Abou Eleinen, and Kenzy Ayman, all registered wins of their respective encounters. The ultimate is ready to be held on June 17 in Chennai.
Earlier, India saved their dominance within the Pool stage. The Indian quartet of Abhay Singh, Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal, and Tanvi Khanna received all of the three video games within the Pool stage. They defeated Hong Kong by 4-0. The 4 saved their dominance excessive as they defeated South Africa by an analogous 4-0 margin. India then edged previous Japan with a 3-1 win Chinappa defeated the World No.18 Satomi Watanabe.
