Chennai, Feb 17:
India’s Saurav Ghosal moved into the quarterfinals of the Squash on Fire Open, a PSA World Tour Bronze event, in Washington with a hard-fought 4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 13-11 win over Spencer Lovejoy (US).
The contest lasted almost an hour, a release from Squash Rackets Federation of India (SRFI) on Friday said.
The Indian world No 26, who is the sixth seed and received a first-round bye at the USD 51,500 PSA World Tour Bronze event, will meet French world No 11 and top seed Victor Crouin in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, reigning national champion Velavan Senthilkumar, who made it to his maiden PSA World Tour Silver quarterfinal in Pittsburgh last week, lost to Egyptian second seed Youssef Soliman 11-6, 11-8, 11-2.
The left-hander from Tamil Nadu had put it past Briton Mark Broekman 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 in 22 minutes in his opening round.
