Saurav Ghosal downs Iqbal to enter World Squash C'ship pre-quarters

18 November,2014 08:00 AM IST |   |  PTI

India's Saurav Ghosal earned a hard-fought 3-1 win against Pakistan's Nasir Iqbal to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the World Squash Championship, here yesterday

Saurav Ghosal


Doha: India's Saurav Ghosal earned a hard-fought 3-1 win against Pakistan's Nasir Iqbal to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the World Squash Championship, here yesterday.


Saurav Ghosal

The 14th-seeded Saurav slowly gained momentum in the 51-minute encounter as he got past his arch-rival 11-7 5-11 11-9 11-4 in the round-of-32 clash.

Earlier Max Lee of Hong Kong, Amr Shabana of Egypt and South Africa's Stephen Coppinger won their respective encounter to also move into the round-of-16.

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