Saurav reached Main Draw in 5 star PSA event

Internationaux de France a $62,000 5-star PSA Tour event, the first major squash championship was held in Paris lsince 1995.

Saurav Ghosal won a hard fought match 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9 (70m) against South African Jesse Engelbrecht in his frist round of qualifying. A straight set victory in his final qualifying round against Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-3, 11-7, 11-7 (51m) set him up against former world no 1 in the main draw. Third seeded Thierry Lincou (FRA) was too good for Saurav winning 11-2, 11-5, 11-9 (35m).

Saurav wins PSA in France

Indian national champion Saurav Ghosal scored his third successive upset in the Ornano International Open to win the inaugural $15,000 PSA Tour event in Bordeaux, France. Seeded sixth Saurav won his 4th PSA title defeating third seed Davide Bianchetti in 4 games.

Finals:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9

Semi-finals:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [5] Amr Swelim (EGY) 10-12, 11-2, 11-2, 3-11, 14-12 (74m)

Quarter-finals:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) 7-11, 15-13, 11-5, 11-5 (63m)
[3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [7] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (49m)

National Masters, New Delhi

Dushyant Singh Jamwal of Delhi Gymkhana won a double at the National Masters Squash Championships winning the Over 40 & 45 catagories. The event held from 4-7 September had over 100 players being played at the Delhi Gymkhana Courts, New Delhi.

Dushyant beat Sanjeev Anand (Over 40) also of Delhi Gymkhana in Straight sets 9-6 9-4 95 in 34 minutes and beat O’neil Pramanik (Over 45) of West Bengal also in straight games 9-1 9-1 9-0.

The only match that went the distance was in the Over 50 category where Vijay Jaini of Delhi beat Dr. B I Singh also of Delhi in a hard fought 4 setter in a match lasting 43 minutes. Dr. B I Singh earlier won the over 55 category defeating Rajiv Reddy of Tamil Nadu.

Over 35 -  FINAL                                                                                                             

1* Dalip Tripathi {WB} beat Vickey Nayar {CHD}  9-1 9-4 9-6 {25m}                             

3rd/4th Place Playoff                                                                                     

3/4* Shammi Khurana {ND} beat 3/4* Vivan Khubchand {ND}  9-6 9-3 9-7

 
Over 40 -  FINAL                                                                                                             

2* Dushyant Singh Jamwal {ND} beat 5/8* Sanjeev Anand {ND}  9-6 9-4 9-5 {34m}     

3rd/4th Place Playoff                                                                                    

3/4* Mohanish Sawant {MAH} beat 5/8* Col A. Bahl {SSB}  Walkover
Over 45 -  FINAL                                                                                                             

1* Dushyant Singh Jamwal {ND} beat 5/8* O’neil Pramanik {WB}  9-1 9-1 9-0

3rd/4th Place Playoff                                                                                       

3/4* Mukul Gupta {ND} beat 2* Col A. Bahl {SSB}  Walkover
Over 50 -  FINAL                                                                                                             
3/4* Vijay Jani {ND} beat 1* B I Singh {ND}  9-3 9-4 7-9 10-8 {43m}                              

3rd/4th Place Playoff                                                                                       

2* V Laxman {TN} beat 5/8* Rajiv Reddy {TN}  10-8 9-0 9-0 {24m}
Over 55 -  FINAL                                                                                                           

B I Singh {ND} beat Rajiv Reddy {TN}  9-3 9-1 9-1