Ghosal & Lau To Contest Chennai Open Final
Quarter-finals:
[1] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [8] Naresh Kumar (IND) 11-5, 5-11, 11-4, 11-6 (35m)
[5] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [4] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 10-11 (1-3), 11-4 (52m)
[3] Dick Lau (HKG) bt Parth Sharma (IND) 5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-10 (2-0) (38m)
[2] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) bt [7] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7 (33m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [5] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0) (31m)
[3] Dick Lau (HKG) bt [2] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6 (45m)
Top-seeded Indian Saurav Ghosal will face Hong Kong's Dick Lau in the final of the ICL Chennai Open Squash Championship after hard-fought victories in today's (Friday) semi-finals of the PSA Tour event at ICL Squash Academy in the Indian city of Chennai.
Third seed Lau upset second seed Wai Hang Wong 7-11, 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6 in 45 minutes in his first win over his fellow countryman for two years.
While Lau is celebrating his third appearance in a PSA Tour final, Ghosal is marking his fourth. The 20-year-old from Chennai was taken to tie-breaks in two games by Egyptian opponent Mohamed El Shorbagy, the fifth seed, before winning 11-9, 11-10 (2-0), 11-10 (2-0).