July 27, 2014
India's star squash player Saurav Ghosal indented up a hard-battled 3-2 win over New Zealand's Campbell Grayson to enter the elimination rounds of men's singles however it was draperies for Dipika Pallikal in the ladies' single occasion at the twentieth Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Saturday.
"I am really happy I won in the end. It was a really tough match. He (Finitsis) played really well from the third game. It was going neck and neck in the fifth but I managed to string together four points in a row to take the match," Ghosal told PTI after his difficult 86-moment prequarterfinal.
In the ladies' singles prequarters, Pallikal had moved beyond fifteenth seed Delia Arnold of Malaysia 11-6, 12-10, 11-5 in a match enduring 40 minutes.
After the match, the Commonwealth Games debutant said: "It was a tough match and I am happy to get through in straight games. My plan for the day was to play some solid squash and attack whenever I got an opportunity and I am glad that it worked it out well."
India has never won a squash award at the Commonwealth Games subsequent to its initiation at the quadrennial spectacle.
The fourth seed Ghosal delivered a lumpy execution as he energized from two-diversion down to squeeze out a troublesome 8-11 7 11-6 11-8 11-6 win over the twelfth seed from New Zealand.
Ghosal in this manner turned into the first Indian to achieve the singles elimination rounds since the game was presented in the Games program in 1998.
Then again, it was deplorability for Dipika, who went down to Alison Waters of England in the quarterfinals.
Sixth seed Dipika squanded an one-diversion playing point to go down 11-8 2-11 9-11 6-11 to fourth seed Alison at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.
Prior, fourth seed Ghosal had a close call against Australian Steven Finitsis as he recuperated from 6-7 down in the fifth and choosing amusement to force off a 11-2, 11-5, 4-11, 6-11, 11-8 triumph.
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"I am really happy I won in the end. It was a really tough match. He (Finitsis) played really well from the third game. It was going neck and neck in the fifth but I managed to string together four points in a row to take the match," Ghosal told PTI after his difficult 86-moment prequarterfinal.
In the ladies' singles prequarters, Pallikal had moved beyond fifteenth seed Delia Arnold of Malaysia 11-6, 12-10, 11-5 in a match enduring 40 minutes.
After the match, the Commonwealth Games debutant said: "It was a tough match and I am happy to get through in straight games. My plan for the day was to play some solid squash and attack whenever I got an opportunity and I am glad that it worked it out well."
India has never won a squash award at the Commonwealth Games subsequent to its initiation at the quadrennial spectacle.
The fourth seed Ghosal delivered a lumpy execution as he energized from two-diversion down to squeeze out a troublesome 8-11 7 11-6 11-8 11-6 win over the twelfth seed from New Zealand.
Ghosal in this manner turned into the first Indian to achieve the singles elimination rounds since the game was presented in the Games program in 1998.
Then again, it was deplorability for Dipika, who went down to Alison Waters of England in the quarterfinals.
Sixth seed Dipika squanded an one-diversion playing point to go down 11-8 2-11 9-11 6-11 to fourth seed Alison at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.
Prior, fourth seed Ghosal had a close call against Australian Steven Finitsis as he recuperated from 6-7 down in the fifth and choosing amusement to force off a 11-2, 11-5, 4-11, 6-11, 11-8 triumph.
Inputs from PTI
