Saurav Ghoshal reaches quarter-finals of Squash Fire Open

Washington, February 16 (HS). Indian star player Saurav Ghoshal has entered the quarterfinals of Squash Fire Open. In a tough match, he defeated American player Spencer Lovejoy 4-11, 11-8, 11-4, 13-11. This fight lasted for about an hour.

The world number 26 Indian, seeded sixth and having received a first-round bye at the $51,500 PSA World Tour Bronze event, will face world number 11 and top seed Victor Croix of France in the quarter-finals. Will clash.

Meanwhile, defending national champion Velvan Senthilkumar, who made his maiden PSA World Tour Silver quarterfinal in Pittsburgh last week, lost to second seed Youssef Soliman of Egypt 11-6, 11-8, 11-2.

The left-hander from Tamil Nadu had defeated Britain's Mark Brockman 11-4, 11-4, 11-2 in the opening round in 22 minutes.