Commonwealth Games: Saurav Ghosal wins bronze; becomes first squash players to win individual medal at Games

Squash player Saurav Ghosal celebrates after winning the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Wednesday. Screenshot/SonyLiv

Birmingham: Saurav Ghosal scripted history on Wednesday as he defeated former England’s former World No. 1 James Willstrop in straight games 11-6, 11-1, 11-4 to clinch the bronze medal in Birmingham. With the bronze, the 35-year-old Indian became the first squash player from the nation to win an individual medal in the CWG.

The World No. 15 Indian earlier went down in the semi-final to New Zealand’s World No. 2 Paul Coll. Ghosal will now compete in the mixed doubles, where he will partner with Dipika Pallikal as 2018 Gold Coast silver medallist duo.

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Earlier, another mixed doubles pair of veteran Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu progressed to the pre-quarterfinals.

The immensely experienced Chinappa and her partner Sandhu downed Sri Lanka’s Yeheni Kuruppu and Ravindu Laksiri 8-11 11-4 11-3.
The Indians were a bit shaky initially and ended up conceding the first game.

However, they quickly turned things around and made a strong comeback to bag the next two games without breaking much sweat.
Earlier in the day, Sunayna Kuruvilla defeated Fung-A-Fat of Guyana in the women’s squash single plate final.

Sunayna downed her Guyanese opponent 11-7 13-11 11-2 in what turned out to be a comfortable victory for the 23-year-old squash player.

(With inputs from PTI)

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