Saurav Ghosal loses in final of Pittsburgh Open squash

Pittsburgh: Saurav Ghosal failed to notch up his maiden PSA world tour event title as he suffered a straight-game defeat to top seed Fares Dessouky of Egypt in the final of the Pittsburgh Open squash tournament here.

Ghosal lost 7-11, 4-11, 9-11 to his Egyptian opponent who played flawless squash in the summit clash Sunday night.

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Finding the nick repeatedly, Dessouky was able to nip in the bud any promising rally that Ghosal could bring up.

Earlier, the Indian had advanced to the final after a hard-fought win over Egypt’s Omar Mossad 11-6, 16-18, 11-7, 12-10 in a thrilling one hour 13 minute semifinal on Saturday.

PTI