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RESULTS: Country View Squash Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [Q] Yap Kok Four (MAS) 15-5, 15-3, 15-9
[7] Ahmed Hamza (EGY) bt [Q] Moh'd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 15-10, 15-10, 15-8
[3] Kelvin Ho (MAS) bt Joseph Desira (AUS) 15-10, 15-8, 15-7
Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) bt [8] Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS) 15-8, 15-9, 15-6
[5] Timothy Arnold (MAS) bt Shahril Shahidan (MAS) 15-8, 17-15, 16-17, 12-15, 15-8
[Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [4] Marcus Yeap (MAS) 15-13, 15-2, 13-15, 15-7
[6] Sherif Kamel (EGY) bt Supreet Singh (IND) 15-3, 15-11, 15-7
[2] Kenneth Low (MAS) bt [Q] Chris Wind (UAE) 15-7, 15-7, 15-11

Quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [7] Ahmed Hamza (EGY) 15-10, 15-10, 15-5
Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) bt [3] Kelvin Ho (MAS) 17-16, 17-14, 15-13
[Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [5] Timothy Arnold (MAS) 15-4, 15-9, 15-6
[2] Kenneth Low (MAS) bt [6] Sherif Kamel (EGY) 16-17, 15-13, 5-15, 15-10, 15-13

Indians Spoil Country View For Locals

There was an Indian takeover in today's (Thursday) first day action in the Country View Squash Open in Malaysia when two unseeded Indians each took out a pair of local players to reach the semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur.

Teenager Saurav Ghosal, a qualifier, caused the biggest upset in the first round when he beat fourth-seeded Malaysian Marcus Yeap 15-13 15-2 13-15 15-7, then continued his giant-killing run in the quarter-finals with a 15-4 15-9 15-6 victory over Timothy Arnold, also a local player.

Ghosal now faces a third Malaysian Kenneth Low, the second seed who had to fight back from 2-1 down to squeeze a narrow 16-17 15-13 5-15 15-10 15-13 win over Egyptian Sherif Kamel - to become the only local player through to the last four.

Meanwhile, India's unseeded Gaurav Nandrajog upset 8th seed Nafzahizam Adnan 15-8 15-9 15-6 in the first round, then went on to conquer Kelvin Ho, the 3rd seed, 17-16 17-14 15-13.  Nandrajog now meets Australia's top seed Mike Corren, who secured his second successive straight games win of the day with a 15-10 15-10 15-5 win over Egypt's Ahmed Hamza.