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RESULTS: Country View Squash Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) 15-8, 15-4, 15-9
[Q] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [2] Kenneth Low (MAS) 15-11, 6-15, 15-14, 17-16

Ghosal Celebrates Final In PSA Debut

Saurav Ghosal, a 17-year-old from Chennai in India, made his mark in the world of squash today (Friday) in Malaysia when he reached the final of a PSA Tour event in his international professional circuit debut.

After fighting through the qualifiers of the Country View Squash Open in Kuala Lumpur, the teenager swept past the fourth and fifth seeds from Malaysia, before coming up against the No2 seed Kenneth Low, Malaysia's third highest-ranked player in the world.

Showing little evidence of his 257 world ranking - at the very base of the Dunlop PSA list - Ghosal battled bravely against his experienced opponent, ranked 145 places higher, and eventually beat Low 15-11 6-15 15-14 17-16 to claim his historic place in the final.

Ghosal's opponent will be Kuala-Lumpur based Australian Mike Corren, the top seed who comfortably overcame unseeded Indian Gaurav Nandrajog 15-8 15-4 15-9 in the other semi-final.