The Indian pair defeated Swedish duo of Kristain Karlsson
and Mattias Karlsson 3-2 (11-8, 2-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9) in an intense
pre-quarterfinal battle that took about 30 minutes. The Indians will now run
into the Japanese pair of Jin Ueda and Maharu Yoshimura in the semi-finals.
If the Indian pair manages to enter the semi-finals, they
will earn a minimum of $1000 in prize money.
Both Ghosh and Desai began with a good lead to take the
first game but lost out as quickly in the second before going 2-1 up against
the Swedish players. But the latter were up to the task and managed to level
the score to take it to the decider.
In the decider, too, the Indians ran up a good lead, but
their opponents matched the Indians stroke for stroke before Ghosh completing
with a scorching winner.
Earlier, in the men’s singles both Ghosh and Achanta Sharath
Kamal made it to the round of 32, after their main draw entry. Sharath Kamal
accounted for Jin Ueda of Japan
4-2 (11-9, 3-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8) while Ghosh upset Maharu Yoshimura,
ranked 49th in the world, 4-3. The 189th ranked Ghosh played an aggressive game
to outlast his Japanese rival 16-14, 11-7, 11-8, 12-13, 9-11 5-11, 12-10, the
match consuming almost an hour.
Ghosh will have to wary of Yoshimura when he, along with
Desai, takes on the Japanese and his parter in the doubles semi-final outing.
Anthony Amalraj, however, lost his singles battle in the
main draw to Singapore ’s
Li Hu in straight games.
Meanwhile, Ghosh surprisingly failed to qualify for the U-21
boys’ event as he went down to Hampus Soderlund of Sweden . The loss cost Ghosh his
entry from Group 5 as only the top two players in the group qualifying for the
main draw.
Though both Tonin Ryuzai (Japan) and Soderlun had managed as
many points as Ghosh did –each one of them got five points—the draw was decdied
on the ratio of games won and lost. Unfortunately, Ghosh finished behind the
two players in the group.
Harmeet Desai also failed to make it to the main draw
despite having played some good matches.
TTFI Press release
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