Mueller Upsets Home Hope Ghosal in CCI International Quarter-Finals by Sean Reuthe
photos Nitesh Square
November 26, 2016
- Swiss World No.34 Nicolas Mueller ended home representation in the
2016 CCI International JSW ISC event after fighting back from two games
down to beat Indian No.1 Saurav Ghosal in the quarter-final stage of
the PSA M50 tournament taking place in Mumbai.
Ghosal, who reached the final of this tournament last year, won the
pair’s only previous meeting on the PSA World Tour back in 2009, and it
was the Kolkata-born World No.21 who edged the opening two games 11-9
and 14-12 to take a two-game lead at the Cricket Club of India.
But a resurgent Mueller battled back from a hand injury sustained
towards the end of the second game to halve the deficit in the third
for the loss of two points. The 27-year-old then carried his momentum
forward in the fourth and fifth games to complete a superb comeback,
earning him a place in his first PSA M50 semi-final since 2012.
Mueller will go head-to-head with second seed Mohamed Abouelghar for a
place in the final after Abouelghar overcame fellow Egyptian Mohamed
Reda by a 3-1 margin of victory.
Meanwhile, top seed Fares Dessouky booked his place in the last four
courtesy of a 3-1 win over Scotland’s Alan Clyne, with England’s Chris
Simpson standing between him and a place in the final thanks to a
victory in straight games over Frenchman Lucas Serme.
Results - Quarter-Finals: 2016 CCI International JSW ISC
[1] Fares Dessouky (EGY) bt [6] Alan Clyne (SCO) 3-1: 11-7, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5 (51m)
[3] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [7] Lucas Serme (FRA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-6, 13-11 (58m)
[5] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 3-2: 9-11, 12-14, 11-2, 11-9, 11-6 (80m)
[2] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt [8] Mohamed Reda (EGY) 3-1: 11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 11-6 (50m) Draw - Semi-Finals
[1] Fares Dessouky (EGY) v [3] Chris Simpson (ENG)
[5] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v [2] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY)
