India’s Saurav Ghosal lost to a qualifier Tom Richards of England in the Tournament of Champions, a PSA world tour event being held here.
Richards had twice before lost his matches to Ghosal but the third meeting proved lucky as he worked out an upset 11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7 win. Another Indian in the men’s section, Ramit Tandon failed in the final of the qualifying phase.
The women’s competition gets underway late on Saturday and for India, the interest will be on Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik.