New Delhi. Indian squash player Velvan Senthilkumar performed brilliantly at the international level and won the Czech Open title. In the final of this 35 thousand US dollar prize tournament held in Brno, he defeated top seed Greg Lobban of Scotland in a four-game match.
28-year-old Senthilkumar, ranked 42nd in the world and seeded fourth in the tournament, defeated world number 31 Lobban 13-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7. With this victory he achieved the 12th PSA Tour title of his career.
Second copper-level title after Budapest
This is Senthilkumar's second copper-level title. Earlier, he had won his first title at this level by winning the Budapest Open in August. He has taken his brilliant performance forward with the victory in the Czech Open.
Abhay and Veer lost in US Open
Meanwhile, Indian players were disappointed in the PSA Platinum level US Open with a prize money of US $ 2.41 lakh in Philadelphia. Egypt's world number one and top seed Mustafa Assal defeated India's Abhay Singh 11-3, 11-1, 11-7 in the first round.
After this, Asal continued his campaign in the competition by defeating Veer Chotrani of India by 11-1, 11-6, 11-4 in the second round.
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