New Delhi, National champion Velavan Senthilkumar fought hard against top player and world No. 8 Tarek Momen of Egypt before going down in the quarterfinals of the prestigious USD 53,500 QSF 3 Squash, a PSA World Tour Bronze event in Doha.
Senthilkumar took the top seeded Egyptian to four close games before losing.
World number 55 Senthilkumar won the second game after a close start and the experienced Momen won the next two games to seal a 11-9 8-11 11-4 11-8 victory on Friday.
The other Indian in the fray, Asian Games medalist Abhay Singh, ranked 67th in the world and playing his first World Tour quarter-final, went down 11-6, 11-9 to world number 15 Ian Yow Ng of Malaysia. , lost 11–4.
Senthilkumar took the top seeded Egyptian to four close games before losing.
World number 55 Senthilkumar won the second game after a close start and the experienced Momen won the next two games to seal a 11-9 8-11 11-4 11-8 victory on Friday.
The other Indian in the fray, Asian Games medalist Abhay Singh, ranked 67th in the world and playing his first World Tour quarter-final, went down 11-6, 11-9 to world number 15 Ian Yow Ng of Malaysia. , lost 11–4.
