Indian sports wrap, April 18: Veer Chotrani enters semifinal of Squash World Championship Asia qualifiers

Indian squash player Veer Chotrani advanced to the semifinals of the World Championship Qualifying Event (Asia) after logging a come-from-behind win over home favourite Mohammad Syafiq Kamal on Friday. The second seeded Chotrani prevailed 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7 against his sixth-seeded opponent to make the last-four stage. However, Tanvi Khanna bowed out of the women’s singles competition after going down 5-11, 6-11, 12-10, 9-11 against Hong Kong’s Helen Tang in a quarterfinal game.

Khanna had upstaged top seed N Ching Cheng of Hong Kong in her previous match. The winners of the tournament will qualify for the world championships scheduled in Chicago from May 9 to 17. -PTI Comments Related Topics Veer Chotrani Latest on Sportstar.