Kolkata International 2018

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The Kolkata International 2018 took place from November 7th to 11th, 2018 in Calcutta , India . The men's squash tournament was part of the PSA World Tour 2018/19 and belonged to the PSA Challenger Tour 30 category .

In the final, the two top seeded players Saurav Ghosal and Zahed Salem met . Ghosal won the game 11: 5, 8:11, 11: 8, 11:13 and 11: 5 and thus the ninth title of his career on the World Tour.

The field of participants in the men's competition consisted of 24 players. The eight best players were seeded and given a bye in the first round. Per Wildcard received Aadit Zaveri a spot in the main draw.

Prize money and world ranking points

At the tournament, the following prize money and world ranking points were paid out or credited for reaching the respective round. The amounts are not to be understood as cumulative. The total prize pool was $ 28,000.

round Points Prize money
victory 525 $ 5,320
final 345 $ 3,360
Semifinals 210 $ 2,100
Quarter finals 130 $ 1,260
Round of 16 78 $ 770
First round 47.5 $ 490

Results

Seeding list

No. player Round reached

01. IndiaIndia Saurav Ghosal victory
02. EgyptEgypt Zahed Salem final
03. EgyptEgypt Youssef Soliman Quarter finals
04th United StatesUnited States Todd Harrity Semifinals
No. player Round reached
05. EgyptEgypt Karim El Hammamy Quarter finals

06th EnglandEngland Nathan Lake Quarter finals

07th IndiaIndia Harinder Pal Sandhu Quarter finals

08th. IndiaIndia Ramit Tandon Round of 16

Explanation of symbols

  • r = retired
  • d = disqualification
  • where = walkover

Main round

First round   Round of 16   Quarter finals   Semifinals   final
                     
  1  IndiaIndia S. Ghosal 11 11 11
 IndiaIndia A. Singh 3 11 11 9 13      MalaysiaMalaysia MS Kamal 9 7th 1  
 MalaysiaMalaysia MS Kamal 11 8th 6th 11 15th     1  IndiaIndia S. Ghosal 11 11 11
 United StatesUnited States C. Gordon 11 11 13     5  EgyptEgypt K. El Hammamy 5 7th 2  
WC  IndiaIndia A. Zaveri 6th 6th 11      United StatesUnited States C. Gordon 11 8th 6th 7th  
  5  EgyptEgypt K. El Hammamy 4th 11 11 11  
    1  IndiaIndia S. Ghosal 11 11 11
    4th  United StatesUnited States T. Harrity 4th 7th 3  
  6th  EnglandEngland N. Lake 11 11 11  
OLD  IndiaIndia G. Senthilkumar 1 5 3      IndiaIndia M. Mangaonkar 6th 8th 8th  
 IndiaIndia M. Mangaonkar 11 11 11     6th  EnglandEngland N. Lake 13 7th 3 11 8th
 KuwaitKuwait A. Altamimi 10 11 8th 6th     4th  United StatesUnited States T. Harrity 11 11 11 5 11  
 Czech RepublicCzech Republic M. Švec 12 8th 11 11      Czech RepublicCzech Republic M. Švec 9 11 2 5  
  4th  United StatesUnited States T. Harrity 11 7th 11 11  
    1  IndiaIndia S. Ghosal 11 8th 11 11 11
    2  EgyptEgypt Z. Salem 5 11 8th 13 5
  3  EgyptEgypt Y. Soliman 11 11 11  
OLD  South AfricaSouth Africa J.-P. Brits 11 4th 9 7th      MalaysiaMalaysia A. Idrakie 6th 6th 9  
 MalaysiaMalaysia A. Idrakie 9 11 11 11     3  EgyptEgypt Y. Soliman 14th 6th 8th 11
 SpainSpain C. Cornes 11 14th 11 11      SpainSpain C. Cornes 12 11 11 13  
 IndiaIndia A. Jagtap 3 16 5 9      SpainSpain C. Cornes 7th 4th 11 11 11  
  8th  IndiaIndia R. Tandon 11 11 5 7th 6th  
     SpainSpain C. Cornes 7th 3 9
    2  EgyptEgypt Z. Salem 11 11 11  
  7th  IndiaIndia H. Pal Sandhu 11 12 12 5 11  
 WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg E. Evans 12 5 4th 8th      EgyptEgypt A. Hosny 1 10 14th 11 8th  
 EgyptEgypt A. Hosny 10 11 11 11     7th  IndiaIndia H. Pal Sandhu 11 4th 11 8th 4th
 CanadaCanada M. McCue 11 11 11 11     2  EgyptEgypt Z. Salem 7th 11 9 11 11  
 IrelandIreland S. Conroy 7th 13 8th 4th      CanadaCanada M. McCue 9 2 3  
  2  EgyptEgypt Z. Salem 11 11 11  
   

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. PSA Tour Rule Book. (PDF) In: psaworldtour.com. Professional Squash Association , accessed October 17, 2018 .