Ghosal enters semi-final of Pittsburg Open squash

India's Saurav Ghosal has progressed to the semi-final of the Pittsburgh Open squash tournament with an easy win over Cesar Salazar of Mexico here. The Indian, seeded second, defeated his sixth-seeded Mexican rival

11-8 11-6 11-8 in the quarter-final of the PSA World tour event on Friday. Ghosal, who got a bye in the first round, had a relatively tough second round encounter against England's Nathan Lake. Ghosal dropped a close game before regaining his touch to get past Lake. The Indian will next play fifth-seeded Egyptian Omar Mossad.

Another Indian who was in the fray, Ramit Tandon crashed out in the first round.