Indian ace Saurav Ghosal made short work of Mahesh Mangaonkar to set up a semifinal clash against Stephen Coppinger of South Africa in the JSW Indian Squash Circuit Kolkata International here today.
The tournament's No. 3 seed displayed controlled play from the start, keeping the pace up and deploying shots with deadly accuracy to win against the fellow Indian 11-7, 11-3, 11-7 in 35 minutes.
Coppinger faced a tough challenge from Zahed Mohamed of Egypt in the first game, but the South African pulled back to win 14-12, 11-5, 11-7 in 65 minutes.
Top seed Marwan Elshorbagy of Egypt also stayed on course after a hard fought win over Rex Hedrick Australia 7-11, 11-8, 11-2, 8-11, 11-7 in 58 minutes as he will face Chris Simpson of England in the last four.
Simpson got the better of Greg Lobban to win 11-2, 11-5, 12-10 in 51 minutes.
