Former world champion gawad

Former World Champion Gawad: India’s Abhay Singh lost to Karim Gawad, an Egyptian former world No 1 and world champion, in a thrilling men’s quarterfinal match at the Grasshopper Cup squash, a PSA Gold-level event.

World No. 24 Singh recovered from a 6-0 deficit to force a tie-break in the first game. The second game was fiercely contested against world No. 4 Gawad, but the Egyptian second seed ultimately won the match with scores of 12-10, 11-9.

Former World Champion Gawad produced some high-quality, enterprising squash throughout his 32-minute tussle with Singh. The world No.3 came firing out of the blocks in the first, charging into a 6-0 lead with some scintillating finishes. Singh, who was appearing in his first-ever Gold quarter-final, stormed back to level proceedings while some errors from Gawad helped him get back level.