India’s Saurav Ghosal created history, winning the much coveted British Junior Open U-19 boys title in England on Tuesday. Saurav, who has been making waves in the international squash arena for the last 12 months, did India proud with the win.Seeded fifth in the tournament, which has been looked upon as one of the premier world junior events, Saurav broke the stranglehold of Egypt and Pakistan at this Championship, blitzing Egyptian Adel el Said 9-0, 9-6, 9-1 in the final.India has never won a British Junior Open title since its inception in 1980. The Chennai-based Saurav, who is 17 years old and trains at the ICL Squash Academy in Chennai. He is a talented youngster, whose work ethics at the squash court is any coaches dream, according to a press release from SRFI.Saurav’s hard-work paid off as he outran and outplayed his six foot opponent, who was caught on the wrong foot time and again. Adel el Said, who had defeated No.1 seed Khalid Atlas of Pakistan in the quarterfinals, was no match for an inspired Saurav. India’s No.1 player Joshna Chinappa lost in the girls final to world junior champion Omneya Abdel Kawy. The Egyptian took her fourth successive British Junior Open U-19 girls crown, winning 9-4, 9-0, 9-7.‘‘We ended last year with outstanding results in the Scottish Junior Open and have started the year with a fine achievement. All this is due to the hard work put in by all the coaches and players ,’’ reflected SRFI secretary N Ramachandran.
