National squash champion Saurav Ghosal toppled fifth seed Amr Swelim of Egypt to enter the final of the US $ 15,000 Ornano International Open in Bordeaux on Saturday.
The fifth-seeded Indian came from behind to beat top seed Renan Lavigne 7-11, 15-13, 11-5, 11-5 in the quarter-final and then quelled the challenge of Swelim 10-12, 11-2, 11-2, 3-11, 14-12 in the semi-finals.
The 22-year-old will play Italian third seed Davide Bianchetti, who outplayed eighth seed Bradley Hindle from Australia 11-8, 11-9, 11-4 in the other semi-final.
Bianchetti had ended the challenge of seventh seed Ritwik Bhattacharya 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 in the quarter-final match.
This will be Ghosal's sixth appearance in a PSA Tour final while world No 30 Bianchetti will play his 18th Tour final.
Results:
Quarter-finals
[6] Saurav Ghosal (India) bt [1] Renan Lavigne (France) 7-11, 15-13, 11-5, 11-5 (63 minutes)
[5] Amr Swelim (Egypt) bt [4] Julien Balbo (FRA) 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5 (45m)
[3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [7] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (49m)
[8] Bradley Hindle (AUS) bt [2] Joey Barrington (ENG) 11-9, 13-11, 11-9 (73m)
Semi-finals
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [5] Amr Swelim (EGY) 10-12, 11-2, 11-2, 3-11, 14-12 (74m)
[3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [8] Bradley Hindle (AUS) 11-8, 11-9, 11-4 (68m)
