Kush was facing the 70th ranked Dutch player Piedro Schweertman, seeded sixth at this event
Ad
The PSA $15, 000 Qatar Circuit No. 3 2016 turned out to be a forgettable tournament for Indian squash players as World No. 91 Kush Kumar crashed out in the first round on Sunday. Earlier in the qualifying rounds, India’s Sandeep Ramachandran met with the same fate as he too went down in his first match.
Kush was facing the 70th ranked Dutch player Piedro Schweertman, seeded sixth at this event. The 19-year-old Indian started off well against his experienced rival and lost the opening game narrowly, 9-11. The second game too was closely-fought and once again experience reigned supreme as the 32-year-old Dutchman grabbed it 11-8.
Ad
Trending
But it was the third game which dashed all hopes of a comeback for Kush as he could not inflict any damage and went on to lose the match, 9-11, 8-11, 1-11 in 32 minutes.
The teenager had started the year with a bang that saw him notching up a confidence-boosting upset win over the much-higher ranked Farhan Zaman to bring the South Asian Games gold medal to the Indian men’s team.
Meanwhile on Saturday, the Dubai-based Ramachandran’s run too ended in straight games as he succumbed to an 8-11, 6-11, 4-11 defeat to the World No. 109 Ammar Altamimi in 27 minutes.
×
Feedback
Why did you not like this content?
Was this article helpful?
Thank You for feedback
About the author
Sudeshna Banerjee
Sudeshna is a veteran Indian Sports and International Tennis journalist as well as editor at Sportskeeda. She has an overall experience of over 10 years with top publications like The Bridge, Fox Sports Asia, and gained a keen interest in Indian sports since the 2002 Commonwealth and Asian Games when she was in school.
Sudeshna holds a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She attends tournaments regularly and being a highly experienced journalist, she ensures she only contacts the correct people from her network for the most authentic information to be put in her articles.
Sudeshna’s favorite Indian athlete is PV Sindhu owing to her big-tournament performances. She also admires Tennis legend Rafael Nadal for his resilience and has witnessed the Spaniard in action at the French Open, due to which, Roland Garros is her all-time favorite Grand Slam tournament.
Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics made a lasting impact on Sudeshna. She has also interviewed him along with Badminton star Chirag Shetty and several other sports personalities. She has done on-ground reporting on multiple ITF tournaments along with the Premier Badminton League, Asian Boxing Championships and the Davis Cup.
When not using her skills and years of experience in crafting compelling content, Sudeshna likes to read, watch movies and travel.
Trending
