Mumbai, Sep 29, 2025

India’s Abhay Singh went down in a five-game thriller to Egyptian world No. 15 Fares Dessouky in the Round of 16 at the Qatar Classic squash, a USD 231,500 PSA Platinum event being played in Doha, Qatar, on Monday.

World No. 35 Abhay, who stunned former world champion and current world No. 5 Karim Gawad of Egypt in the previous round, took the lead twice against Dessouky before the Egyptian clawed back to win 11-13, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-3 in 66 minutes.

Abhay, 27, a multiple Asian Games medallist, will next play in a PSA Bronze event in New York from October 5.

Earlier, India’s Ramit Tandon went down 3-0 to the top-seeded Mostafa Asal of Egypt in the first round, going down 4-11, 5-11, 4-11.

Meanwhile, in the women’s section, seventh seed Malaysia Sivasangari Subr

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