Kolkata: Top-seeded Saurav Ghosal blanked fifth-seeded Karim El Hammamy 3-0 to move into the semifinals of the Kolkata International $30,000 PSA event here on Friday, November 9.
Ghosal, who is currently ranked 11th in the world, breezed past El Hammamy (world No. 51) 11-5, 11-7, 11-2 in the quarterfinals, to storm into the last-four stage.
Ghosal, who blanked Mohammad Syafiq Kamal of Malaysia in the pre-quarterfinals, will meet fourth-seeded Todd Harrity of US in the clash for the final spot.
Meanwhile, unseeded Carlos Cornes Ribadas of Spain continued his giant killing spree by defeating third-seeded Youssef Soliman of Egypt in another quarterfinal match.
Ribadas had seen the end of eighth-seeded Ramit Tandon of India in the previous round.
