India’s Veer Chotrani stunned world number 19 French player Baptiste Masotti in a five-game thriller to secure a place in the quarterfinal of the Squash on Fire Open in Washington. World number 49 Chotrani beat the Baptiste Masotti by 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-1, 11-9. He will meet sixth seed Declan James of England in the quarterfinals of the PSA Bronze-level event. In another match, Velavan Senthilkumar went down to second seeded Mexican Leonel Cardenas.
In the women’s category, seventh seed Anahat Singh beat South African Hayley Ward by 11-5, 11-8, 12-14, 11-5 in the second round, and will take on Egyptian second seed Sana Ibrahim in the quarterfinals.
