Veer Chotrani loses to world number 1 Asal

India’s Veer Chotrani went down to Egyptian world No. 1 and defending champion Mostafa Asal in the men’s second round of the World Squash Championships in Giza, Egypt.

World No. 45 Chotrani lost 5-11, 2-11, 4-11, which ended the Indian challenge at the Worlds following first-round losses to compatriots Abhay Singh, Ramit Tandon and Velavan Senthilkumar.

“Veer is one of the players that can catch you off at any moment in time, so I’m really happy to get the win today,” Asal told the PSA Tour website. “Veer and I have played a lot together before and I’m pleased to see him here, playing his best squash,” the Egyptian added.

“We’ve played a lot in juniors before, we played in the World Juniors as well. We always train in New York together.”