NEW DELHI: Veteran Saurav Ghosal lost to Malaysia's Eain Yow Ng 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 7-11 in the squash men's singles final in just over an hour to settle for a silver at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Thursday.
Despite Saurav's loss, the Indian squash players recorded their best-ever performance at the continental event, where they bettered the country's effort in the Incheon Games 2014.
India had won a historic gold in the men's team event nine years ago, with two silver and a bronze to boot with.
However, in the ongoing Games, India have won two gold, a silver and a bronze.
Ghosal, who did not drop a game in this Games till the final, started the match trailing the Malaysian who built an 8-6 lead.
However, Ghosal played some fine forehands to make it 8-8 and eventually won the game.
But the Malaysian turned the table in the second game winning it 11-9, and it seemed to have affected the concentration of Ghosal.
In the third and fourth games, Ghosal hardly produced any fight and his backhand completely deserted him, with the Indian making a slew of errors.
Ghosal also found himself out of position several times in these two games, and lost points through obstruction.
Earlier in the day, veterans Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu survived some anxious moments to clinch the mixed doubles gold.
(With inputs from PTI)
