Chotrani goes down in final

Indian squash player Veer Chotrani suffered a 1-3 loss to Mexican top seed Leonel Cardenas in the final of the St James Expression Open, a PSA Copper event, in Springfield, USA.

World No 51 Chotrani, seeded fifth, rallied to win the second game to level the score, but his world No 15 opponent stepped up to take control, closing out the contest 13-11, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3.

 In the semis, Chotrani, beat USA’s World No. 32 Timothy Brownell in straight games 11-8, 11-8, 11-4.