Hussein Advances to Consolation Quarters at CSA Individuals
January 25, 2025 | Men's Squash
Three Tigers entered play in the Pool Trophy draw on Saturday at the CSA individual championships at OpenSquash in New York, and though all three fell in the round of 32 of the main draw, Ahmed Hussein won his consolation round-of-16 match and will advance to Sunday's consolation quarterfinals.
Hussein will meet Columbia's Shaurya Bawa at 10:40 a.m. with a consolation semifinal bid later Sunday on the line.
Saturday's results and Sunday's schedule are below. Complete draws are available here.
Round of 32
Christian Shah (Dartmouth) def. Ahmed Hussein (Princeton), 3-1 (11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7)
John Paul Tew (Virginia) def. Zain Ahmed (Princeton), 3-2 (11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9)
Denis Gilevskiy (Harvard) def. Avi Agarwal (Princeton), 3-2 (8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2, 11-9)
Consolation Round of 16
Ahmed Hussein (Princeton) def. Benedek Takacs (Trinity), 3-0 (15-13, 11-8, 11-5)
Arnaav Sareen (Cornell) def. Zain Ahmed (Princeton), no match
Inwoo Lee (Colby) def. Avi Agarwal (Princeton), 3-2 (6-11, 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 12-10)
Sunday's Schedule
Consolation Quarterfinals
Ahmed Hussein (Princeton) vs. Shaurya Bawa (Columbia), 10:40 a.m.
