<p>Sixth seeded India, who went out of semis contention on Wednesday after their second consecutive loss to Australia in the Group B on Wednesday, defeated Mexico 2-1 in their final league match at the Express Avenue Mall.<br /><br />India’s number 1 player Saurav Ghosal outplayed Cesar Salazar 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 while Dipika Pallikal lost to Samantha Teran 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-13 before Siddharth Suchde breezed past Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira 11-9, 11-1, 11-3.<br /><br />Egypt and Malaysia moved into the semifinals from Group A while England and Australia advanced from Group B. Malaysia produced the event’s first upset by beating fourth seeds France to earn a surprise semifinal place.<br /><br />Led by World No 1 Nicol David, fifth seeds Malaysia fell behind when Muhd Asyraf Azan went down 11-4, 11-13, 11-3, 11-0 to top-ranked Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet. But it took Nicol just 20 minutes to equalise for the underdogs, drubbing Coline Aumard following her 11-2, 11-3, 11-2.<br /><br />However, it was Kamran Khan, the 21-year-old from Kuala Lumpur and making his senior international debut in the event, who turned out to be the star for Malaysia.<br /><br />Ranked ten places behind French opponent Gregoire Marche, Khan recovered from a heavy defeat in the fourth game to beat the former European Junior champion 5-11, 11-9, 11-3, 2-11, 11-4 in a 71-minute marathon.</p>
<p>Sixth seeded India, who went out of semis contention on Wednesday after their second consecutive loss to Australia in the Group B on Wednesday, defeated Mexico 2-1 in their final league match at the Express Avenue Mall.<br /><br />India’s number 1 player Saurav Ghosal outplayed Cesar Salazar 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 while Dipika Pallikal lost to Samantha Teran 11-7, 12-14, 9-11, 11-13 before Siddharth Suchde breezed past Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira 11-9, 11-1, 11-3.<br /><br />Egypt and Malaysia moved into the semifinals from Group A while England and Australia advanced from Group B. Malaysia produced the event’s first upset by beating fourth seeds France to earn a surprise semifinal place.<br /><br />Led by World No 1 Nicol David, fifth seeds Malaysia fell behind when Muhd Asyraf Azan went down 11-4, 11-13, 11-3, 11-0 to top-ranked Frenchman Mathieu Castagnet. But it took Nicol just 20 minutes to equalise for the underdogs, drubbing Coline Aumard following her 11-2, 11-3, 11-2.<br /><br />However, it was Kamran Khan, the 21-year-old from Kuala Lumpur and making his senior international debut in the event, who turned out to be the star for Malaysia.<br /><br />Ranked ten places behind French opponent Gregoire Marche, Khan recovered from a heavy defeat in the fourth game to beat the former European Junior champion 5-11, 11-9, 11-3, 2-11, 11-4 in a 71-minute marathon.</p>