Giza, May 9 -- India's challenge at the World Squash Championships 2026 has been reduced to just Veer Chotrani after Velavan Senthilkumar and Ramit Tandon were knocked out in their opening-round matches in Giza, Egypt, on Saturday.

Senthilkumar, ranked 50th in the world, went down 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-3) to France's sixth seed and world No. 5 Victor Crouin in his opening-round match at the Palm Hills Club and PGC Golf Central Mall.

This was the 33-year-old Indian squash player's third loss against his French opponent in as many meetings on the squash court, as per Olympics.com.

Tandon lost to Egypt's Kareem El Torkey, a player ranked 19 places better off - by a 3-1 (11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-0) margin. This was the first-ever meeting between...