Simpson pushes Grant hard

Thursday 15th April 2010, 2:29PM BST.

CHRIS SIMPSON took number one seed Adrian Grant to four games before losing out to the Englishman in the Indian Challenger No. 7 event in Kolkata yesterday.

The world No. 13 eventually progressed 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7 against the Sarnian, who is currently ranked 54.

Simpson (pictured) spent a lot of time on court over three days in India, having to come through two tough qualifying matches before he faced Grant in the first round.

On the opening day he came through a 73-minute epic against home player Gaurav Nandrajog 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 before enduring a five-game marathon against Hong Kong’s Dick Lau 11-3, 11-13, 4-11, 11-0, 11-4 in the qualifying final.