Tamil Nadu's Saurav Ghoshal and Joshna Chinappa clinched a double crown each in the Indian Oil Open Squash tournament.
Talented Joshna Chinappa put paid to the aspirations of compatriot Dipika Pallikal, scoring a thrilling 3-2 win over the highly-ranked Indian in the semi-finals of the WISPA Challenger Squash championship in Chennai on Friday. World number 32 Joshna beat the 23rd-ranked Pallikal 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6 in a marathon 60-minute game.
The Indian ace was beaten by top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in the quarter-finals of the World junior squash championship.
Saurav Ghosal and Siddharth Suchde were the only Indians left in the men's singles event after two of their compatriots, including former national champion Ritwik Bhattacharya, crashed out in the second round of the Asian Squash Championships in Kuwait.
Home favourite Joshana Chinappa nursed her hopes of winning the sixth title but succumbed to higher rated Donna Urquhart of Australia 3-1 in the season's first WISPA Squash Championship at the Indian Squash Academy courts in Chennai on Saturday.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
Delhi's Gaurav Nandrajog clinched the men's title after top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya conceded the final because of a knee injury.
The country's leading players will be in action in the CCI-Western India Open squash tournament, in Mumbai from November 21 to 27.
A listless Joshna Chinappa succumbed to lower ranked Dutch Orla Noom in straight games in the final of the WISPA Challenger No.2 at the Indian Squash Academy court in Chennai on Saturday.
India's Joshna Chinappa overcame a stiff challenge from compatriot Dipika Pallikal to set up a title clash with Orla Noom of the Netherlands in the WISPA Challenger-2 event at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai.
India's golden generation of squash ready for one last dance at Asian Games
The Indian team, comprising Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna, are assured of at least a silver now and are likely to face Hong Kong in the final.
Tennis star Rohan Bopanna, who is set to be crowned world number one in the doubles format, was on Thursday selected for the prestigious Padma Shri honour by the government along with six other athletes including veteran squash player Joshna Chinappa.
Veteran India player Joshna Chinappa lifted her maiden WSA World Tour title winning the Winnipeg Winter Club Open after beating Egypt's Heba El Torky in a hard-fought final in Winnipeg, Canada on Sunday.
Reigning national champion and top seed Joshna Chinappa asserted her supremacy by clinching the women's title with a facile victory over local girl Surabhi Mishra in the Jaipur club Harish Chandra Golecha squash tournament in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Ritwik Bhattacharya and Joshna Chinappa booked their place in the quarter-final with contrasting wins at the Asian Games.
Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Joshna Chinappa had to be content with bronze medals in women's singles after losing to their respective opponents in the semifinals of the 18th Asian Games, in Jakarta, on Saturday.
The Indian squash contingent began its Asian Games campaign with comfortable victories over Singapore and Pakistan.
India's ace squash player Joshna Chinappa lost to top-seed Vanessa Atkinson of the Netherlands in the final of the US $11,100 Liberty Bell Open Championship in Philadelphia, US, on Monday. Fourth-seed Chinappa (world rank 37), who scalped second-seed Jaclyn Hawkes of New Zealand in the semi-finals, was outplayed by Atkinson (ranked 11) 7-11, 7-11, 5-11.
Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa both the glamorous Chennai girls are let their racquets speak.
Playing against high-ranked and experienced opponent in Lee Ka Yi, the 15-year-old Anahat tried her best.
India's Joshna Chinappa kept the tri-colour fluttering by progressing into the semi-finals of the women's singles, even as compatriot Dipika Pallikal bowed out of the USD 25,000 Macau Open squash tournament on Friday.
The two Indian women made the final of the tournament with contrasting victories on Saturday
Malaysia and India took the top-two spots in their pool to make the semifinals which guarantee them at least a bronze.
Aiming for that elusive singles Commonwealth Games medal Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa will make one last-ditch effort to break the jinx in Birmingham.
Star player Joshna Chinappa clinched the gold in women's individual squash after beating Maria Toorpaki Wazir of Pakistan in a tense and ill-tempered summit clash to make up for India's disappointment in the men's event, in Guwahati, on Monday.
14-year-old Anahat Singh was on Tuesday included in India's squash squad for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, starting on July 28.
Having won the gold way back in 2014, the team is targeting the top of the podium.
Will continue to play for India in multi disciplinary events
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
The home ministry on Thursday announced the Padma awards which included five Padma Bhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 110 Padma Shri.
Here are the Indian Super Moms' at the Hangzhou Asian Games beginning on September 23.
Saurav Ghosal went down fighting in a gruelling five-match battle against World No 1 Diego Ellias in the pre-quarterfinals of the Squash World Championships in Chicago.
Tennis ace Rohan Bopanna, hockey great P R Sreejesh and table tennis legend Sharath Kamal, are gearing up for one last hurrah at the Asian Games, starting in Hangzhou, from September 23.
14-year-old squash sensation Anahat Singh, among the youngest to represent India at the upcoming 2022 Commonwealth Games, hopes to bump into her role model P V Sindhu over the course of her stay in Birmingham.
Ghosal recovered from a defeat in the second set to see off Scotland's Greg Lobbon 11-5, 8-11,11-7 11-3
India's schedule on Day 4 of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on August 1, Monday.
Pallikal is aiming to create more history at the two multi-sporting events.
India were, on Friday, assured of three medals in squash competition of the 18th Asian Games with Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik advancing to the semifinals of their respective singles events in Jakarta.
