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India's hopes of winning its first medal in squash at the Commonwealth Games received a severe blow when top female player Dipika Pallikal pulled out of the women's and mixed doubles due to mild fever which she developed before the start of the October 3-14 event. The promising 19-year-old had earlier opted out of the singles due to the illness.
It was curtains for India in the Hong Kong Squash Open after national champion Saurav Ghosal went down fighting to World No 3 Egyptian Amr Shabana in the first round men's singles match of the $147,500 PSA event at HK Squash Centre.
Indian hope Saurav Ghosal scripted the biggest win of his career when he upstaged world no 13 and reigning champion Adrian Grant to sail into the semi-final of the Indian Challenger squash tournament in Kolkata on Thursday.
India's challenge at the 2010 Australian Open Squash Championship came to a premature end on Wednesday after unseeded Dipika Pallikal bowed out in the first round of the tournament in Canberra.
India's challenge at the Malaysian Open Squash championship came to a premature end after qualifiers Dipika Pallikal and Siddharth Suchde bowed out in the first round of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
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The Union Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that the Indian contingent was performing well in the ongoing Incheon Asian Games and hoped the athletes would win more medals for the country.
Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the fifth day of the Asian Games.
Unseeded Indian Siddharth Suchude moved into the quarterfinals of the Rhode Island Open squash tournament in the US, beating Malaysia's Muhd Asyraf Azan in a tough five-game affair.
The Indian squash players wrapped up a historic performance in the Asian Games, clinching an unprecedented men's team gold after the women's side settled for its first ever silver in Incheon on Saturday.
Indian Dipika Pallikal's dream run in the Swedish Squash Open came to an end as she lost to Annelize Naude of Netherlands in straight frames in the semi-final in Linkoping.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday.
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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.
Dipika Pallikal salvaged personal pride but second seeds India bowed out of the reckoning in the women's World junior squash team championship after a 1-2 defeat against sixth seeds Hong Kong in Chennai on Friday.
Tennis star Sania Mirza joined the Swachh Bharat campaign, cleaning a road in Hyderabad before nominating nine persons, including fellow-sportspersons and Bollywood personalities, to join the movement.
Chasing a third successive Asian Games medal, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) made a strong start, out-punching Pakistan's Tanveer Ahmed in his pre-quarterfinal bout in Jakarta, on Monday.
'Sreesanth bhai is playing the game well.'
Squash player Dipika Pallikal, who was not selected for the upcoming Asian Championship, failed to get a reprieve from the Delhi high court, which she had moved to quash the selection of the Indian team.
Dipika Pallikal's exclusion from the Indian team for Asian Squash Championships may have kicked up a storm, but national coach Cyrus Poncha said the British Junior Open champion has only herself to blame for the omission by refusing to attend a mandatory trial camp.
Minor upsets notwithstanding, matches went according to seedings in the 55th ICL National Squash Championship in Chennai on Wednesday.
Dipika Pallikal and Surbhi Misra powered India past Canada and into the semi-finals in the 13th World Junior squash team championship in Chennai on Tursday.
According to the Chief Minister, Pallikal will receive a government 'high cash incentive' of Rs 60 lakh for winning two silver medals, while Chinnappa and Ghosal will get Rs 30 lakh each for their respective single silver medals.
Anaka Alankamony bagged India's lone gold medal at the Asian Junior Squash championship, while Dipika Pallikal and Mahesh Mangaonkar settled for silver after losing their respective finals in Busan on Sunday. Anaka, the top seeded Indian, beat Hong Kong's Ho Ka Po 9-6, 9-6, 9-5 in the girls under-15 category final to clinch her eighth international title.
Malaysia's Nicol David celebrates her ninth year as world squash No 1 this week.
The Indian squash contingent on Thursday assured its best ever showing at the Asian Games in Incheon by reaching the men's and women's team semi-finals, ensuring it returns home with medals in all four categories on offer.
Joshna beat second seed Dipika Pallikal in the women's final while Ghosal downed Maharashtra's Siddharth Suchde in the men's.
The top 16 seeds in the men's section sailed into the second round, evens as the women side saw a few upsets in the 55th Senior ICL National Squash Championships.
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India's Saurav Ghosal caused a major upset when he beat higher-ranked Tarek Momen of Egypt to enter the quarter-finals of the PSA Windy City Open squash tournament.
Veteran goalkeeper Helen Mary Innocent has pulled out due to personal reasons.
Sourav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa won the men's and women's titles respectively at the 54th National squash championships.
The Indian men's team however was beaten 2-0 by Pakistan in the team final at the South Asian Games.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Saturday
Delhi's Gaurav Nandrajog clinched the men's title after top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya conceded the final because of a knee injury.
Joshna Chinappa, the world number two junior trounced Tanya Ananda (Mayo) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 on Saturday.
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Following is the schedule of Indian contingent on the seventh day of the Asian Games on Saturday.
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