Joshana Chinappa
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2015
Oct: Defeats world No.1 Raneem El Welily
Joshana stuns world No. 1
Moves into 2nd round of Qatar classic Squash
Joshana Chinappa registered one of the biggest upsets of the PSA World Tour season as she stunned World No.1 Raneem El Welily of Egypt in the first round of the Qatar Classic Squash Championship here. The Indian national champion, ranked World No. 20, took just 37 minutes to outplay the top seeded Egyptian 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-9. However, it was curtains for Dipika Pallikal, seeded 13th, as she went down 5-11, 7-11, 7-11 in only 26 minutes to another Egyptian Yathreb Adel, who will now face Joshana in the second round to the tournament.
Oct: DefeatsWorld No.10 Annie Au
Joshana, who had defeated World No.10 Annie Au in straight games at the Delaware Investments US Open two weeks before, came into the second PSA World Series tournament of the season in form and shot out of the blocks to establish an early two-game lead over an out-of-sorts El Welily.