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2014
Dec 31 2014
SQUASHING SUCCESS (DIPIKA PALLIKAL, JOSHANA CHINAPPA, SAURAV GHOSAL & HARINDER SANDHU)
2014 was a watershed year for Indian squash. Firstly, the combine of Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa pocketed India's first-ever CWG gold. The Tamil Nadu girls promise much in the coming year too. At Incheon, Saurav Ghosal choked on the cusp of history, missing out on an individual gold, when he lost to Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Muzayen in the final after leading by two games. He also squandered a match point.
But the 28-year-old made up for the heartbreak by leading the Indian team of Kush Kumar, Mahesh Mangaonkar and Harinder Pal Sandhu to a maiden Asian Games gold.
2017
Junior Squash
India clinches gold in Asian junior squash
India clinch gold in Asian junior squash, Feb 06 2017: The Times of India
Top seed India defeated Malaysia 2-0 to win the gold medal in the boy's team event at the Asian Junior Squash championship.
Indian boys had won the title for the second time, the earlier being in 2011 when they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo.
Fresh from his Asian in dividual and British Junior Open successes, India's no.1 player Velavan Senthilkumar first defeated second seed Malaysia's Ong Sai Hun in quick time. Then Abhay Singh prevailed over Darren Rahul in hard-fought five games to lift the title for India.
2018
Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships
3 Indians in quarterfinals
September 27, 2018: The Times of India
Three Indians – Utkarsh Baheti, Rutvik Rau and Tushar Shahani – moved into the quarterfinals in the U-19 boys’ section on the opening day of the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships here on Wednesday. However, there was disappointment in store for Rahul Baitha – the other Indian in the fray – after he went down to Pakistan’s Abbas Zeb 7-11, 7-11, 9-11.
Zeb, who is Pakistan’s most experienced player among the current lot, had a minor hiccup early on when he was trailing 6-7, but fought back with five straight points to clinch the opening game. The next two games followed a similar pattern, with Rahul staying in the contest till the halfway stage of both games. But when it really mattered, Zeb just had too much in the reserve for his Indian counterpart.
At the same time, Rahul’s tendency to make unforced errors also contributed to his early exit.
While Rahul was unable to raise his game and move ahead, compatriot Utkarsh notchedup a hard-fought11-8,7-11, 11-4, 12-10 victory over Pakistan’s Uzair Shaukat. He will now face Zeb in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Rutvik also had a confidence-boosting 11-6, 11-1, 11-3 victory against Malaysia’s Pheshant Sri Nagesh on Wednesday, but he faces a daunting battle against top seed Siow Yee Xian of Malaysia in the last-eight stage. The Malaysian brushed aside Qatar’s Hamad Mohammad Al Amri 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 in the second round.
Ghosal rises to career-high 11th
October 4, 2018: The Times of India
Indian squash player Saurav Ghosal has risen one rung to a career-high 11th in the latest world rankings. Also moving up was veteran Joshna Chinappa, who jumped two positions to be 14th in the rankings for women. She is now just four spots away from clinching her career-best 10th spot, achieved a little less than two years ago. However, Dipika Pallikal Karthik dropped four rungs to be on 23. Harinder Pal Sandhu improved to 57th from 60th, while Ramit Tandon took the 59th position, an improvement of five rungs. (The Times of India)
2019
Black Ball Open, Cairo
Joshna beats Nicol for third time
March 14, 2019: The Times of India
India's leading squash player Joshna Chinappa pulled off a sensational win over eight-time world champion Nicol David in a first round match of the $07,000 Women's Black Ball Squash Open here. The Indian, playing with a lot of fire and purpose, got the better of the Malaysian legend 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 in a match.
It was Joshna's third win over 21st-ranked Nicol, who will retire at the end of the season. The 16th-ranked Indian had also beaten Nicol during the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
