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Joshna claimed her first WISPA title : (14/11/2008) 

India's squash queen Joshna Chinappa who won her first WISPA title of her career when she won the NSC Satellite No 3 event at National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur .  The first ever by an Indian. 

In the final Joshna beat Low Lee Wern 11-8,11-5, 11-3. Joshna had reached two finals this year, losing Satellite events in Viet Nam and Guangdhou. In the semi-finals, Joshna beat top seed Malaysian Sharon Wee, who is ranked No 3 in Asia behind world champ Nicol David and Rebecaa Chiu. Wee had won the bronze at the Doha Asiad.  

Joshna said she was grateful for the sparring she did with Saurav Ghoshal and Harinder Singh at the ICL Academy in Chennai. Unlike other Indian aspirants she doesn't believe in training in Egypt . Joshna has been sponsored by the Mittal Champions Trust. 

A proud father, Anjan, said from Chennai:``Joshna has been extremely sharp and focused, and was in devasting form in the final.  She had made it to finals before but couldn’t close it out, which is some thing she has worked on.  This win should help her significantly move up the rankings”.

Results:

Semifinals:
Joshana Chinappa beat Sharon Wee (Mal) 11-9,11-9,12-14, 11-2.

Quarterfinals:
Joshna beat Chinatsu Matsui (Jap) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7.  

Men’s 1st round:
Cheng Yao Huang (Taipei) beat Naresh Kumar (Ind) 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9
 

  
     
 


Hi-Tec World Open Squash Championships ( Manchester , UK ) : 16/10/2008

 

Saurav, Ritwik, Siddharta, Joshna & Dipika loses

 

Round 1:

Shahier Razik (Can) beat Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 12/10, 12/10, 11/4

Qualifying finals: 

Jorge Ferreira (Mex) bt Siddharth Suchde (Ind) 11/7, 11/5, 11/4  

Mathieu Castagnet (Fra) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 11/5, 11/6, 9/11, 3/11, 11/5

 

Qualifying 1st round:

Siddarth Suchde bt Martin Knight 11/7, 11/7, 11/2

 

Women Qualifying 1st round finals:

Camille Serme (Fra) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 7/11, 11/6, 9/11, 11/9, 11/5  

Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Georgina Stoker (Eng) 11/6, 11/5, 8/11, 10/12, 11/3

 
     
 


ORNANO International Open, France
Ghosal takes his 4th PSA title (13th Sept 2008) 

National champion Saurav Ghosal scored his third successive upset in the Ornano International Open to win the inaugural $15,000 PSA Tour event in Bordeaux , France when he beat World No 30 Davide Bianchetti of Italy 3-1.  

The Kolkata-born 22-year-old made his presence felt in the quarterfinals when he toppled the top seed of France Renan Lavigne in four games.  

In the semifinals, Ghosal faced 5th seed Amr Swelim of Egypt .  The contest turned out to be a marathon encounter lasting 74 minutes before Ghosal survived a fifth game tie-break to win 10-12, 11-2, 11-2, 3-11, 14-12.  

Finals:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) 11-6, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9  

Semi-finals:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [5] Amr Swelim (EGY) 10-12, 11-2, 11-2, 3-11, 14-12

Quarter-finals:
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) 7-11, 15-13, 11-5, 11-5
[3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [7] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 

Source: http://www.squashsite.co..uk/ornano08.htm

 
     
 


NTU Squash Centre, Taiwan
Dipika & Joshna loses in Quarters & Annie Au Celebrate Success In Maiden Taiwan Open (9 Sep 2008) 
 

Round 1:
Dipika Pallikal beat Miwa Maekawa (Jpn) 11/8, 11/8, 11/6
Joshna Chinappa beat Faustine Gilles (Fra) 7/11, 11/3, 12/10, 11/5

Quarter Finals:
Lisa Camilleri (Aus) beat Dipika Pallikal 11/5, 14/12, 11/6
Annie Au (HK) beat Joshna Chinappa 11/6, 11/9, 8/11, 8/11, 11/3

Semi Finals:
Sharon Wee bt Joey Chan 11/7, 7/11, 11/6, 11/2
Annie Au  bt Lisa Camilleri 11/6, 11/3, 11/9

Finals:
Annie Au bt Sharon Wee 11/6, 11/8, 11/3

Source : http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/resultspage.asp?Key=1663

  
     
   

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