Chennai: Joshna Chinappa won her sixth title on the professional tour when she beat England's Sarah Jane Perry 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10, in the final of the Chennai Open squash tournament in Chennai on Saturday. On a comeback trail following knee injury, 25-year old Joshna displayed touches of her vintage form that had taken her to a high of 28 in World rankings two years ago as she overcame a...
06:05 PM, May 26, 2012
Kuwait: Indian women created history by winning their maiden title as they beat Hong Kong 2-0 in the final of the Asian Team Squash championship here on Saturday. India, however, went down 0-2 to Pakistan in the men's final. In the women's final, Joshna Chinappa, ranked 71st, put in a vintage performance as she overcame World No.16 Joey Chan 11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8 in 38 minutes to put India 1-0...
11:53 PM, May 05, 2012
Kuwait City: For the first time in the history of the Asian Squash Championships, India made the men's and women's finals here on Friday. In the semi-finals, the Indian women beat Korea 2-0 to set up a title clash with Hong Kong, who overcame Malaysia 2-1, while the men ousted Kuwait 2-0 and take on arch-rivals Pakistan who eliminated Malaysia. In the women's semi-final, Anaka set the ball rolling with...
04:36 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal has moved a place up to be 14th in the women's world rankings. Pallikal broke into the top-15 for the first time in her career last month and has been playing well ever since she started training in Australia with coach and five-time World Champion Sarah Fitz-Gerald. The 20-year-old made the final at the Tournament of Champions in New York last week....
11:18 AM, Feb 03, 2012
New Delhi: India's young woman squash sensation Dipika Pallikal's hopes of winning a sixth WISPA title went up in smoke when she lost her title clash against Natalie Grinham of the Netherlands in the Tournament of Champions in New York on Thursday night. Pallikal, playing her ninth match in 10 days, looked too tired and foot-weary as she lost 4-11 3-11 3-11 in 25 minutes while playing the biggest match...
06:02 PM, Jan 27, 2012
New Delhi: Dipika Pallikal became the first Indian ever to reach the summit clash of a Silver event when she clinched a three-set thriller against New Zealand's Jaclyn Hawkes to march into the final of the Tournament of Champions squash meet in New York on Thursday. Seventh seed Pallikal, India's top-ranked female player, overcame a spirited challenge from fifth seed Hawkes to prevail 11-5 14-12 11-9 in the first semi-final...
08:43 PM, Jan 26, 2012
New Delhi: Riding on her three WISPA title wins, India's young woman squash sensation Dipika Pallikal moved up to a career-high 15th place in the world rankings. Pallikal began 2011 at 29th spot and claimed her third WISPA title of the year in December in the Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong and that took her to number 17 in world rankings. She clinched her first WISPA title of the...
11:16 AM, Jan 04, 2012
New Delhi: Third seed James Willstrop of England notched up his 14th victory in 15 meetings against compatriot Peter Barker, with a convincing 11-4, 11-3, 11-3 win in their last-four clash at the 2011 Punj Lloyd PSA Masters squash tournament on Saturday. Willstrop also stretched his unbeaten run to 14 matches on the tour and will now take on fourth seed Gregory Gaultier of France in the final on Sunday,...
11:44 PM, Dec 17, 2011
Top-ranked players like Ramy Ashour, James Willstrop and India's Saurav Ghosal are sweating it out at Punj Lloyd PSA Masters. ...
08:59 PM, Dec 14, 2011
New Delhi: Top seeds Ramy Ashour, James Willstrop and India's Saurav Ghosal sailed into the pre-quarterfinals of Punj Lloyd PSA Masters squash tournament on the second day of the USD 1,65,000 event here on Tuesday. Among other seeded players, Peter Barker and Daryl Selby, both from England, also advanced to the last-16 stage of the final PSA World series event of the year. Newly-crowned national champion Ghosal eased past higher-ranked...
10:19 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Chennai: Indian Squash Academy trainee Karan Malik scalped seeded Vikas Jangra of Services in the first round of the National senior squash championship here on Wednesday. Malik defeated 5-8th seed Jangra 11-3 11-9 5-11 0-11 11-6. Higher seeded players like defending champion Saurav Ghosal in men's section and top seed Dipika Pallikal in women's had an easy outing on the centre court. However, Kush Kumar stole the limelight with his...
11:15 PM, Dec 07, 2011
After becoming the first Indian woman to break into the top-20 in the world rankings, Dipika Pallikal has now set her sights on the top-16. ...
10:59 AM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: Malaysian star Nicol David reached a new milestone in her illustrious career when she was inducted into the World Squash Federation's Hall of Fame. Ranked number one on the women's circuit, David became the first active player in the history of the sport to receive the honour. The induction was conducted by fellow countryman HRH Tunku Imran at a gala dinner in Rotterdam as part of the World...
08:08 PM, Nov 11, 2011
Chennai: Malaysia's Nicol David will be inducted into the World Squash Federation 'Hall of Fame' as part of the World Squash Awards programme at the World Open Championship/WSF AGM dinner in Rotterdam on November 5. The world number one female player, who is going for a record sixth women's World Open title in the Dutch city this week, will be inducted by compatriot HRH Tunku Imran, the WSF Patron and...
09:54 PM, Nov 02, 2011
New Delhi: Following her title triumph in the WISPA Dread Series 2 tournament in Washington recently, ace Indian squash player Dipika Pallikal reached a career-high world ranking of 19 on Monday. Pallikal faced stiff resistance from England's Sarah-Jane Perry before prevailing 11-9 11-3 11-7 in the final to win the Dread Series 2 tournament in Washington. The Chennai girl showed good form throughout the championship and won it without conceding...
09:50 AM, Nov 01, 2011
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