Sunday, November 01, 2015

Squash News

At $150K Women's Qatar Classic 2015, Doha



[R1] Joshana Chinappa (IND,20) bt (1) Raneem El Welily (EGY) 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-9 (39m)
[R1] (12) Dipika Pallikal (IND,19) l Yathreb Adel (EGY,25) 5,11, 7-11, 7-11 (26m)

[R2] Joshana Chinappa (IND,20) vs Yathreb Adel (EGY,25)

Joshana becomes first Indian to beat current WR #1 Raneem El Welily in four games ... Nobody expected this, in first two games Joshana played aggressively and took advantage of Raneem's unforced errors for winning it ... Raneem made strong comeback for winning third game ... In the fourth also Raneem took early 9-5 lead but Joshana raised her game for winning next 6 points in a row for terrific upset ... This was laos Joshana's first win over top-5 player ... Next she is facing another young Egyptian girl Yathreb Adel, who scored upset win over Dipika in straight games.

At $150K Men's Qatar Classic 2015, Doha

[R1] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND,51) l Charles Sharpes (ENG,61) 14-12, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11 (68m)

[R1] Saurav Ghosal (IND,16) l Fares Dessouki (EGY,19) 7-11. 8-11, 3-11

Disappointing results n men side as Saurav lose his first round match against similar ranked Egyptian player Fares Dessouki in straight games ... Before that Mahesh also lost in qualifying first round against lower ranked British opponent.

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