Sunday, April 30, 2017

Squash News

At 19th Women's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

Courtesy of squashinthemall.com
Women's Singles Championship match
(2) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt (4) Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,22) 13-15, 12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 (78m)

Joshna Chinappa became India’s first Asian Squash Champion when she beat compatriot Dipika Pallikal in a tense and tough five game battle ... In the first 3 games both players gave more than 100% which were lasted for almost an hour ... All three games went to extra points and both players having game balls in each ... Dipika took the first and third, Joshna the second ... After that Dipika was looking tired and Joshna took full advantage of it, winning last two games easily.

At 19th Men's Asian Championship 2017, Chennai, India

Men's Singles Championship match
(2) Saurav Ghosal (IND,30) l (1) Max Lee (HKG,16) 11-5, 4-11, 8-11, 7-11 (61m)

Saurav started in commanding position and won the first game comfortably ... Lee seemed to get stronger and played better as the match progressed ... He stormed back in the match after winning a quick second game, pulled clear at the end of a long but close third, and then eased ahead in the fourth, reaching 10-5 before taking the title on his third championship ball.

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