CHENNAI OPEN 2012 - Joshana Chinappa bags her maiden WSA crown

Joshana Chinappa bagged her maiden WSA crown — sixth overall — in her hometown, hardly seven months after recovering from a major knee surgery. The 25-year-old Indian gave it her all in scripting a 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 12-10 win over England’s Sarah-Jane Perry in the final of the Chennai Open $10,000 women’s squash tournament at the Indian Squash Academy.

In the semi finals, teenager Anaka Alankamony took a 2-1 lead against Sarah-Jane and had one match ball in the fourth game. However Anaka was unable to hold her lead and lost the fourth and fifth games.

The results:

Finals

Joshna Chinappa (2), IND, def. Sarah Jane Perry (3), ENG, 9-11 11-4 11-8 12-10

S/F

Sarah Jane Perry (3), ENG, def. Anaka Alankamony, IND, 8-11 11-5 6-11 14-12 11-6 .

Joshna Chinappa (2), IND, def. Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed (5), EGY, 13-11 11-4 11-8 .

Q/F

Anaka Alankamony, IND, def. Siti Munirah Jusoh (1), MAS, 4-11 11-9 8-11 11-8 11-4 .

Sarah Jane Perry (3), ENG, def. Victroria Bell (8), ENG, 8-11 11-4 11-9 11-4 .

Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed (5), EGY, def. Pushppa Devi (4), MAS, 7-11 12-10 11-7 11-8 .

Joshna Chinappa (2), IND, def. Carrie Ramsey (6), ENG, 11-7 11-8 11-6

Round 1

Siti Munirah Jusoh (1), MAS, def. Saai Meera, IND, 11-4 11-1 12-10 .

Anaka Alankamony, IND, def. Zulhijjah Binti Azan (7), MAS, 9-11 11-0 11-5 4-11 11-8 .

Sarah Jane Perry (3), ENG, def. Jessica Turnbull, AUS, 11-4 11-2 11-6 .

Victroria Bell (8), ENG, def. Lakshya Ragavendran, IND, 11-8 11-3 11-6 .

Salma Hany Ibrahim Ahmed (5), EGY, def. Mariam Ibrahim Metwally, EGY, 11-6 6-11 14-12 10-12 11-5 .

Pushppa Devi (4), MAS, def. Harshit Kaur Jawanda, IND, 11-8 12-10 12-10 .

Carrie Ramsey (6), ENG, def. Ashita Bhengra, IND, 11-5 11-0 11-2 .

Joshna Chinappa (2), IND, def. Nouran Ahmed Gohar, EGY, 11-8 11-9 5-11 11-7

Qualifying

Mariam Ibrahim Metwally, EGY, def. Sunayna Kuruvilla, IND, 11-1 11-1 11-3 .

Saai Meera, IND, def. Janvi Rathore, IND, 11-5 11-3 11-1 .

Ashita Bhengra, IND, def. A V Apoorva, IND, 11-3 11-4 11-6 .

Lakshya Ragavendran, IND, def. Shamika Reddy, IND, 11-7 11-2 11-2