CWG 2014: Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa enter semis of squash women's doubles

IANS
Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa
Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa

Glasgow, Aug 1 (IANS): India's squash stars Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa reached the women's doubles semi-finals with a comprehensive win at the Commonwealth Games here Thursday.

The duo beat New Zealand's Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy 11-9, 11-5 in the quarterfinal at the Scotstoun Sports Campus.

Meanwhile, Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Sandhu brought up a tough but crucial win in men's doubles to advance to the quarter-finals by overcoming local pair Stuart Crawford and Greg Lobban 5-11, 11-8, 9-11 in the Round of 16.

Later, Ghosal and Dipika paired up to move past Welsh combine David Evans and Deon Saffery 11-8, 11-4, entering the mixed doubles quaters.

Sandhu and Joshana then first beat Schubert Maketu and Eli Webb of Papua New Guinea 11-5, 11-4 in their last pool match to advance to the Round of 16 where they drubbed Malaysians Mohammed Adnan and Delia Arnold 118, 11-9 to make it to the last eight of mixed doubles.

Quick Links

Edited by Staff Editor
Sportskeeda logo
Close menu
WWE
WWE
NBA
NBA
NFL
NFL
MMA
MMA
Tennis
Tennis
NHL
NHL
Golf
Golf
MLB
MLB
Soccer
Soccer
F1
F1
WNBA
WNBA
More
More
bell-icon Manage notifications