Dipika Pallikal enters semi-finals at Challenger circuit

Dipika Pallikal

Chennai, Oct 27 (IANS)

Kush Kumar wasted a match point and went down in five games to Egypt's Hossam Nasser in a well-fought quarterfinal match in the fourth leg of the JSW-PSA Challenger squash circuit on Monday.

Ravi Dixit, fifth seed found his touch in time to defeat the third seed Kevin Moran of Scotland while Harinder Pal Sandhu also progressed after an inspiring win over Joel Makin of Wales to enter the semi-finals.

In the women's section top seeded Dipika Pallikal entered the semi-final as the lone Indian with another easy outing, this time against qualifier Lakshya Raghavendran.

The results (quarter-finals):

PSA: Karim Ali Fathi (Egy) bt Hannan Tarmidi (Mas) 11-9 11-9, 11-6; Ravi Dixit (Ind) bt Kevin Moran (Sco) 7-11, 11-5, 2-11, 11-6, 11-6; Hossam Nasser (Egy) bt Kush Kumar (Ind) 11-8, 7-11, 3-11, 13-11, 11-9; Harinder Pal Sandhu (Ind) bt Joel Makin (Wal) 11-5, 11-6, 12-10

WSA: Siyoli Waters (RSA) bt Sivasangari Subramanian (Mas) 12-10, 11-8, 12-10; Birgit Coufal (Aut) bt Cheyna Tucker (RSA) 12-10, 4-11, 5-11, 11-5, 11-7; Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Satomi Watanabe (Jpn) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2; Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Lakshya Ragavendran (Ind) 11-4, 9-11, 11-2, 11-3.