WISPA Indian Challenger 2011: Dipika and Joshana in the Semis

Joshana and Dipika to Clash in a Semi-Final

An Indian is assured of an entry to the final of the 2011 season’s first WISPA Challenger series as Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal are to figure in the semi final tomorrow after they have won their respective matches with great ease this evening at the Indian Squash Academy here.

The other semi final will be between Australians Donna Urquhart, top seed and third seeded Lisa Camilleri.

Second seeded Dipika was speaking with her racquet with her immaculate mixture of pace and delicate drop shots both from the “T” and close to the wall. Her Australian rival Melody Francis was quite often remained a spectator as Dipika translated her game for a straight forward win 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 in 27 minutes.

Joshana, seeded fourth, was nonetheless different to her junior country mate Dipika in her clinically achieved straight games victory over sixth seeded Misaki Kobayashi at 11-4, 11-5, 11-6 in 25 minutes. Joshana’s shot selections were utterly perfect as she rose to a sizeable lead in all her three games. Encouraged by her touching the required rhythm Joshana maintained further in the next two games too. In the second and third games, Joshana had about five points lead and won the match at a short time than expected.

In the match between Donna and unseeded Tenille Swartz of South Africa, the latter was patchy though she came up with some exhilarating shots, especially in the second game. Tenille who failed miserably with easy drop shots and hit the tin most often to yield points was on a game ball up in the second game but muffed with her chance. From there, Donna never looked back before winning the match at 11-8, 14-12, 11-6 in 34 minutes.

It was an easy affair for Lisa against Malaysia’s Siti Murnirah (fifth seed), who lacked consistency throughout the match. On the other hand Lisa was seen pout in use her superb retrieving abilities of the ball to gain the momentum before winning at 11-9, 11-9, 11-4 in 34 minutes.