SPORTS

Rediff.com » Sports

Squash at CWG: Ghosal enters semis, Chinappa loses
Source: PTI
August 01, 2022 22:16 IST

Photograph: Kind courtesy SAI Media/Twitter

India's leading squash player Saurav Ghosal progressed to the men's singles semifinals, but it was curtains for Joshna Chinappa as she suffered a loss to Canada's Hollie Naughton in the women's singles quarterfinals at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday.

Ghosal, ranked world number 15, recovered from a defeat in the second set to see off Scotland's Greg Lobbon 11-5, 8-11,11-7 11-3, and will square off against New Zealand's Paul Coll in the last four

Chinappa, an 18-time national champion, however, couldn't produce her best, losing 9-11, 5-11, 13-15 to the 27-year-old Haughton.

Chinappa started on a positive note, taking a 6-3 lead but she let the advantage slip as Naughton drew parity at 6-6 and moved to 9-9 before grabbing the opening set with the required two points.

Naughton continued the momentum in the second to make it 2-0. Chinappa put up a good fight in the third, moving together till 13-13 when her rival once again stepped ahead to seal the contest.

Earlier, India's Sunayna Sana Kuruvilla defeated Sri Lanka's Chanithma Sinaly in the plate quarter-finals of the women's singles.

A 23-year-old from Kochi, Sunayna proved too strong for her opponent, winning 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 in just 12 minutes.

Sanayna will compete in the women's singles plate semi-finals later tonight. 

Source: PTI© Copyright 2024 PTI. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
© 2024 Rediff.com