17 August,2016 11:54 AM IST | | PTI
It was a good day in office for India in the World Doubles Squash Championship as three of the Indian pairs booked semi-final berths by the end of the day’s proceedings here yesterday
Dipika Pallikal
Melbourne: It was a good day in office for India in the World Doubles Squash Championship as three of the Indian pairs booked semi-final berths by the end of the day's proceedings here yesterday.
Dipika Pallikal
The mixed doubles pairs of Joshna Chinappa and Harinder Pal Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal have virtually qualified for the last four.
Top Indian doubles pair of Joshna and Dipika also advanced to the semi-finals. Joshna was in great touch as she and Sandhu wore down the top seeded Australian pair of Rachael Grinham, a former world champion, and Cameron Pilley in three close games 9-11, 11-6, 11-9 in Pool A.
The other mixed pair of Dipika and Saurav, seeded two, also had a fabulous day. Saurav was in sublime form in the match against the fancied Colombian pair of Catalina Palaez and Migul Angel Rodriguez. The Indian pair registered a 11-4, 11-5 win.
The second match was lot closer against the Welsh pair of Jenny Haley and Joel Markin, though the Indians won in straight games 11-9, 11-7. The top Indian pair of Joshna and Dipika had only its last league match in doubles to play and made short work of Aika Azman and Min Jie Teh of Malaysia in 11-5, 11-5 win.
However the men's pair of Harinder and Ramit Tandon were not that lucky. Losing one and completing their league engagement with a win, the team with three losses overall finished fourth in the Pool to make an exit.
