Saurav Ghosal, Joshana Chinappa enter semis of squash nationals

Joshana Chinappa

Jaipur, Aug 21 (IANS) Top seeds Saurav Ghosal and Joshana Chinappa, both from Tamil Nadu, led the men’s and women’s singles fields into the semi-finals with straightforward victories in the 61st National squash championships, here Wednesday.

Reigning national champion Ghosal ousted Maharashtra’s Vrishab Kotian 11-3, 11-3, 11-8, while Joshana had it easy against Rajasthan’s Nandika in winning 11-2, 11-4, 11-4.

The results (quarter-finals):

Men’s singles: 1-Saurav Ghosal (TN) bt Vrishab Kotian (Mah) 11-3 11-3 11-8; .3-Ravi Dixit (TN) bt Gaurav Nandrajog (Delhi) 11-9 15-13 11-9; 4-Mahesh Mangaonkar (Mah) bt Sandeep Jangra (Services) 11-9 11-2 11-5; 2-Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (TN) bt Vikas Jangra (Services) 11-2, 11-4, 11-9.

Women’s singles: 1-Joshana Chinappa (TN) bt Nandika (Raj) 11-2 11-4 11-4; 3-Janet Vidhi (Delhi) bt Tarunima (Raj) 11-6 11-2 11-8; 4-Sachika Ingale (Delhi) bt Jannat Duhan (Chd) 11-2 11-4 11-3; 2-Aparajitha Balamurukan (TN) bt Neha Kumari (Bihar) 11-0 11-0 11-1.