Yokohama [Japan], October 13 (ANI): Two-time Asian champion Joshna Chinappa secured the ladies’s singles title on the Japan Open squash match being held in Yokohama on Monday.
The 39-year-old veteran, ranked 117th worldwide and an unseeded participant within the match, outclassed the third seed and world quantity 53, Haya Ali of Egypt, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8 to cap off a formidable run on the PSA Challenger occasion, as per Olympics.com.
This was Chinappa’s second assembly with Haya, having earlier performed within the second spherical of Bermuda this 12 months, the place the Indian misplaced 11-8, 10-12, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8. This win marks a second of redemption for her and her eleventh profession PSA title.
A former world quantity 10, Chinappa has been on a formidable run since her return, having undergone a knee operation after the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games, the place she was a vital a part of India’s bronze medal-winning staff.
Earlier this 12 months, she captured the ladies’s doubles title on the Asian Championships in June, teaming up with teenage star Anahat Singh. She additionally made it to the semifinals of the Indian Open, the place she misplaced to the eventual champion, Anahat.
Earlier throughout the Japan Open, Joshna had went previous Egypt’s second-seed Nardine Garas 11-8, 15-13, 11-9 within the quarter-finals and in addition beat fourth-seeded Egyptian Rana Ismail 11-7, 11-1, 11-5 within the semi-finals.
Chinappa had began off with a win over Malaysia’s Anrie Goh 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 within the marketing campaign opener and adopted it with a win over France’s fifth-seed Lauren Baltayan 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Squash can be lastly making its Olympic debut on the LA 2028 Games. (ANI)