Chennai, Jan 18 (Inditop.com) Stephen Coppinger from South Africa, ranked No.49 in the World, and India’s Joshna Chinappa (No.34) have been given top billing in the PSA and WISPA Challenger squash tournament that commenced with the qualifying rounds, here Monday.
The tournament is part of preparation of Indian players for the Commonwealth Games 2010.
The Indians in the main draw of the PSA event are Siddharth Suchde (ranked 99) and Ravi Dixit (223) while 11 Indian are slotted in the qualification rounds.
Joining Joshna in the main draw of the WISPA event are Indians Dipika Pallikal (46), Anaka Alankamony (87) and Anwesha Reddy (114).
The results (qualifying rounds):
PSA: Naveen Jangra bt Vrishab Kotian 11-6, 11-6, 11-7; Deepak Mishra bt Waqar Pathan 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; A Parthiban bt Kush Kumar 11-5, 11-9, 11-7; Zyad Alowayesh (Kuw) bt B Balamurugan 11-13, 11-3, 11-8, 11-7.
WISPA: Ankita Sharma bt Aisha Al-Hamad (Kuw) 11-4, 11-1, 11-2.
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