Manchester, March 31 (Inditop.com) Indian pair of Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal entered the final of the women’s doubles defeating top seeded Jenny Duncalf and Allison Waters of England 6-11,11-8,11-4, in the International Doubles squash championship here Wednesday.
In the quarter-finals, they upset Dominic Lloyd Waters and Laura Briggs also of England 11-4, 11-9. In both the matches, the Indians were crisp in their drives. Joshna was once again lethal on the backhand side while Dipika played the perfect supporting role.
In the mixed doubles quarter-finals, Joshana and Harinder Pal Singh beat the Australian pair of Ryan Cuskelly and Meredith 2-1 to make it to the semi finals where they lost to higher ranked James Willstrop and Jenny Duncalf 2-0.
Chennai Open winners Saurav Ghosal and Dipika were edged out 2-1 by Nick Matthew and Allison Waters in the other semi-finals.
The results:
Women’s Doubles (semi-finals): Joshna Chinappa / Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Jenny Duncalf Alison Waters (ENG) 6-11, 11-10, 11-3 (45m); Kasey Brown / Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Tania Bailey / Sarah Kippax (ENG) 11-5, 11-8 (32m).
Men’s Doubles (semi-finals): Nick Matthew / Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Cameron Pilley/Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-7, 11-8 (54m); David Palmer / Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Alan Clyne / Harry Leitch (SCO) 11-5, 11-3 (40m).
Quarter-finals: Nick Matthew / Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Saurav Ghosal/Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 11-2, 11-5; Pilley / Cuskelly bt Scott Arnold / Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 9-11, 11-5,
11-9; Palmer / Boswell bt Mohd Azlan Iskandar / Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 11-5, 11-9; Clyne/Leitch bt Peter Barker/Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-7, 11-4.
Mixed Doubles (semi-finals): Alison Waters / Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Nicol David / Ong Beng Hee (MAS) 11-9, 8-11, 11-8 (56m); Jenny Duncalf / James Willstrop (ENG) bt Joshna Chinappa / Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 11-4, 11-2 (23m).
Quarter-finals: Nicol David / Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt Amelia Pittock / Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 8-11, 11-2, 11-7 (65m); Alison Waters / Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Dipika Pallikal / Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-9, 11-10 (28m); Joshna Chinappa / Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Melody Francis / Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 9-11, 11-5, 11-7 (41m); Jenny Duncalf / James Willstrop (ENG) bt Kasey Brown / Cameron Pilley (AUS).
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