In Squash, Anahat Singh will take on Joshna Chinappa in an all-Indian women’s final of the Indian Open in Indore today. In the semifinals, top seed Anahat edged out Irish third seed Hannah Craig 11-4, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, while unseeded veteran Joshna rallied to beat Egyptian second seed Nadien Elhammamy 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-7.
In the men’s final, top seed Youssef Soliman of Egypt defeated Yannick Wilhelmi of Switzerland 3-1 (11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-2), while third seed Mohamad Zakaria overcame Yahya Elnasasany 3-0 (11-4, 11-6, 15-13) in the other semifinal.
Late on Thursday night, reigning men’s National champion Velavan Senthilkumar lost in the quarterfinals to Zakaria, the Egyptian winning 11-7, 11-7, 11-6.
Anahat, a medallist in the Asian and Commonwealth Games, and Joshna, a former two-time World Doubles Championships gold medallist, had moved into the women’s semifinals with commanding victories.
Top seed Anahat breezed past German eighth seed Katerina Tycova 11-5, 11-1, 11-4, while Joshna brushed aside Spanish seventh seed Sofia Mateos 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 in the quarterfinals.