World Doubles Squash Championships: India win Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles
@Media_SAI
In the World Doubles Squash Championships, India’s Dipika Pallikal teaming up with Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa, has won mixed doubles and women’s doubles titles at Glasgow yesterday.
Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal, seeded second, defeated the fourth-seeded English pair Adrian Waller and Alison Waters 11-6, 11-8 in the final to claim the mixed doubles title, becoming India’s first-ever World Doubles squash champions.
Later, Pallikal paired up with Joshna Chinappa to claim the women’s doubles title. With this win, Dipika doubled India’s and her own world championships, medal count. Third-seeds Indians oust England’s Sarah-Jane Perry and Alison Waters, the second seeds, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8 in a hard-fought final.
