India's squash stars sign off with gold and silver
1 year, 2 months ago

India's squash stars sign off with gold and silver

Hindustan Times  

Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu showed there's enough left in their legs and lungs, prevailing over Asian powerhouses Malaysia to win the mixed doubles crown at the Hangzhou Olympics Centre Squash Court on Thursday. Indian squash pair of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu clinch a gold medal in mixed doubles event at the ongoing Asian Games, in Hangzhou on Thursday The match, as the scoreline suggests, was a closely-fought affair with the Malaysians holding game points in both games but the top-seeded Indians used their experience to seize the clutch points and win the event, stunning a vocal Malaysian support in the arena. It just turned out to be an unbelievable tournament for us.” The medals completed a golden set for the 32-year-old Pallikal following her top finishes at the World Doubles Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Pallikal's maiden Asiad gold comes in her fourth appearance -- she had five Asiad medals before Thursday -- an indicator of her tenacity and longevity.

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Asian Games: Dinesh Karthik keeps track of Dipika Pallikal squash Gold medal match with help from Washington, Tripathi
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games: Dinesh Karthik keeps track of Dipika Pallikal squash Gold medal match with help from Washington, Tripathi

India Today  

Dinesh Karthik sought the help of a few Indian cricketers in Hangzhou to keep track of Dipika Pallikal, his wife's Gold medal match in mixed doubles squash at the Asian Games. Dipika Pallikal was in action with Harinder Pal Singh early on Thursday morning and Karthik was gearing up for the World Cup opener between England and New Zealand after …

Asian Games 2023: Dipika-Harinder pair wins gold in squash mixed doubles event
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Dipika-Harinder pair wins gold in squash mixed doubles event

The Hindu  

Four bronze, one silver and four editions since her Asian Games debut in 2010, Dipika Pallikal finally had gold to her name, teaming up with old friend Harinderpal Sandhu to claim the mixed doubles and India’s second squash gold medal here, winning 11-10, 11-10 against Malaysia’s Aifa Binti Azman and Mohd. The duo had to dig deep into their reserves …

Asian Games, highlights Day 12: India clinch 2 gold medals in archery, 1 squash
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games, highlights Day 12: India clinch 2 gold medals in archery, 1 squash

Hindustan Times  

Asian Games 2023, Day 12 highlights: India clinched gold in the compound women's team archery final by sealing a 230-229 win against Chinese Taipei on Day 12 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023, in India on Thursday. Experienced Saurav Ghosal secured a silver in the men's singles squash final event before wrestler Antim won in the women's freestyle 53kg match. …

Asian Games, highlights Day 12: India clinch 2 gold medals in archery, 1 squash
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games, highlights Day 12: India clinch 2 gold medals in archery, 1 squash

Hindustan Times  

Asian Games 2023, Day 12 highlights: India clinched gold in the compound women's team archery final by sealing a 230-229 win against Chinese Taipei on Day 12 of the ongoing Asian Games 2023, in India on Thursday. Experienced Saurav Ghosal secured a silver in the men's singles squash final event before wrestler Antim won in the women's freestyle 53kg match. …

Dipika-Harinder to fight for squash gold, Abhay-Anahat gets bronze
1 year, 2 months ago

Dipika-Harinder to fight for squash gold, Abhay-Anahat gets bronze

Hindustan Times  

The Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu rallied to enter the final of the mixed doubles squash event with a 2-1 win over their opponents from Hong Kong at the Asian Games Hangzhou on Wednesday. Hangzhou: India's Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Dipika Pallikal celebrate a point against Hong Kong's Ka Yi Lee and Chi Him …

Asian Games: Indian men's squash team set up gold medal clash with Pakistan
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games: Indian men's squash team set up gold medal clash with Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

The Indian team humbled defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to reach the final of the men's squash event after the seasoned Saurav Ghosal and Abhay Singh registered identical wins at the Asian Games here on Friday. India set up a marquee gold medal clash with Pakistan India thus set up a marquee gold medal clash with Pakistan, against whom they lost …

Joshna, Tanvi, Anahat assure India a medal by reaching semis of women's squash team event in Asian Games
1 year, 2 months ago

Joshna, Tanvi, Anahat assure India a medal by reaching semis of women's squash team event in Asian Games

Hindustan Times  

The India women's squash comprising Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna and Anahat Singh advanced to the semi-final of the team event at the Asian Games 2023 despite suffering a 0-3 loss to Malaysia in their Pool B match on Thursday. This assured the India women's squash team a medal as both losing semi-finalists in squash get a bronze in this Games …

Indian squash teams continue winning run
1 year, 2 months ago

Indian squash teams continue winning run

Hindustan Times  

The Indian squash players continued their impressive run at the Asian Games, registering easy wins in the men's and women's team competitions here on Wednesday. In the first match, 15-year-old Anahat Singh eased past Krishna Thapa 11-7 11-1 11-2, before Joshna Chinappa beat Bipana Bhlon 11-4 11-2 11-2. The Indian women's team had earlier blanked Pakistan 3-0 in its opening …

Dipika-Harinder win Asian mixed doubles title
1 year, 5 months ago

Dipika-Harinder win Asian mixed doubles title

Hindustan Times  

The Indian duo of Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Harinderpal Singh Sandhu won the gold medal at the Asian Squash Mixed Doubles Championships here on Friday. Overall, India ended their campaign with two medals as the duo of Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh secured a bronze after losing a close semifinal battle to Ivan Yuen and Rachel Arnold of Malaysia. It …

Ghosal, Tandon inspire India to first-ever gold at Asian Team Squash
2 years, 1 month ago

Ghosal, Tandon inspire India to first-ever gold at Asian Team Squash

Hindustan Times  

Down 0-1 with Saurav Ghosal trailing 1-2 in the second tie of the best-of-three semi-final against Malaysia on Thursday, the Indian men’s squash team stared at the familiar territory of being unable to go all the way at the Asian Team Squash Championships. In the final on Friday, the two turned up again to deliver a 2-0 victory over Kuwait …

Commonwealth Games: Squash stars Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal advance to round of 16
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Squash stars Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal advance to round of 16

Firstpost  

Sunayna Sara Kuruvilla’s campaign ended after she lost to Malaysia’s Aifa Azman 7-11, 7-11, 7-11. India’s Ramit Tandon withdrew from the men’s singles round of 32 match due to an injury Birmingham: India’s ace squash players Joshana Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal advanced to the round of 16 after easy wins in their respective women’s and men’s singles matches at the …

Ghosal, Chinappa sound confident about India’s chances at the Commonwealth Games 2022
2 years, 5 months ago

Ghosal, Chinappa sound confident about India’s chances at the Commonwealth Games 2022

The Hindu  

India’s top squash players, Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa are optimistic about India’s chances at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, to be held later this month. 15, said Indian teams can win three to four medals, but with preparations for the Games just starting, it would all boil down to sharpening of skills at the camp. Joshna said this is “our …

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