Published Thu, Jan 21 10 08:53 PM
Chennai, Jan 21 (PTI) India''s top women player Joshna Chinappa reached the semifinal with a straight-game win over Lauren Selby of England in the PSA Indian Challenger series squash tournament here today. In the men''s quarterfinal matches, fifth seed Siddharth Suchde of India, ranked 101, went down fighting to second seed Robbie Temple of England (ranked 63) 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7 in 54 minutes. Chinappa, the lone Indian in the fray for both sections, was in her elements all through the match except the third game as she went past Selby 11-7, 11-6, 8-11, 11-1. She plays third seed Lauren Siddal in the quarterfinal tomorrow. The other semifinal will be between second seed Joey Chan of Hong Kong and qualifer Siyoli Waters of South Africa. Chan won 11-1, 11-8, 11-9 over Colin Aumard of France, while Waters kept up her winning momentum as she brushed aside Laura Pomportes of France 11-6, 11-9, 16-14. In the men''s semifinals Robbie Temple will face off with fourth seeded Abdullah Al Mezayen of Kuwait and Top seed Stephen Coppinger of South Africa will lock horns with unseeded Amr Khaled Khalifa of Egypt. Coppinger of South Africa had to bring in his best to beat seventh seed Kristian Frost Olessen of Denmark 11-2, 13-11, 12-10 in a 42-minute match. .
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