Joshna enters WISPA final

India's Joshna Chinappa and top seeded Australian Donna Urquhart entered the final of the WISPA Challenger squash tournament here yesterday with hard-fought victories.


Joshna Chinappa

Urquhart defeated third seeded Lisa Camilleri, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, in an all-Australia semifinal while Joshna edged past compatriot Dipika Pallikal 6-11, 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6 in a 60-minute battle. Joshna is thus poised to win her sixth WISPA title and second in India after surviving a touch-and-go contest that could have gone either way.

After splitting the four games, Joshna took a 7-3 lead in the decider and kept her opponent under pressure to emerge a deserving winner.u00a0