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Joshna gave a fighting performance against Serme in her close loss in five-game.

At $165K Women's World Championship 2017, El Gouna, Egypt

[QF] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (2) Camille Serme (FRA,3) 6-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-8, 3-11 (70m)

Joshana Chinnappa won the Asian Championship beating Dipika Pallikal. Great achievement. Saurav Ghosal was runner up in the men's section. Apparently the last Indian to reach the final was Misha Grewal.

Joshna started with expected comfortable win against local qualifier ... In the qurters, Joshna is facing 8th sed local player.

At $25K Women's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[R1] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt (Q) Li Sum Yin (HKG,UNR) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (16m)

[QF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs (8) Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG,33)

Joshna and Dipika's matches went to five games but in contrasting results ... Hong Kong girl Tsz-Ling stretched Joshna to five games ... After closely fought first 4 games Joshna comfortably won the fifth game ... Next, she is facing a local favorite Annie Au.

At $25K Women's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[QF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt (8) Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG,33) 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-3 (50m)

[SF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs Annie Au (HKG,10)

Joshna scored an upset win over local favorite and top-10 Annie Au in a long match ... Both were exchanging a game after game and Joshna won the tight fifth game for the exciting win ... Next, she is facing former top-5 Egyptian Nour El Tayeb.

At $25K Women's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

[SF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt (1) Annie Au (HKG,10) 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 (71m)

[F] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs (2) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,14)

Joshna's struggle against top Egyptian players continues as she lost in the straight games against El Tayeb.

At $25K Women's HKFC International 2017, Hong Kong China

Final
(3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) l (2) Nour El Tayeb (EGY,14) 4-11, 4-11, 4-11 (26m)

But a good run nonetheless. The win in the semis was great!

How come Joshna, ranked 12, was seeded 3rd but her 14th ranked opponent was seeded 2nd?

- Varma

Varma wrote: ↑Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:56 am How come Joshna, ranked 12, was seeded 3rd but her 14th ranked opponent was seeded 2nd?

The seedings of the draw decide on the rankings while sign-up at the deadline.

Joshna won the battle between India's top 2 players ... Dipika started well and won the first game but afterward Joshna recovered ... She won next three games in a well-contested match playing important points better than the opponent and keeping her nerve ... Next, she is facing talented Egyptian girl, Nouran Gohar.

At $165K Women's US Open 2017, Philadelphia, USA

[R1] (13) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) bt Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND,21) 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (45m)

[R2] (13) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) vs (5) Nouran Gohar (EGY,5)

Joshna stretched Gohar to four games but despite fighting performance, she failed to overcome the challenge of top-5 player.

At $165K Women's US Open 2017, Philadelphia, USA

[R2] (13) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) l (5) Nouran Gohar (EGY,5) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-5 (57m)

Joshna is having Egyptian challenge in the first round.

At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) vs Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,19)

Joshna lost against Salma in five games ... In this match, Salma won the important points, in 1st and 3rd games, for winning crucial games.

At $50K Women's Carol Weymuller Open 2017, New York, USA

[R1] (6) Joshna Chinappa (IND,13) l Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY,19) 10-12, 11-4, 10-12, 11-6, 8-11

This was Joshna's 350th PSA match and she won this close match against Sam Cornett ... Both players played fast-paced squash and Sam was a more active player on the court ... But after four games Sam was tired and Joshna took advantage of it ... Next, she is having a tough match against a legendary Nicol David.

At $165K Women's PSA Masters 2018, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[R1] (10) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) bt Samantha Cornett (CAN,26) 11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-5 (49m)

[R2] (10) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) vs (5) Nicol David (MAS,6)

Joshna is still searching for her first win against Nicol, after this loss she has 0-14 win-loss record against Nicol ... Joshna started well and won the first game comfortably but from the second game, Nicol changed her tactics ... She matched Joshna's fast game and covered a lot of court for completing win in four games.

At $165K Women's PSA Masters 2018, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

[R2] (10) Joshna Chinappa (IND,14) l (5) Nicol David (MAS,6) 11-6, 5-11, 7-11, 7-11 (38m)