Joshna Chinnappa - PB WR #10 in July 2016

[jaydeep]

I think she is recovering from injury.

[jaydeep]

In Cairo, Joshna started with a really good win against a squash legend, Nicol David, in three games ... Next, she is facing the WR #6 Britisher, Sarah-Jane Perry.

At $107K Women's CIB Black Ball Open 2019, Cairo, Egypt (PSA World Tour Gold)

[R1] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,16) bt Nicol David (MAS,21) 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 (32m)

[R2] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,16) vs (6) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,6)

[suresh]

Is this the first time Joshna (or is it Joshana?) has beaten Nicol?

[Varma]

No, Joshna beat beat Nicole at least once before.

- Varma

[jaydeep]

Yes, this was Joshna's consecutive 3rd win ... She defeated her last year in April at the El Gouna International Open, Egypt and in the Asian Games team event.

[jaydeep]

Joshna enters into the quarters with an upset win over the WR #6 Britisher, Sarah-Jane Perry ... After one game all, Joshna faced stiff resistance from Sarah-Jane, but she won next 2 closely fought games and completed win in four games ... Next, she is facing the WR #5 Joelle King.

At $107K Women's CIB Black Ball Open 2019, Cairo, Egypt (PSA World Tour Gold)

[R1] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,16) bt (6) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,6) 11-4, 6-11, 14-12, 11-9 (50m)

[QF] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,16) vs (3) Joelle King (NZL,5)

[jaydeep]

Joshna lost a close match against the WR #5 Joelle King ... In the first 3 games, Joshna was a better player on the court, but she lost the second game on extra points ... In the final 2 games, Joelle showed more consistency and played patiently for a win.

At $107K Women's CIB Black Ball Open 2019, Cairo, Egypt (PSA World Tour Gold)

[QF] (9/16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,16) l (3) Joelle King (NZL,5) 11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 5-11, 8-11 (64m)

[jaydeep]

Joshna is in the semis with a couple of straight games win against her opponents ... Next, she is facing a local former top-10 player, Annie Au.

At $54K Women's Macau Open 2019, Taipa, Macau (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[R1] Sunayna Kuruvilla (IND,85) l Vanessa Chu (HKG,54) 9-11, 9-11, 6-11 (25m)
[R1] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bye

[R2] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL,41) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 (26m)
[QF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt (5) Mayar Hany (EGY,28) 11-8, 11-2, 11-9 (27m)

[SF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) vs (1) Annie Au (HKG,11)

[jaydeep]

Joshna lost in straight games against Annie Au ... She tried to take the match into the fourth game but Annie kept cool to complete win in straight games.

At $54K Women's Macau Open 2019, Taipa, Macau (PSA World Tour Bronze)

[SF] (3) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l (1) Annie Au (HKG,11) 8-11, 5-11, 10-12 (34m)

[jaydeep]

Joshna lost in five games against the Belgian youngster ... Joshna started badly and lost first 2 games, she tried fightback and won the next two games ... But in the final game, she was tired and Gilis took advantage of it.

At $176K Women's El Gouna International Open 2019, El Gouna Marina, El Gouna, Egypt (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bye

[R2] (16) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l Tinne Gilis (BEL,42) 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 12-10, 4-11 (59m)

[jaydeep]

Joshna played in the British Open ... She lost after giving fighting performance against the WR #6 Sarah-Jane Perry in the third round.

At $162K Women's Allam British Open 2019, Hull, England (PSA World Tour Platinum)

[R1] (15) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bye
[R2] (15) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt Millie Tomlinson (ENG,22) 12-10, 11-3, 11-9 (34m)

[R3] (15) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l (6) Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG,6) 6-11, 11-9, 5-11, 8-11 (47m)

[jaydeep]

Joshna played in the Gold tournament in the US ... In the semis, Joshna lost in straight games against the WR #1 Raneem El Welily ... Still, a good performance by Joshna as she defeated the top-10 Joelle King in the previous round.

At $121K Women's Oracle NetSuite Open 2019, San Francisco, USA (PSA World Tour Gold)

[R1] (8) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bye
[R2] (8) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt Melissa Alves (FRA,45) 2-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-6) (33m)
[QF] (8) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) bt (4) Joelle King (NZL,6) 2-1 (11-9, 6-11, 11-3) (35m)

[SF] (8) Joshna Chinappa (IND,15) l (1) Raneem El Welily (EGY,1) 0-2 (5-11, 7-11) (15m)

[jaydeep]

Joshna needed to dig deep for the first-round win in the World Championship ... She was 1-2 down before coming back to win the match after winning the next 2 games ... Next, she is facing Ho Tze-Lok.

At Women's World Championship 2019, Giza, Egypt

[R1] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt Haley Mendez (USA,42) 9-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6 (49m)

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs Ho Tze-Lok (HKG,44)

[jaydeep]

Joshna moves into the third round after her opponent Ho retired after losing the second game ... Next, she is facing the former WR #1 Nour El Sherbini.

At Women's World Championship 2019, Giza, Egypt

[R2] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) bt Ho Tze-Lok (HKG,44) 11-5, 11-4 retd (12m)

[R3] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) vs (2) Nour El Sherbini (EGY,2)

[jaydeep]

Joshna failed to raise her game against a regaining World Champion Nour El Sherbini.

At Women's World Championship 2019, Giza, Egypt

[R3] (12) Joshna Chinappa (IND,12) l (2) Nour El Sherbini (EGY,2) 5-11, 3-11, 6-11 (21m)