CWG 2022: Joshna Chinappa enters girls’s singles quarterfinals

Ace Indian squash participant Joshna Chinappa outwitted New Zealand’s Kaitlyn Watts 3-1 to progress to the ladies’s singles quarterfinals on the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.

#Squash Update 🚨

🇮🇳’s @joshnachinappa enters the QUARTERFINALS of WS after defeating 🇳🇿’s Kaitlyn Watts 3️⃣-1️⃣ (11-8, Sept. 11, 11-4, 11-6) within the Round of 16

She will subsequent face 🇨🇦’s Naughton H. within the QF tomorrow, 1st Aug

Great going!!#Cheer4India #India4CWG2022 pic.twitter.com/DqBumi40q2

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The 18-time nationwide champion saved her calm to recuperate from a mid-game hunch to prevail 11-8 Sept. 11 11-4 11-6 in opposition to Watts to arrange a last-eight conflict with Canada’s Hollie Naughton.

Naughton beat Malaysia’s Aifa Azman 3-0 in one other match.

Looking for an elusive CWG gold medal, Chinappa was lagging 3-5 initially within the opening set however made it 8-8 earlier than taking a 1-0 lead.

Watts, nonetheless, made a robust comeback within the second set as she zoomed to 5-1 and though the Indian made it 9-9 at one stage, the Kiwi managed to assemble the final two factors to maintain herself afloat.

Despite the reversal, Chinappa confirmed higher nerves as she construct up a 7-3 lead and rapidly stepped forward to make it 2-1.