Asian Games: Pallikal, Chinappa assured of maiden squash medal

India is assured of its first ever women's singles medal in the Asian Games after top players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa won their respective openers here on Saturday and set up an exciting contest in the QF

Dipika Pallikal

Incheon: India is assured of its first ever women's singles medal in the Asian Games after top players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa won their respective openers here on Saturday and set up an exciting contest in the QF.

World No 21 Chinappa blanked South Korea's Song Sunmi 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 while World No 12 Pallikal beat China's Jinyue Gu 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4.


Dipika Pallikal 

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