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Joshna Chinappa did not lose a single match in Japan Squash Open 2025.
Indian squash player Joshna Chinappa won her 11th Professional Squash Association (PSA) title. Joshna defeated third seed Haya Ali of Egypt 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8 in the women’s singles of Japan Open being held in Yokohama, Japan on Monday. She did not lose a single match in the Japan Open.
Defeated in four games in the final of the Challenger event The 39-year-old Chinappa, ranked 87th in the world, defeated Haya Ali in four games in the final of the Challenger event. The special thing was that in the Bermuda Open this year, Haya Ali had defeated Joshna in a thrilling five-game match, for which Joshna took revenge with this victory.
Defeated the second seeded player in the quarter-finals Joshna started the tournament with a straight games win over Malaysia’s Anri Goh 11-6, 11-6, 11-6. She also defeated fifth seed Lauren Baltayan of France 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 in the second round.
In the quarter-finals, Joshna defeated second seed Nardine Garas of Egypt 11-8, 15-13, 11-9. After this, in the semi-finals, she easily defeated fourth seed Rana Ismail of Egypt by 11-7, 11-1, 11-5.
Joshna Chinappa won her 10th PSA title in 2015.
Won bronze in 2023 Asian Games Joshna Chinappa suffered a knee injury at the 2023 Asian Games. After which he had surgery. In this tournament, she won the bronze medal for India in the women’s team event.
In June this year, Joshna had won the Asian Championship women’s doubles title with Anhat Singh. She also reached the semi-finals of the Indian Open. He was defeated by champion Anahat. Joshna’s previous PSA title came at the National Sports Club of India (NSCI) Squash Open in 2015.
Abhay Singh out of Silicon Valley Open India’s reigning national squash champion and world number 29 Abhay Singh faced defeat in the round-of-16 of the PSA Gold event, Silicon Valley Open in the US. He was defeated by world number 9 and fifth seed Victor Cronin of France 4-11, 2-11, 1-11.
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