Chinappa Chases Down El Torky For Winnipeg Win
India's Joshana Chinappa picked up the eighth WSA World Tour
title of her career when she outlasted Egypt's Heba El Torky in
the final of the Winnipeg Winter Club Women's Open, the WSA
Tour 15 squash event in its fifth year at the Winnipeg Winter
Club in Winnipeg, Canada.
Unseeded El Torky was the event's talking point throughout the week. The
world No39 from Alexandria brushed aside No7 seed Samantha Teran,
third seed Emily Whitlock and then event favourite Nicolette
Fernandes in quick succession to secure a shock berth in the final -
the eighth of the 23-year-old's career.
Fourth
seed Chinappa, the 12-time Indian national champion from Mumbai, also
had a surprise opponent in the semi-finals - Japan's No8 seed Misaki
Kobayashi, who upset the 2013 runner-up Joey Chan in a
five-game quarter-final.
Chinappa squandered a game ball in the first game to let El Torky take
the opener - but struck back in the next two games to take back the
lead.
World
No20 Chinappa saw El Torky draw level after winning the fourth by a
significant margin - then soon found herself three match balls down at
7-10 in the decider.
However, the momentum shifted again to Chinappa as the determined
Chennai-born 27-year-old ran off five points in a row to clinch the
match 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 3-11, 12-10.
The
success marks the second successive Indian winner of the title after
Dipika Pallikal's triumph in 2013.
"Congratulations to both Joshana and Heba for a great tournament here in
Winnipeg and to all the girls for putting on a great show here in
Winnipeg at the Winnipeg Winter Club Women's Open," said tournament
promoter Trevor Borland.
RESULTS:
1st round:
[1] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [Q] Sina Wall (GER) 11-7,
11-2, 11-4
[5] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt Maria Toorpakai Wazir (PAK)
11-5, 11-7, 11-5
[3] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [WC] Alix Younger (CAN) 11-7,
11-4, 11-5
Heba El Torky (EGY) bt [7] Samantha Teran (MEX) 15-13,
11-6, 5-11, 11-8
[6] Siyoli Waters (RSA) bt Ivonne Diaz (MEX) 11-7, 11-4,
11-3
[4] Joshana Chinappa (IND) bt [Q] Jaycee Spagrud (CAN)
11-7, 11-7, 11-8
[8] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Hollie Naughton (CAN) 11-7,
11-4, 11-5
[2] Joey Chan (HKG) bt Diana Elisa Garcia Fierro (MEX)
11-3, 11-4, 11-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [5] Victoria Lust (ENG)
7-11, 11-7, 11-1, 16-14 (90m)
Heba El Torky (EGY) bt [3] Emily Whitlock (ENG) 7-11,
11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6
[4] Joshana Chinappa (IND) bt [6] Siyoli Waters (RSA)
11-7, 11-7, 11-7
[8] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [2] Joey Chan (HKG) 6-11,
11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11
Semi-finals:
Heba El Torky (EGY) bt [1] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 11-3,
11-6, 12-14, 12-10
[4] Joshana Chinappa (IND) bt [8] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN)
11-7, 11-8, 10-12, 11-9
Final:
[4] Joshana Chinappa (IND) bt Heba El Torky (EGY) 12-14,
11-8, 11-5, 3-11, 12-10
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