HONG KONG, May 28:
India’s top squash player Joshna Chinappa fell at the final hurdle after giving a close fight to top seed Joelle King of New Zealand in the PSA HKFC International squash tournament here today.
The New Zealander won by 11-9, 11-9, 9-11 and 11-9.
After coming through two five-game encounters earlier, the third seed Indian still looked fresh for another battle.
Only once has Joshna beaten Joelle earlier in their eight meetings and that too seven years ago. Much has happened since. Joelle is 9th in the world, four rungs above Joshna but it proved a lively match with points going neck and neck. In fact the Indian had led 9-8 in the first game where Joelle came up with three winning drives.(PTI)
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