Joshna Chinappa's campaign came to an end and so did the Indian challenge in the WISPA money Qatar Airways Squash Championship.
HYDERABAD: Joshna Chinappa’s campaign came to an end and so did the Indian challenge in the WISPA $ 79,500 prize money Qatar Airways Squash Championship at the Secundrabad Club here on Wednesday.
The 10th seed Shelly Kitchen cut to size the error-prone Indian with a 9-4 9-1 7-9 9-4 verdict, to book her place in the last 16 of the championship. “She is a good player and I failed to keep the ball going. The unforced errors cost me the match,” commented Joshna.
Top seed Nicol David routed her rival Raneem El Weleily of Egypt in her opening round in just 23 minutes with a 9-3 9-3 9-2 scoreline. Defending champion Rachael Grinham also announced her presence with a resounding 9-5 9-2 9-0 win over Carla Khan from Pakistan in the opening match of the day. “It is not easy,” summed up Rachael after the match. “She (Carla) has been out of the game for some time, but this a a good comeback.”
Carla is quite content with her form. “I ran out of steam,” agreed Carla who is making a comeback after six months. “This is warm up for the forthcoming tournament in Hong Kong,” she added. Pushed behind by none other than her younger sister Natalie in the world ranking (4), Rachael took some time to settle before booking her place in round two of the championship, where she meets Rebecca Chiu of Hong Kong who beat Runta Reta of Canada 9-3 9-4 9-4.
Of Indian origin, Runta lost her baggage while on her way to Hyderabad in Doha and played with a borrowed racket. On a day when three ranked players were shown the doors, Nicolette Fernandes from Guyana turned out to be the smiling assassin when she sent the 11th seed Annelize Naude of Netherlands packing. Smiling on each occasion while giving away points, the qualifier girl from Guyana Nicolette registered a 9-6 0-9 9-7 9-7 win.
Earlier, the 15 seed Pamela Nimmon of Scotland was beaten by Kasey Brown of Australia 9-3 6-9 9-3 9-4 while, 12 seed Engy Kheirallah of Egypt was beaten by Lauren Briggs 6-9 9-4 9-4 9-3.
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