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Indian professional squash player

Joshna Chinappa, Monte Carlo Squash In character 2024
Country	India
Born	(1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 38) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Turned pro	2003
Coached by	Hadrian Stiff
Racquet used	Tecnifibre
Highest ranking	No. 10 (July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 33 (December 2022)
Title(s)	11
Tour final(s)	21
PSA profile
Updated on 13 Apr 2022.

Joshna Chinappa (born 15 Sep 1986) is an Indian white-collar squash player.^[1] She reached span career-high world ranking of #10 in 2016.

She was representation first Indian to win say publicly British Junior Open in 2005.

Chinappa was the youngest Amerindian women's national champion and enquiry the record-holder of most civil championship wins with 18 laurels. In 2024, she was awarded India's fourth-highest civilian honour, decency Padma Shri by the Rule of India.^[2]

At the 2014 Land Games Joshna, along with Dipika Pallikal, won the doubles gilded medal, India's first-ever Commonwealth Glee medal in the sport.^[3][4] Influence pair won a silver honor at the 2018 edition.^[5] Dress warmly the 2017 Asian Championships, she won the gold medal, obsequious the first Asian squash Winner from India.^[6]

In April 2018, Joshna upset Nicol David in excellence second round, in straight courageouss, of the El Gouna Imitation Series Event.

This was separate of her more prominent upsets.^[7]

Early life

Joshna Chinnappa was born sham Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on 15 September 1986.^[8] Her father Anjan Chinappa runs a coffee farmstead at Coorg.^[9] Her great uncle, K.M. Cariappa, who was justness first commander-in-chief of the Asian Army in independent India, old stager, and father were all humiliate players.^[9][10] Joshna started playing crush at the age of figure.

When she was eight, she considered whether to pursue badminton or tennis. Eventually, she chose squash which she started carrying out at the Madras Cricket Club.^[10] Her father, who represented justness Tamil Nadu squash team, was also her first coach.^[10][9]

Joshna was the first beneficiary of significance Mittal Champions Trust established saturate Mahesh Bhupati with funding immigrant Lakshmi Mittal.^[11][12]

Career

2000–2008

In 2000, Joshna won her first junior and postpositive major national championship titles.^[13][14] She became the youngest player to clutch both titles at the intimidate of 14.^[14] In 2003, Joshna made history by winning honesty British Junior Open title speak the U17 category when she was 16.^[9][15] The next crop, she reached the final be more or less the U19 category of magnanimity same competition, losing to Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy.^[15] In 2005, she came back to leadership same tournament again and assured the title after beating Tenille Swartz of South Africa.^[1][15] Affix July 2005, Joshna competed profit the World Junior Squash Championships in Belgium, reaching the finals.^[16] She was defeated by Raneem El Weleily of Egypt.

She had also played this contest in 2003, when she reached the last eight.^[16]

In 2007, Joshna said that she had contracted to change coaches from Mohammad Medhaat to Malcolm Willstrop.^[14] Joshna won her first WISPA materialize title in 2008 when she won the NSC Super Hanger-on No 3 in Malaysia, brush aside beating Low Wee Wern.^[1][17] Grandeur following week, she defeated Wern again in the NSC Fabulous Satellite to claim her second-best tour title.^[1][17] At this every time, she was at her calling best PSA World rank be in the region of 39.^[14][17]

2010–2012

In 2010, Joshna won significance German Ladies Open, beating Gaby Schmohl 11–6, 11–7, 11–6 outburst Saarbrücken.

This was her rooms tour title and first outer shell Europe.^[1][18] In 2011, she won the Windy City Open unwelcoming beating her compatriot Dipika Pallikal 3–2 in the final.^[19]

Joshna featured an injury layoff in Respected while playing in the Hamptons Open.^[20] When she came stash away after a seven-month break herbaceous border May 2012, she clinched leadership WISPA title in the 2012 Chennai Open in her hometown.^[20] Joshna defeated Sarah Jane Commodore of England 9–11, 11–4, 11–8, 12–10.^[21]

2014

In February, Joshna won authority Winter Club Women's Open.^[22] Utilize April, she won the Richmond Open, upsetting Australia's former terra champion Rachael Grinham 11–9, 11–5, 11–8.

This was her leading win against Rachael in sextet meetings.^[23] In March, she reached her new career-high PSA environment ranking of 19.^[24]

In August, Joshna and Dipika entered the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow type the fifth-seeds in women's doubles. After winning every match pop into the group stage, they highest to quarterfinals, in which they beat Joelle King and Amanda Land-Murphy in straight games.^[25] They beat the second-seeded Australian threatening of Rachael Grinham and Kasey Brown in the semifinals get in touch with reach the final, where they defeated the English pair own up Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro.

They accomplished the upset multiply by two against the top-seeded pair bit less than 28 minutes engage scores of 11–6, 11–8.^[26] Joshna and Dipika made history by virtue of winning the gold medal concede the event. This was India's first-ever squash medal in magnanimity Commonwealth Games.^[27]

2015

In May, Joshna reached the semifinals at the 2015 HKFC International, but failed sentinel beat Annie Au from Hong Kong.^[1][28] In August, she won the Victorian Open in Land for her tenth tour caption.

She beat Line Hansen come across Denmark 11–5, 11–4, 11–9.^[29] Attach importance to September, she won the NSCI Open title, by beating Egypt's Habiba Mohamed 11–8, 11–9, 11–6. Joshna was injured during greatness second game of the fellow, after Mohamed unintentionally struck sit on on the face with representation racket.^[30][31]

In October, Joshna beat Salma Hany from Egypt 11–9, 8–11, 5–11, 11–8, 11–9 to display the semifinals of the 2015 Carol Weymuller Open.^[32] Joshna was defeated by Joelle King elaborate the semifinals.

In the chief round of the Qatar Exemplar, Joshna defeated Raneem El Welily from Egypt, the World Rebuff. 1 at the time.^[33] Esteem December 2015, Joshna achieved an alternative career-high world rank of 13. She become the highest-ranked Amerindic woman player, overtaking Dipika plod rankings for the first time.^[34]

2016

In February, Joshna participated in justness 2016 Cleveland Classic in dignity United States, where she was knocked out by Camille Serme in the quarterfinals.^[35] Then she competed at the 2016 Southward Asian Games in Guwahati restructuring the top-seed.

She won treasure after defeating her Pakistani emulator Maria Toorpaki Wazir 10–12, 11–7, 11–9, 11–7.^[36]

In May, Joshna reached the semifinals of the 2016 HKFC International in Hong Kong. This time she was beneficial to beat Annie Au 3–2, to whom she had misplaced the same title the sometime year.^[37] However, she lost neat the finals to New Zealand's Joelle King.^[38] In July, Joshna rose to her new career-high ranking of 10, becoming loftiness second Indian to break run into the world's top 10 sustenance Dipika.^[39] In August, Joshna participated in the 2016 SRAM Invitational in Malaysia.

She managed withstand reach the finals after birching Joelle King in the semi, but was defeated by Asian Nicol David in the final.^[40]

In October, Joshna reached the finals of the 2016 Otters General in Mumbai after beating Tesni Evans 3–1, 11–6, 15–13, 9–11, 11–8.^[41][42] She lost to Hong Kong rival Annie Au quickwitted the finals 9–11, 11–13, 7–11.^[43] In November, she participated dash the 2016 World Team Mold Championships in Paris with Dipika, Akanksha Salunkhe, and Sunayna Kuruvilla on the women's team.^[44] Description Indian team did not thin for the knockout stage all-round the championship.

2017

In March, Joshna competed in the 2017 Land Open Squash Championship. She departed in the second round peer against Raneem El Welily.^[45] Detain April, she participated in depiction 2017 Asian Individual Squash Championships, which took place in City. She reached the finals situation she faced Palikkal.

Joshna won the long match 13–15, 12–10, 11–13, 11–4, 11–4, becoming authority first Asian Squash Champion immigrant India.^[6][46] In an interview, she said that winning this fame was her biggest achievement.^[47]

In Honourable, Joshna partnered with Dipika completed play in the World Doubles Squash Championship.

As the second-seeds, they cruised into the quarterfinals^[48] and beat Samantha Cornett arm Nikole Todd 10–11, 11–6, 11–8 to enter the semifinals.^[49] They settled for a bronze order after being defeated by Ass Duncalf and Alison Waters.^[50]

In Sept, Joshna won her 15th formal championship title at the 74th National Squash Championships which took place in Greater Noida.

That put her only one headline short of the record convey most number of national assistance titles.^[51] Later that month, she played in the 2017 HKFC International as the third-seed. She advanced to the final, on the other hand lost to Nour El Tayebl.^[52]

2018

In April, Joshna participated in leadership 2018 Commonwealth Games.

She reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles event after beating Tamika Saxby from Australia,^[53] but misplaced to Joelle King 11–5, 11–6, 11–9.^[54] In April, Joshna won her second-round match at Mingle Gouna International against the eight-time world champion Nicol David hillock straight games.^[7] She lost guarantee the quarterfinals.^[55] In August, Joshna reached the semifinals at distinction 2018 Asian Games.

She won the semifinal match against Nicol David 12–10, 11–9, 6–11, 10–12, 11–9.^[56] She lost to Sivasangari Subramaniam in the final, meticulous settled for the silver medal.^[57] In October, Joshna reached justness quarterfinals of the Carol Weymuller Open.^[58]

2019

In March, Joshna reached interpretation quarterfinals of the Black Urgent Open, where she lost unite Joelle King.^[59] She went self-possessed in the semifinals of probity Macau Open in April.^[60] Critical May, she won the 2019 Asian Individual Squash Championships, stern beating Annie Au in influence final.^[61] Joshna won her Ordinal national squash champion title subtract June, breaking the record engaged by Bhuvneshwari Kumari who confidential won the national title 16 times.^[62] In the World Flatten Championship which took place complicated October, Joshna lost to Joy El Sherbini of Egypt feigned the pre-quarterfinal.^[63]

2020

In February, Joshna won her 18th national title take away the 77th Senior National Championship.^[64]

Titles

On 2 February 2014, Joshna won the Winnipeg Winter Open honours – her maiden WSA planet title, by defeating Egypt's Heba El Torky 11-13 11-8 11-5 3-11 12–10 in the final.^[65] Her other titles are:

• Asian Games, 2018 - Bronze (Singles), Silver (Team)
• Commonwealth Games, 2018 - Silver (Doubles)
• Asian Squash Title, 2017- Winner
• NSC Series No.

  6 (Tour 12) 2009 – Winner

• British Poorer Open, 2005 – Winner
• Asian Subordinate, 2005 – Winner
• World Junior Championships, Belgium, 2005 – Runner-up
• British Unbolted Junior, 2004 – Runner-up
• SAF Dauntlesss, Pakistan, 2004 – Gold
• Hong Kong event, 2004 – Runner-up
• Asian Benefaction, 2004 – Bronze
• Malaysian Junior, 2004 – Winner
• Indian National Junior, 2004 – Winner
• Indian National Senior, 2004 – Winner

Rivalry with Dipika Pallikal

Joshna and Dipika are considered laugh India's top performing women choose of all time, as they both had reached top 10 in the world in their careers.^[66] Joshna says that grandeur so-called rivalry between the flash is hyped up by glory media.

They are both aggressive but get along well, despite the fact that they are often roommates muddle up events, and teammates in handiwork such as the Commonwealth Games.^[67] The two together won dignity Women’s Doubles Gold Medal populate the 2022 Squash World Doubles Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

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