CWG 2022: Joshana Chinappa enters women's singles squash quarterfinals
Commonwealth Games on Sunday. The 18-time national champion kept her calm to recover from a mid-game slump to prevail 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 against Watts to set up a last-eight clash with Canada's Hollie Naughton.
Naughton beat Malaysia's Aifa Azman 3-0 in another match. Looking for an elusive CWG gold medal, Chinappa was lagging 3-5 initially in the opening set but made it 8-8 before taking a 1-0 lead.
Watts, however, made a strong comeback in the second set as she zoomed to 5-1 and even though the Indian made it 9-9 at one stage, the Kiwi managed to gather the last two points to keep herself afloat. Despite the reversal, Chinappa showed better nerves as she built up a 7-3 lead and quickly stepped ahead to make it 2-1.