The Indian men's hockey team continued its winning momentum after registering a one-sided win over Singapore in its second match of the ongoing Hangzhou Asian Games.
The top-seeded Indian men's team routed Indonesia 3-0 to finish with an unbeaten record after five matches in Pool A, the women (seeded 3rd) put it across Iran 3-0 to end up second behind Malaysia in Pool B.
The top-seeded Indian men's team won its first two matches in the 20th Asian Squash Championship; defeating Iraq and Philippines.
The 20th Asian Team Championship -- both men and women -- is slated in Kuala Lumpur from November 30 to December 4 while the Worlds event will take place in the same city from December 7.
Ghosal and Chinappa were in Kolkata and Chennai respectively when the nation wide lockdown was enforced in March to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
India's highest-ranked squash player Joshna Chinappa hoped for a return to squash courts by September.
The 33-year-old had entered the top-10 for the first time in 2016. Dipika Pallikal is the other Indian female player who has achieved the feat.
Saurav Ghosal is a 13-time national champion and current world no. 13 while Joshna Chinappa has won the national title 18 times and she is ranked 12th in the world.
El Sherbini, the reigning World Champion, continued with her formidable title defense as she beat Joshna Chinappa 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 to reach the quarters.
Ghosal, the top seed and finalist last year, ensured there was no slip this time when he downed the fourth seed Leo Au Chun Ming, also of Hong Kong, in straight games 11-9, 11-2, 11-8.
Joshna and Dipika, who lifted the gold in Glasgow, failed to match the intensity of their opponents in Sunday's summit clash.
There was no stopping the Indian weightlifting juggernaut with Sanjita Chanu and Deepak Lather adding a gold and bronze to the team's tally, while the shuttlers and boxers continued to be unbeaten on the second day of the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
World No. 14 Chinappa dominated proceedings from the beginning cruising past Australia's Tamika Saxby, who never looked in contention, for an 11-3, 11-6, 11-2 win.
Joshna Chinappa defeated Annie Au of Hong Kong 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 to reach the final.
In the quarterfinal on Thursday, Joshna and Dipika are scheduled to take on the Group A runner up Samantha Cornett and Nikole Todd of Canada.
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