Joshna Chinnapa won IJM Land Penang Open Squash title 2012

Oct 30, 2012, 17:53 IST

Sports Current Affairs 2012. Joshna Chinappa, one of the top squash players of India claimed the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating top most squash player Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia in straight games on 30 October 2012

Joshna Chinappa, one of the top squash players of India claimed the IJM Land Penang Open after defeating top most squash player Siti Munirah Jusoh of Malaysia in straight games on 30 October 2012.

Joshna Chinappa defeated her Malaysian opponent Siti Munirah Jusoh with 11-9 11-7 11-1 in a 34-minute match between them at the Nicol David International Squash Centre. Both had dropped just one game to finish for the route to the final.

Joshna Chinappa is the first Indian girl who had won the British Squash Championship title in 2003 in the under 19 category, at Sheffield in U.K and she is also counted among the youngest Indian women's national champion.

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