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Joshna Chinappa was crowned as the national champion for a record 16th time after she defeated compatriot Urwashi Joshi 9-11, 11-1, 11-6, 11-5 on Sunday. Chinappa, who is the youngest national champion, equalled the previous women's record of 16 titles that Bhuvaneswari Kumari had won in the past.

Saurav Ghosal defeated Egypt’s Zahed Salem in a closely-fought final to emerge champion at the Kolkata International invitational squash meet on Sunday. He will take part in the Hong Kong meet and another championship in Egypt but will skip the National Championship to be held in December.

After a defeat in the first round yesterday, India scripted a 3-0 win over hosts China in a Group C league game to keep its hopes of qualifying for the knock out phase alive in the WSF women's world team championship at Dalian in China. India will meet France in their last match tomorrow.

The Indian squash team will have to make do with three bronze medals in the ongoing edition of the Asian Games after Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa lost in their respective semi-final matches. The wait now is for the team competitions which should get underway in two days time.