Joshna-Dipika settle for bronze at World Doubles Squash Championships

The Indian pair of Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal Karthik settled for a bronze medal after losing to English duo of Jenny Duncalf and Alison Waters in the semifinals of the WSF World doubles squash championship in Manchester yesterday. 

The second seeded Indian combo squandered an advantage to suffer a 11-6, 6-11, 8-11 loss to Jenny and Alison.Joshna and Dipika had



reached the women's doubles last four stage in Manchester on Thursday night, defeating Canadians Samantha Cornett and Nikole Todd 10-11, 11-6, 11-8 and that ensured that India will return with one medal at least.

Earlier yesterday, India's two mixed doubles pairs, Saurav Ghosal and Dipika, and Vikram Malhotra and Joshna crashed out in the quarterfinals.