New Delhi | Jagran Sports Desk: In a historic win for India, the squash mixed duo of Dipika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal brought home India’s first-ever gold medal at the World Doubles Squash Championships. The duo defeated England’s Adrian Waller and Alison Waters in straight games 2-0 (11-6, 11-8) to become the new world champions.
“Introducing your new World Champions! Congratulations to 🇮🇳 indiasquash’s Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal, who have won the mixed doubles world championship title after beating 🏴 Waller and Waters 2-0 (11-6, 11-8)!,” World Squash tweeted.
Dipika won her second gold medal in the women’s doubles finals with Joshna Chinappa after defeating Sarah-Jane Perry and Alison Waters of England.
On India’s historic win Indian squash federation (SRFI) general secretary Cyrus Poncha said: “I am absolutely delighted with this result; 20 years ago, the federation set out a target to win a World Championship, which has been achieved today. Saurav, Dipika and Joshna have dedicated their life to squash, and this result is evidence of the same.”
“A special mention here needs to be made to N. Ramachandran. Over the past 30 years, his support for squash has been unparalleled. Without his vision in the 1990s, we would not have had the Indian Squash & Triathlon Academy or the international training expertise. All these 3 athletes have been trainees of the academy. This World Championship title is a testament to his long-standing support for squash,” he added.
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