India wins first ever gold medal at WSF World Doubles Squash championships

India wins first-ever gold medal at WSF World Doubles Squash championships

  • The second seeded Indian duo Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal won the mixed double title at 2022 WSF World Doubles Squash championship at Glasglow on April 09, 2022.
  • The Indian duo thrashed the fourth seeded pair of Adrian Waller and Alison Waters of England in the mixed doubles finals in straight sets 11-6, 11-8.
  • Apart from this, Dipika and Joshna Chinappa paired to win women’s doubles final, 11-9, 4-11, 11-8 defeating England’s Sarah Jane Perry and Waters.
  • Meanwhile, England’s Declan James and James Willstrop beat Scotland’s Greg Lobban and Rory Stewart, 11-10; 11-6, to win men’s doubles final.
  • This is the first gold medal for India at WSF World Doubles Squash championship, which the country had never won before this.

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