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

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Category : Sports Published on: April 12 2022

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India's Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal defeated Adrian Waller and Alison Waters of England in the mixed doubles finals to win India's first ever gold medal at WSF World Doubles Squash championship.
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.
This is the first gold medal for India at WSF World Doubles Squash championship, which the country had never won before this.