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Joshna crashes out of LA Open
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June 23, 2007 15:50 IST

Joshna Chinappa bowed out of the Epstein Becker & Green Los Angeles Squash Open with a 0-9 6-9, 9-4 8-10 loss to third seed Raneem El Weleily of Egypt in the quarter-finals in Los Angeles on Friday.

The Indian was thoroughly outplayed in the first game, failing to win a single point and it continued in the second as well as Raneem went 5-0 up.

Joshna then staged a comeback in the third game to win it by striking some delightful drops and volleys.

However, the effort turned out to be a flash in the pan as Raneem capitalised on her errors to seal the fourth game and the match in her favour after 27 minutes.

"I didn't want to give her any angles to work with, so I tried to keep it straight and keep the unforced errors down, which I didn't do in the first two games. But I've got to give her credit, she played well," Joshna said after the match.

Earlier, Dipika Pallikal had crashed out in the opening round itself.



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