Joshna wins her 15th National squash crown

Joshna and Ghosal, the flagbearers of Indian squash for the past decade, were stretched in the finals by Lakshya Ravendran and Mahesh Mangaonkar respectively before getting home in four games. 

Top seed Joshna, who had lost to Dipika Pallikal in the final last year, regained the trophy with a 11-6 8-11 11-2 11-4 victory over Lakshya. The World No 14 is now one shy of equalling Bhuvneshwari Kumari’s record of 16 national titles. 

Later in the day, Ghosal got the better of Mangaonkar in a closely-contested final with the final score line reading 11 -8, 11-13, 11-9, 11-6 in favour of the Kolkata man.

It was the second year in a row that squash nationals offered equal prize money with eventual winners receiving Rs 1.5 lakh each.