Dipika storms into semi-finals

She made it two wins over seeded players in as many days after having beaten fourth-seed Emily Whitlock in round one. It would be her biggest PSA World Tour semifinal since 2014. 

Pallikal was in fine form in her match against sixth seeded Whitlock and continued in the same vein against her American rival yesterday. She had in fact lost to Blatchford in the first round of the same event in 2015. 

The first game saw the Indian come up with some composed squash and well-structured rallies to go four game balls up before the sixth-seed fought back. She said after some unimpressive results in the summer, things were falling in place.