Indian doubles squash players earn group wins

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Last Updated : Jul 31 2014 | 12:25 AM IST

India's doubles squash players earned wins in their respective categories at the Commonwealth Games here Wednesday.

Men's doubles pair Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Sandhu won 11-7, 11-3 over Uganda's Paul Kadoma and Michael Kawooya. They had earlier beaten Cayman Islands but lost to Wales to finish second in Pool G.

Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal then followed it up with wins over Malaysians Low Wee Wern and Nicol David (11-8, 11-5) and New Zealand's Megan Craig and Kylie Lindsay to top Pool D of the women's doubles with three wins.

In mixed doubles action, Sandhu and Joshana drubbed Paul Coll and Amanda Landers-Murphy 11-8, 11-10 to win their first Pool G match while Ghosal and Dipika beat Canada's Shawn Delierre and Sam Cornett 11-3, 11-2 to win their second and final Pool E match to top the group.

The knockout draws will be released after the pool stages are completed.

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First Published: Jul 31 2014 | 12:16 AM IST

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