Joshna, Dipika ensure India's win over Japan

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Press Trust of India Paris
Last Updated : Dec 02 2016 | 7:48 PM IST
Dipika Pallikal Karthik beat Satomi Watanabe in a do-or-die-match as India survived a minor scare before edging out Japan 2-1 in the second Play-off match in the World women's team squash championship here today.
Having beaten Netherlands yesterday and Japan today, India now play Canada next for the ninth and 10 places. On the last occasion India had finished 14th.
The happy ending today was assured by the seasoned Dipika after Joshna's flawless start had put India 1-0 up in the tie. New comer Sunayna Kuruvilla showed lot of confidence against Risa Sugimoto, even led 2-1 in the game scores before she crumbled.
With the match scores 1-1 came Dipika in to show her touch and mood. Leaving nothing to chance she swiftly made short work of Satomi Watanabe in straight games to ensure India's win.
"A touch of uncertainty unfortunately did her in," said national coach Cyrus Poncha, who felt the youngster had otherwise showed much improvement in her approach.

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First Published: Dec 02 2016 | 7:48 PM IST

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