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Bopanna, who is 42, became the oldest World No. 1 in men's doubles, surpassing USA's Rajeev Ram, who held the position at the age of 38 in October 2022.
Dipika Pallikal is playing her first Commonwealth Games less than a year after giving birth to twin boys. The pair had won the mixed doubles title in the World Doubles in Glasgow where Dipika partnered Joshna Chinappa to the women`s doubles title in April this year.
Manika Batra, PV Sindhu, Harmanpreet Kaur's India women cricket team and India women hockey team will be in action on Day 1 of the Commonwealth Games 2022.
Squash players Saurav Ghosal, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal are genuine medal contenders at CWG and Asiad this year and were part of TOPS heading into the two multi-sporting events back in 2018.
Dipika, who is married to RCB cricketer Dinesh Karthik, gave birth to twins last year.
Joshna Chinappa upstaged eight-time world champion Nicol David as the Indian women's squash team outplayed defending champions Malaysia 2-0 to enter its second successive Asian Games final here on Friday.
The 16th seeded Indian, after beating eight-time world champion Nicol David, went down against Massaro in straight games.
India's leading squash players, Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal, returned to a warm welcome here late on Monday night after winning silver medals at the Commonwealth Games (CWG) in Gold Coast.
The Tamil Nadu government on Monday lauded sportspersons from the state who had won medals at the just concluded 21st Commonwealth Games in Australia, and announced rich cash incentives for their feats.
Defending champions Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa bagged the silver in women's doubles squash at the 21st Commonwealth Games, after losing to New Zealand's Joelle King and Amanda Landers-Murphy in Gold Coast on Sunday. The Indian duo lost 0-2 (9-11, 8-11) to the Kiwis in the pulsating 22-minute summit clash at the Oxenford Studios.
The experienced Indian duo registered a fantastic come-from-behind 2-1 (7-11, 11-5, 11-9) win over Canada's Samantha Cornett and Nikki Todd in the quarter-final at the Oxenford Studios here.
The Glasgow doubles gold medallists beat the Wales pair 2-1 (11-8, 7-11, 11-8) in a 30-minute battle.
Joshna Chinappa on Friday advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles even as compatriots Dipika Pallikal and Vikram Malhotra crashed out of the Commonwealth Games on the second day of the games. Chinappa took a little less than half hour to crush Australia's Tamika Saxby 3-0.
A nine-member Indian squash team, led by Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik, left for Gold Coast on Saturday to participate in the Commonwealth Games to be held from April 4-15.
Ghosal showed his mettle by dislodging the third seed Marwan Elshorbagy of Egypt in the first round 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 to reach the milestone of 200 match wins in the PSA circuit.
In the women's doubles Joshna and Dipika, the second seeds came, back from a game down to beat the lower seeded Canadians Samantha and Nikole
Joshna, who had won the historic Commonwealth Games doubles gold with Dipika Pallikal in Glasgow three years ago, edged her longtime teammate in another tense battle in Chennai yesterday.
The two Indian women made the final of the tournament with contrasting wins on Saturday.
Chinappa, who who had slipped to 12th after initially breaking into top-10 in July, has regained the position even as Pallikal held on to the 19th position.
Women's champion Joshna Chinappa supported Ghosal's views, saying squash deserved its place in the Olympics.
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