{"id":40279,"date":"2018-08-26T12:14:48","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T12:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/?p=40279"},"modified":"2018-08-26T12:14:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-26T12:14:48","slug":"asian-games-2018-dipika-pallikal-joshna-chinappa-win-bronze-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/asian-games-2018-dipika-pallikal-joshna-chinappa-win-bronze-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Games 2018: Dipika Pallikal, Joshna Chinappa win bronze medal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>India\u2019s medal run at the Asian Games 2018 continued on Saturday as Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa clinched bronze medals in women\u2019s singles squash after losing their semifinal matches.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dipka lost her semifnal to defending champion Malaysia\u2019s Nicol David. The 26-year-old suffered a defeat in straight sets against the former World number one 3-0 . Later in the day, Chinappa failed to match up to the level of her 19-year-old opponent Sivasangari Subramaniam losing 1-3 .<\/p>\n<p>Dipika had defeated Japan\u2019s Kobayashi Misaki in straight sets on Friday to reach the quarters. But against the three-time Asian Games Champion, the Commonwealth Games 2018 women\u2019s double silver medallist Palliakal could do little to counter the pressure and make way into the final.<\/p>\n<p>With Pallikal\u2019s win, India secured their 26th medal at the Asian Games 2018. It is Pallikal\u2019s third medal at the Asian Games. She won a silver in 2014 in Women\u2019s team squash event and a bronze in Women\u2019s singles event at the same event.<\/p>\n<p>Dipika led 5-2 and 4-1 in the first two games but Nicol had enough experience to race away with the win. Dipika said playing against former world number one Nicol, currently ranked ninth, was not easy. \u201cShe is experienced and knows how to handle every situation, thrown at her. She was world number one for 10 years for a reason. I am happy I played well. It\u2019s unfortunate that I was in top-half to play with Nicol,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a gold to achieve in team event. you can\u2019t think much about what has happened in the singles. It\u2019s hard to regroup and comeback but we have to do it. We don\u2019t want to celebrate as yet, we have a bigger target to achieve,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if a few calls which went against her perturbed her, Dipika said, \u201cWe are used to it. It\u2019s part and parcel of the game. She has been playing Asian Games for a long time, she is very experienced. I think you have take positives out of it. I am only 26, I have few more Asian Games to go. 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