Joshna, who lost to Anahat in the previous PSA Tour event in Indore, on Thursday defeated sixth seed compatriot Tanvi Khanna 6-11, 12-10, 11-1, 5-11, 11-5, while Anahat took down South African third seed Hayley Ward 11-8, 11-6, 11-6,<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, in the men's section, top seed Senthilkumar edged out French seventh seed Maceo Levy 13-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, and will meet unseeded Egyptian Adam Hawal for the title.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, the 39-year-old Joshna Chinappa, who won the Japan Open in October and finished runner-up in the Daly College Indian Open last month, rallied to beat Egyptian second seed Nardine Garas in a five-game thriller on Wednesday, as four Indians advanced to the last-four stage in Chennai.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the reigning men\u2019s and women\u2019s National champions respectively, and top seeds, recorded straight-games victories at the Indian Squash Academy, while men\u2019s second seed Veer Chotrani bowed out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
World No. 46 Senthilkumar dismantled Sri Lanka\u2019s Ravindu Laksiri 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, while Delhi teenager Anahat, ranked 29 in the world, eased past Tamara Holzbauerova (Czech Republic) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 in the pre-quarterfinals after the Indian top seeds received first-round byes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The results (Quarterfinals; Indians unless specified):<\/p>\r\n\r\n
World No. 46 Senthilkumar dismantled Sri Lanka\u2019s Ravindu Laksiri 11-7, 11-8, 11-7, while Delhi teenager Anahat, ranked 29 in the world, eased past Tamara Holzbauerova (Czech Republic) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 in the pre-quarterfinals after the Indian top seeds received first-round byes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: 3-Hayley Ward (RSA) bt 5-Ching Hei Fung (HK) 11-9, 11-8, -11, 7-11, 11-7; 1-Anahat Singh bt 8-Akari Midorikawa (Jpn) 11-2, 11-2, 11-8; 6-Tanvi Khanna bt 4-Nga Ching Cheng (HK) 7-11, 12-10, 14-12, 7-11, 11-4; Joshna Chinappa bt 2-Nardine Garas (Egy) 6-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n