New Delhi, April 01: Ace Indian doubles pair of Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal held their nerves to register a sensational victory over the experienced Australian duo of Kasey Brown and Donna Urquhart in the final of the ESR International doubles championship in Manchester.
The Indian pair humbled Urquhart (world number 20) and Brown (world number 10) 11-10 3-11 11-10 in a 72-minute thriller last night.
The Indians clinched two games via sudden-death. Though, the Aussies dominated the match for most part, the Indians played the big points better especially Dipika was sharp in the decider.
On Tuesday, Chinappa and Pallikal had defeated top seeds and world number three England’s Jenny Duncalf and Alison Waters 6-11 11-8 11-4 for a place in the summit round. The English pair had won a medal in the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
–PTI