By Admin 
Former world No. 10 Joshna Chinappa rallied to beat Egyptian second seed Nardine Garas in a five-game thriller in the quarterfinals of the HCL Squash Indian Tour 4 at the Indian Squash Academy here on Wednesday (December 3, 2025).
Velavan Senthilkumar and Anahat Singh, the reigning men’s and women’s National champions respectively, and top seeds, recorded straight-games victories while men’s second seed Veer Chotrani bowed out.
In the semifinals on Thursday (December 4, 2025), Joshna, 39, will meet sixth-seed compatriot Tanvi Khanna, who edged out Hong Kong’s Nga Ching Cheng over five games.
The results (Quarterfinals; Indians unless specified): Men: Velavan Senthilkumar bt Joseph White (Aus) 11-9, 11-3,11-5; Diego Gobbi (Bra) bt Daniel Poleshchuk (Isr) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3; Maceo Levy (Fra) bt Ibrahim Elkabbani (Egy) 5-11, 11-5, 3-11, 14-12, 11-6; Adam Hawal (Egy) bt Veer Chotrani 11-9, 11-7, 11-8.
Women: Hayley Ward (RSA) bt Ching Hei Fung (HK) 11-9, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-7; Anahat Singh bt Akari Midorikawa (Jpn) 11-2, 11-2, 11-8; Tanvi Khanna bt Nga Ching Cheng (HK) 7-11, 12-10, 14-12, 7-11, 11-4; Joshna Chinappa bt Nardine Garas (Egy) 6-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7.