Ghosal climbs to careerbest world squash ranking

Saurav Ghosal has climbed to his career-best world ranking of 11 while Joshna Chinappa jumped four places to be placed 14th in women’s squash.

As per the October rankings released by the PSA, Ghosal moved up a spot from the previous month’s 12th. Chinappa improved to 14th, which is four short of her career best of 10 she had reached less than two years ago. Dipika Pallikal Karthik dropped four rungs to be on 23.

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WOZNIACKI, KVITOVA IN WTA FINALS

ZURICH:WTA

Finals holder Caroline Wozniacki and former champion Petra Kvitova have clinched places in this month’s season-ending tournament in Singapore, the WTA announced on Thursday. The pair join world number one Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber and Naomi Osaka who have already qualified for the Oct. 21-28 tournament at the Singapore Sports Hub.

CHAWRASIA, HIMMAT T-13 IN TAIWAN

Indian trio of SSP Chawrasia, Himmat Rai and Khalin Joshi carded even par 72 each to lie tied 12th after the first round of the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship on Thursday. They were the best among the 14 Indians in the field this week.

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KSHITIJ BEST INDIAN AT ASIA-PACIFIC

SINGAPORE:India’s

Kshitij Naveed Kaul negotiated the tougher afternoon conditions well enough to return with a one-under 69 on the first day at the Asia-Pacific Amateur Championships. The 17-year-old had four bogeys and three birdies and was lying T-19 in the highly-competitive event,