Asian Games 2018, Squash, Women's Team Pool B, Day 12: India vs Hong Kong, Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal in action, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results SHARE The match is scheduled to start at 11:00 am IST!<doc-sep>Asian Games 2018, Squash, Men's Team Semifinals, Day 13: India vs Hong Kong, Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, Ramit Tandon in action, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results SHARE India lose 0-2 to Hong Kong, China in the men's semifinal.<doc-sep>JAKARTA: The acrimony between squash players and their coaching staff spilled out in the open at the Asian Games here on Wednesday. The day India ensured a bronze medal in women’s team competition with a win over China, top players took a dig at coach Cyrus Poncha and demanded appointment of a foreign coach with “a higher standard” who can help the seniors move to the next level.They said they are fending for themselves at the Games in the absence of a regular coach. Poncha dismissed their claims as “sad and in bad taste” and questioned the reason behind raising the issue at the Games.“We are just fending for ourselves. When we have tough matches, we try and ask the boys to come and help us. Otherwise, me and Joshna (Chinappa) are doing the job of helping young players in the women’s team,” Dipika Pallikal said after the match. “We need a coach who is hands on with everything. Obviously, it’s hard for us as we are doing the coaching as well right now.”That there was little connect between the players and the coaches Poncha and former national champion Bhuvaneshwari Kumari, who’s also doubling up as manager, was evident during the match against China when Joshna rushed to Dipika for advice instead of the coaches after a surprise loss in the first game against Li Dongjin. She returned to win the next three games and the match to help India wrap-up the tie 3-0. “The players are helping each other out. We are not fortunate enough to have a coach like the players have in badminton and all. We never get someone to travel with us,” Joshna said.The players said that though Poncha has been with the team for a long time, travelling with them since 2002, the time has come to have a foreign coach who can help the seniors as well as junior players in the team.“Cyrus is the national coach on paper, that’s why he travels with us. It would be great to have my own coach. But each of us cannot bring our own coaches. So it would be nice to have a foreign coach travel with the Indian team. It will be great for both seniors and juniors,” said Joshna.Dipika added: “We do have a national coach in Cyrus but unfortunately he does not really train all of us. We all are training abroad – I am training in Egypt, Joshna in England, Saurav (Ghosal) in the USA, Mahesh (Mangaonkar) is in Amsterdam. So it’s obvious we don’t train with him. If we have a coach with a higher standard, we would like to train back at home. It will be a lot easier for us and save a lot of money in travel and accommodation. We trained abroad before the Asian Games but we had no other option.“When you come to events like these, you would like to have a coach who knows a lot about the game. We are used to travelling without a coach, so we really don’t know how it feels like travelling with one. We don’t have that luxury.”Poncha, on his part, said that the players did not raise any questions about the coaching during the Commonwealth Games and questioned the timing. “This really is sad and in bad taste at this point and time. Bhuvaneshwari and I have been travelling with them since 2002 onwards. Why has it (this issue) come out now? Is it because of the game or something else? Is it because of some performances or because of some personal reasons?” he asked.<doc-sep>Indian women players Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa clinched a bronze medal each in the women's singles squash event after going down in their respective semi-final matches of the 18th Asian Games at the GBK- Squash Stadium in Jakarta on Saturday. Dipika, who looked out of touch from the onset of the tie, lost 0-3 (7-11, 9-11, 6-11) to defending champion and former World No.1 Nicol David of Malaysia. Joshna, on the other hand, suffered a 1-3 (5-11, 10-12, 11-5, 10-12) defeat to Malaysia's Sivasangari Subramaniam. The 26-year old Dipika had beaten Japanese Kobayashi Misaki 3-0 in the quarter-finals, while Joshna won aginst Hong Kong's Chan Ho Ling by a similar margin to advance to the last four stage. At the Asiad, both losing semi-finalists bag a bronze and there is no bronze medal play-off. The all-Malaysian final match will feature Nicol David and Sivasangari Subramaniam. David has won the Asian Games singles titles four times earlier. India are currently placed ninth in the medals tally, which is being led by China and followed by Japan in second place. Promoted The Indian contingent have accounted for a total of 27 medals so far, which includes, 6 gold, 5 silver and 16 bronze. (With IANS inputs)<doc-sep>
India’s Joshna Chinappa beat Dongji Li 5-11,11-8, 11-9, 11-6. (PTI Photo) India’s Joshna Chinappa beat Dongji Li 5-11,11-8, 11-9, 11-6. (PTI Photo) In their best ever show at the Asian Games, India were assured of two more medals in squash after the men’s and women’s teams advanced to the semifinals. India dished out a dominating performance as both the men’s and women’s teams won their respective matches by an identical 3-0 margin. India’s top player Saurav Ghosal, who had been rested in the earlier matches, started the proceedings for the men’s team today as he beat Thailand’s Poonsiri Phuwis 11-8, 11-4, 12-10. Ramit Tandon then outclassed Phatraprasit Arnold 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 and Mahesh Mangaonkar routed Jivasuwan Natthakit 11-0, 11-6 11-2 in lop-sided contests to complete a 3-0 drubbing. Earlier, the women’s team comprising Joshana Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, Sunayana Kuruvilla and Tanvi Khanna continued its unbeaten run, defeating China 3-0 in penultimate pool match. Having won all their matches so far, the final set of league matches tomorrow will decide whether India can top its group in the men’s and women’s sections. Ghosal, Pallikal and Chinappa had won bronze medals in their respective singles event last week and with two more medals assured in the team event, this is turning out to be India’s best ever show in squash. India had won four medals in the last edition at Incheon, Korea. It included a maiden silver in women’s team and a gold in men’s team event. Results: Men: India bt Thailand 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Poonsiri Phuwis 11-8, 11-4, 12-10; Ramit Tandon bt Phatraprasit Arnold 11-2, 11-3, 11-6; Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Jivasuwan Natthakit 11-0, 11-6 11-2) Women: India bt China 3-0 (Joshna Chinappa bt Dongji Li 5-11,11-8, 11-9, 11-6; Dipika Pallikal Karthik bt Siyu Duan 11-1, 11-4, 11-5; Sunayna Kuruvilla bt Xinru He 11-3, 11-6, 11-3)