Chennai: After a gap of over three years,
Dipika Pallikal will be making a return to the circuit after she was named in the Indian team for the WSF World doubles squash championships to be held in Glasgow from April 5-9.
The 31-year-old Dipika, who took a break from the sport in 2018 and had welcomed twins last year, has been training for the last couple of months.
Dipika last featured in the US Open, a PSA Platinum Tour event, at Philadelphia in October 2018.
Dipika will be partnering with the seasoned
Joshna Chinappa in the women’s doubles and have the company of
Saurav Ghosal in the mixed doubles category at the tournament.
“Dipika has been training hard and working on her game in the last couple of months. With not many doubles events happening over the last couple of years due to the Covid-19 pandemic --- we have picked this team based on past performances,” Cyrus Poncha, secretary general of SRFI (Squash Rackets Federation of India), told TOI.
The squad is likely going to assemble in Chennai in the last week of next month for a camp. “We will have a camp before players depart for Glasgow,” Cyrus said.
This will be the first assignment for newly-appointed coach Chris Walker.
Squad: men’s doubles: Vikram Malhotra, Ramit Tandon; women’s doubles: Joshna Chinappa, Dipika Pallikal; Mixed doubles: Saurav Ghosal, Dipika Pallikal;
Vikram Malhotra and Joshna Chinappa
Selection trials for CWG & Asiad in April: Selection trials will be held in April to pick players for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and Hangzhou Asian Games, informed Poncha.
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