Dipika cruises to second round
Dipika Pallikal registered a comefrom behind victory over local challenger Liu Tsz Ling to enter the second round of the Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open here.
Pallikal, seeded 12th, showed great skill and determination to beat Ling 7-11 11-6 11-1 11-5 in the first
round of the PSA World Series squash event at the Hong Kong Squash Centre.
The Chennai girl will meet third seed Jenny Duncalf of England in the next round of the USD 70,000 WISPA event. In the men's section, India's Siddharth Suchde lost to Ryan Cuskelly of Australia 6-11 4-11 4-11 in the qualifying final.
In the first qualifying round, Suchde had defeated Hong Kong's Alex Lau 11-6 11-2 11-5 in 30 minutes.
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