Squash World Cup 2023, Chennai: Results, scores and standings for Indian team

India’s campaign at the Squash World Cup 2023 ended in the semi-finals after losing to Malaysia 3-0 on Friday at the Express Avenue Mall in Chennai. It was the fourth edition of the team championship which made a return to the international squash calendar after 12 years.

Eight teams - hosts India, Australia, Colombia, Egypt, Hong Kong China, Japan, Malaysia and South Africa - competed for the title at Chennai. Egypt, the defending champions, having won the title in 2011, will face Malaysia in the final on Sunday.

The Squash World Cup 2023 was conducted in two phases - the first group stage and the second knockout/classification stage.

For the group stage, the teams were divided into two pools of four teams each.

Squash World Cup 2023 Chennai pools

Pool A: Egypt, Australia, Malaysia and Colombia

Pool B: India, Japan, South Africa and Hong Kong China

In the group stage, each team played single-legged round-robin ties against the other three in its respective pool. The top two teams from each pool progressed to the semi-finals while the remaining two played classification playoff matches for the fifth to eighth positions.

Each team at the Squash World Cup 2023 consisted of four players - two men and two women. Hence, each tie had four matches - each best of five games. Each game, meanwhile, was a race to seven points.

Asian Games medallists Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal, alongside Tanvi Khanna and Abhay Singh, made up the Indian team for the Squash World Cup 2023.

India topped their group with wins over Hong Kong, South Africa and Japan but lost to Malaysia 3-0 in the semi-finals of the Squash World Cup 2023. 

India have never won a Squash World Cup title. Australia won the inaugural edition in 1996 while England emerged champions in the second edition in 1999.

Squash World Cup 2023: Indian team results, scores and standings

Pool B

India 4-0 Hong Kong

Abhay Singh beat Chung Yat Long 7-2, 7-3, 7-6

Joshna Chinappa beat Ching Hei Fung 7-1, 7-5, 7-5

Saurav Ghosal beat Andes Ling 5-7, 7-2, 7-5, 7-1

Tanvi Khanna beat Toby Tse 5-7, 6-7, 7-1, 7-4, 7-3

India 4-0 South Africa

Tanvi Khanna beat Hayley Ward 7-4, 7-2, 3-7, 7-2

Saurav Ghosal beat Dewald van Niekerk 7-6, 7-4, 7-1

Joshna Chinappa beat Lizelle Muller 7-4, 7-3, 3-7, 7-1

Abhay Singh beat Jean-Pierre Brits 7-4, 3-7, 7-6, 7-5

India 3-1 Japan

Abhay Singh lost to Tomotaka Endo 6-7, 6-7, 2-7

Joshna Chinappa beat Satomi Watanabe 2-7, 7-4, 3-7, 7-5, 7-5

Saurav Ghosal beat Ryunosuke Tsukue 7-6, 6-7, 7-4, 3-7, 7-5

Tanvi Khanna beat Akari Midorikawa 7-4, 7-1, 7-1

*top two teams from Pool B make the semi-finals, bottom two drop to classification matches.

Squash World Cup 2023 points table

Semi-finals

Malaysia 3-0 India

Abhay Singh lost to Ong Sai Hung  4-7, 7-5, 7-1, 1-7, 6-7

Joshna Chinappa lost to Aira Azman 3-7, 3-7, 7-5, 4-7 

Saurav Ghosal lost to Darren Pragasam 5-7, 7-2, 6-7, 5-7