Joshna Chinappa pulled off a sensational win over eight-time world champion Nicol David in the first round of the USD 107,000 Women's Black Ball Squash Open in Cairo on Monday.
The 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 win was Joshna's third win over the 21st-ranked Malaysian, who is going to retire at the end of the season. The 16th-ranked Indian had also beaten Nicol during the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.
Joshna controlled the first two games, before Nicol bounced back to put up a fight in the third. But the Indian held her nerve to earn a passage into the last 16, where she will face sixth seed Sarah-Jane Perry of England.