Joshna Chinappa loses to Nour El Tayeb of Egypt in final of HKFC International squash tournament

Hong Kong: Indian squash star Joshna Chinappa’s hopes of winning the title went up in smoke after she lost in the final of the $25,000 HKFC International to Egyptian Nour El Tayeb on Saturday. [caption id=“attachment_2888204” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File photo of Joshna Chinappa. AFP[/caption] El Tayeb raced to a straight game victory in the final of the tournament, a major PSA World tour event. The former Egyptian national champion, currently ranked 14, two rungs below Joshna, defeated the third seeded Indian 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 to lift only her fourth PSA title, the last coming more than a year ago. The Indian had on Friday shocked top seed Annie Au of Hong Kong to storm into the final.