Joshna Chinappa kept her hopes alive as the Indian entered the pre-quarterfinal round of the British Open Squash, a PSA World Tour Platinum event being held at Hull in England. Though Saurav Ghosal and Ramit Tandon have bowed out of the tournament.
 
Seeded 15 and down below in the draw, Joshna had a bye in the first round but did well in the next late night yesterday when she downed English challenger girl Millie Tomlinson 12-10, 11-3, 11-9.
 
Joshna will face the sixth seeded Sarah-Jane Perry of England tomorrow. However, Ghosal lost 11-9, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6 to fifth seeded Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad. Ramit lost to  James Willstrop in the very first round  11-8, 11-8, 11-1.