Country | India | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Chennai | ||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 86 (August 2010) | ||||||||||||||
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Anwesha Reddy (born 3 September 1991) is an Indian female squash player. [1] [2] She was a member of the Indian women's squash team which claimed bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games though she was a non-participant during the team event.
Anwesha also represented India at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and competed in the women's singles. [3] [4] She also competed in the 2010 Women's World Team Squash Championships and achieved her career best ranking of 86 during the tournament. Anwesha Reddy has trained at the ICL-TNSRA squash academy which is situated in Chennai.
Natalie Marie Grinham is an Australian former professional squash player. During her career, she has won three Commonwealth Games gold medals, and finished runner-up at both the World Open and the British Open. She reached her highest career ranking in 2007 when she became the World No. 2. She represented Australia in international squash competitions up to 2006. She is married to the Dutch squash player Tommy Berden, and took up Dutch citizenship in February 2008. Both Tommy and Natalie became the first husband and wife team to win a joint championship in squash after winning the respective trophies at the inaugural edition of the Tranzparanz Open in June 2006 which was held in Almere, Netherlands.
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