Jakarta, Aug 25 (UNI) India's Dipika Pallikal Karthik on Saturday settled for a bronze medal in squash women's singles after losing to defending champion Nicol David of Malaysia in the semifinals of the 18th Asian Games here.
Dipika lost to former world number one Nicol David 0-3 (7-11 9-11 6-11).
Earlier, the Indian had beaten Japanese Kobayashi Misaki 3-0 in the quarterfinals.
David has won the Asian Games singles titles four times earlier.
Dipika is currently ranked 19th in the world whereas her Malaysian counterpart stands at 9th in Women's rankings.
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