Dipika Pallikal wins Australian Open Squash 2016 title

India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal on 13 August 2016 won the Australian Open Squash women’s singles title in Melbourne.
•    To win the title, the top seed Dipika defeated eighth seed Mayar Hany of Egypt 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-4 in the 40-minute final.
•    For Dipika, this was the first title win in 2016. Earlier, in February 2015, she won the Winnipeg Winter Open in Canada.
•    She is the first Indian to break into the top 10 in the PSA Women's rankings.
•    Dipika came to prominence in 2011, when she won three WISPA tour titles to attain a career-best ranking of 13th.
•    In the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, she won the women’s doubles titles pairing with Joshna Chinappa.
•    She became the first squash player to receive prestigious Arjuna Award in 2012. In 2014, she won Padma Shri honour.