India's Joshana Chinappa picked up the eighth WSA World Tour title of her career when she outlasted Egypt's Heba El Torky in the final of the Winnipeg Winter Club Women's Open, the WSA Tour 15 squash event in its fifth year at the Winnipeg Winter Club in Winnipeg, Canada.
Unseeded El Torky was the event's talking point throughout the week. The world No39 from Alexandria brushed aside No7 seed Samantha Teran, third seed Emily Whitlock and then event favourite Nicolette Fernandes in quick succession to secure a shock berth in the final - the eighth of the 23-year-old's career.
Fourth seed Chinappa, the 12-time Indian national champion from Mumbai, also had a surprise opponent in the semi-finals - Japan's No8 seed Misaki Kobayashi, who upset the 2013 runner-up Joey Chan in a five-game quarter-final.
Chinappa squandered a game ball in the first game to let El Torky take the opener - but struck back in the next two games to take back the lead.
World No20 Chinappa saw El Torky draw level after winning the fourth by a significant margin - then soon found herself three match balls down at 7-10 in the decider.
However, the momentum shifted again to Chinappa as the determined Chennai-born 27-year-old ran off five points in a row to clinch the match 12-14, 11-8, 11-5, 3-11, 12-10.