India, Oct. 15 -- It had been a decade since Joshna Chinappa last won a tour title. But when that wait ended, on Monday at the $15,000 Challenger event in Yokohama, Japan, the 39-year-old took some time to remember a long-forgotten feeling.

"It took me a few seconds to realise that I'm done with this tournament," Chinappa said to HT. "There's no more getting ready for play the next day, no need to think about what you're eating for dinner, warming up. You're so focused that the minute the match is over, you're thinking about the next one. I'm just so relieved that I was done with it. I was out of the zone and didn't need to be there for some time."

For the most part of the Japan Open, she was making all the right moves.

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