New Delhi: India's squash queen Joshna Chinappa continued her rise, climbing three spots for her career-best 38th rank in the latest world rankings.

The Chennai girl lost 10-8 9-0 9-2 to 27th ranked Mexican Samantha Teran at the Harrow Greenwich Open, her first event of the year.

Joshna improved her performance at the Liberty Bell Open where she defeated 47th ranked English girl Georgina Stoker 9-5 9-3 9-7 in the quarter-final before bowing out to 33rd-placed Italian Manuela Manetta 9-5 9-2 6-9 9-6 in the last four.

At the EBS Dayton Open, the 20-year-old exhibited her potential defeating 28th-ranked Guyanese Nicollet Fernandes 7-9 9-5 9-2 10-8 in the round of 16 and then showed her stamina and grit defeating Englishwoman Rebecca Botwright 6-9 9-10 10-8 9-4 9-3 in the quarters.

However, Joshna was outclassed by world number nine Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy 9-6 9-0 9-0 in the semi-final.

The rankings are led by Malaysian Nicol David ahead of Australian Natalie Grinham, who climbed one spot to relegate her sister Rachael to third place.