chennai dipika pallikal and joshana chinappa made history after winning the countrys firstever gold medal in squash at the 2014 glasgow games four years later the squash duo will be expected to retain the gold at the gold coast games beginning from april 4 however it wont be easythe squash duo will be without foreign coach achraf el karargui who has been shaping up their journey for the last one and a half years after the egyptian departed acrimoniously last month under the circumstances joshana and dipika are depending on their understanding and camaraderie to wade through the tough situation see the situation is definitely not what we would have liked but then we have to still give our very best as professionals we still have a good support system and we all have each other i think we will be fine joshana told toidipika on the other hand feels that the team will be missing a very important figure in gold coast its a big loss to the team he was a great coach and an asset to the team he always fought for his players and stood by them no matter what and you dont get that very often but whatever has happened is in the past and i think we cant brood over it before one of the biggest tournaments of our lives dipika saidthe world no 20 dipika said she is still in touch with karargui even after his departure of course i am still in touch with him he is my coach at the end of the day i travelled to egypt to train under him even after he left he is someone who influenced me a lot in the last two years be it on and off court i know he is only a phone call away if i ever need anythingthough they are the defending champions both joshana and dipika are aware of the tough road that lies ahead of them i think we have a realistic chance in all categories this timedipika said all of us have trained hard and its important we keep our body injury free till the lead up to the games and enjoy every moment in gold coast the field is extremely strong and we will get a feel of the courts only when we travel to australia but we are ready for the challengeincidentally the courts for the upcoming games have been laid down in sound stage 9 one of the biggest studios in the world where the marvel movie thor was shot her doubles partner joshana said that the chances of another doubles medal will be higher because they have matured as players in the last four years representing india at a commonwealth games is always a great feeling we have been a part of a camp for a week now everyone is here training together it has been a lot of fun lot of hard work joshana who is ranked 16th in the world saidobviously