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Asian Junior Squash Championship Team Event, 24th Jan 2009
Malaysia made history and swept the honours by winning four titles at the Asian junior squash championships, 2 in Individual event held earlier and now winning both the men’s & women’s team event.
Indian who were eyeing their first ever team title were left licking their wound when Ivan Yuen of Malaysia beat Aditya Jagtap in the first match easily & then Kamran Khan fought off a resilient Ravi Dixit to win the second match in four games.
In the first encounter Malaysian’s dominance was seen as that the only period in time when Ivan was in deficit came in the third and final game, when Aditya won the opening point on his service.
“I had played him earlier in the singles event and knew what his game was all about,” said Ivan of Aditya later.
Down 0-1, India looked to Ravi Dixit to recreate his rallying instincts. Ravi delivered, but only for a game or so. He lost the first game, equalised in the second, and then went down in the next two.
“I had to maintain composure. I lost the second game because I was slow off the blocks. Once I got my composure (sic), I knew I was the better player,” said Kamran.
Finals:
Boys:
Girls:
Malaysia bt Korea 2-0
Bronze medal
play-off: Semifinals: Boys:
Girls: Other results: Boys: India bt Japan 3-0 Girls:
India bt Chinese
Taipei 3-0
Asian Junior Squash Championship 2009 Malaysian players swept the girls’ and boys’ categories at the Asian junior squash championship when their top seed Low Wee Wern defeated Dipika Pallikal to take the girls’ crown, while second seed Ivan Yuen beat Hong Kong’s Leo Au in four games to claim the boys’ title. Dipika, for the most part, was let down by her own mistakes. By far the more attractive of the two players to watch, she squandered two match-balls at 10-8 in the decisive fifth game, after the first four games had been split. The first game was a loosener of sorts. Dipika went overboard with her backhand drop shots and hit the tin repeatedly to hand Wern a flurry of points. Wern took the first game without much difficulty. The second game saw a resurrection of the Indian’s shot-making skills. She punched at any short offering and deceived Wern a number of times by going crosscourt when a straight hit appeared to be the normal approach. A drop-dead backhand volley at 10-8 made it a game apiece. The third game, was played almost shot for shot by both players. But at 9-9, Ms. Palikal ripped one from across the left court, finding, unfortunately, the top centimeter of the tin strip. Wern, seizing the moment, came out of her defensive mould and let loose a whopper of a forehand that beat her rival at full stretch on the hind court. Third game to Wern 11-9. Down 3-7 in the fourth, Dipika looked out for the count, before a series of stunning sidewall lickers found the Malaysian a step too slow. Fooled, yet again, by a deceptive cross, Wern handed the game to Dipika at 11-9. The decider, as pointed out earlier, was a ‘who-blinks-first’ affair. Dipika cut out the flashiness from her game and stared at two match balls. But the Malaysian, hung in there and reeled off four straight points to take the trophy. “Dipika played much better today than she did at the British Open (earlier this month). I just kept the ball in play and waited for her to commit the errors,” said Wern later. RESULTS: FINALS: Girls: Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10. SEMIFINALS: Boys:
Leo Au (HK) bt Ravi Dixit ( Ind ) 13-11, 11-3, 11-6 Girls:
Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Liu Tsz Ling (HK) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 QUARTER-FINALS: Boys: Leo Au (Hkg) bt Ng Jo Wen (Mas) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 Girls: Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Lee Ka Man (Hkg) 11-5, 11-6, 11-13, 11-2 Courtesy : THE HINDU
Anaka Alankamony did herself and India proud by winning the girls’ under-15 title in the Asian junior individual squash championship, which concluded in Busan, South Korea. Anaka had problem in the 1st two games in which her opponent Ho Ka Po of Hongkong was leading 6-1 but in the last game it was a cake walk for her. She won 9-6 9-6 9-1 justifying her top seed position. This is her 8th international title. Anaka’s was the lone success for India after Mahesh Mangaonkar and Dipika Pallikal, who too were in the final, failed to win the titles. In the boys under-15 section, Mahesh Mangaonkar met with an uphill task against top-seeded Nasir Iqbal from Pakistan who gave him very little chance while carving out a straight-game victory. Nasir exhibited a fine display of speed along with aggression to win 4-9, 4-9, 3-9. Vikram Malhotra bagged
a bronze for India in the boys under-19 category after winning the
third-fourth place playoff. He had upset fourth seeded Kamran of Malaysia
in the last eight. Other Indians finished in the following positions: Girls: Boys: Asian Junior Championship, 3-10 Feb 2007. Sandeep Jhangra (Maharashtra)
lost in the Quarter Final of the Individual event to Abdul Khalid Al
Mezayen (Kuwait) 1-9, 7-9, 4-9. Harinderpal Singh and Parth Sharma lost in
the pre-quarter finals to Mohd. Asyraf (Malaysia) and Leo Au (HK) in five
games each. In the Girls Individual
event, Dipika Pallikal gave a walkover to Kwon Sung Eu (Kor) and Anwesha
Reddy lost to Tong Tz Wing (HK) 2-9, 4-9, 7-9 in the 2nd round. In the Team event,
India finished 3rd behind Pakistan and Malaysia. They beat Hong
Kong 2-1. Surprisingly, an Indian Girls Team was not fielded by SRFI. Indian Men's Results: (1st
round): 2nd round: 3rd round: Quarter-finals: Indian Women Results: (2nd
round): Results of Individual Event 2007 : Final: Semi-finals: [3/4] Joey Chan (HKG) bt [1] Wee Wern Low
(MAS) 9-3, 9-3, 9-0 (32m) Asian Junior Squash Championships 2007 (Team and Individual Event) Pakistan & Hosts Hong Kong Win Asian Junior Team Titles Favourites Pakistan and
hosts Hong Kong won the men's and women's titles, respectively, in the Hoe
Hin White Flower Ointment Asian Junior Team Squash Championships in Hong
Kong - in both cases beating Malaysia in the finals. Men's semi-finals: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ASIAN JUNIOR TEAM EVENT CHAMPIONSHIP 2006
Joshna
wins, Saurav loses (22/1/2005) CHENNAI, JAN. 23. It was a day of mixed fortunes for India at the Asian junior squash championship here on Sunday. At the ICL-TNSRA courts Joshna Chinappa retained her title while Saurav Ghosal lost at the final hurdle. All Finals: All
semifinals: Girls: Joshna Chinappa
(Ind) bt Delia Arnold (Mal) 9-3, 10-8, 9-6; All quarterfinal
: TEAM EVENT RESULTS : (28/1/2005) Boys (final): Pakistan bt Kuwait
2-1 (Bilal Zaman bt Ali B A. Ramezi 4-9, 9-1, 9-7, 9-7; Amir Atlas Khan
lost to Abdullah Al Mezayen 7-9, 4-9, 6-9; Aquib Hanif bt Salem Mohammad
9-3, 9-7, 9-7. Third place: India lost to Hong Kong 1-2 (Sandeep
Jangra lost to Anson Kwong 1-9, 2-9, 2-9; Saurav Ghosal bt Chiu Ho Fai
9-2, 9-5, 9-3; Harinderpal Singh lost to Max Lee 7-9, 1-9, 9-2, 4-9) Girls (final): Hong Kong bt
Malaysia 2-1 (Chiu Ka Kei bt Low Wee Wern 9-3, 8-10, 5-9, 9-2, 9-3; Annie
Au bt Sally Looi 10-8, 9-5, 9-3; Joe Chan concd to Nabilla Ariffin). Third
place: India bt Singapore 2-1 (Dipika Pallikal bt Pamela Chua 9-5,
9-1, 9-3; Joshna Chinappa bt Charlene Neo 9-3, 9-2, 9-3; V. Anwesha Reddy
concd to Nicole Chua). |
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Asian Juniors Squash Championship Feb 2001 Chennai |
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| Finals Team Event: Boys: Mohd Azlan Iskandar (Mal) beat Shahid Zaman (Pak) 1- 9, 10-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-1 Girls : Nicol David (Mal) beat Tricia Chuah (Mal) 9-5, 9-6, 9-0. Semifinals: Boys: Mohd Azlan Iskander (Mal) bt Arshad Iqbal Burki (Pak) 9-2, 9-3, 9-5 Shahid Zaman (Pak) bt Farrukh Zaman (Pak) 9- 2, 9-4,9-3 Girls: Nicol David (Mal) bt Vaidehi Reddy (Ind) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 Tricia Chuah (Mal) bt Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 9-6, 9-3, 9-0 |
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Final:
Boys: Bikram Uberoi (Ind) bt Yan Ka Ho (HK) 9-5, 9-2, 9-0 Placings: (3-4): Marcus Yeap (Mal) bt Kelvin Ho (Mal) 9-6, 3-9, 9-3, 9-3 (5-6): Kenny Ng (Mal) bt Aaron Chee (Mal) 9-4, 9-2, 2- 9, 9-0 (7-8): Wong Wan San (Mal) bt Navin Samarasinghe (SL) 9-7, 4-9, 9-6, 9-3. Girls: Tricia Chuah (Mal) bt Cheryl David (Mal) 9-0, 9-2, 9-4 Placings: (3-4): Elise Ng (HK) bt Daphine Ting (Mal) 2-9, 7- 9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-5; (5-6): Akanksha Hazari(HK) bt Kong Yi Zhen (Mal) 9-1, 7-9, 9-2, 9-0 (7-8): Vaidehi Reddy (Ind) bt Leong Yie Man (Mal) 3-9, 9-7, 9-2, 9-6. Semifinals: Boys : Bikram Uberoi bt Marcus Yeap (mal) 9-7/9-4/9-1 Yan ka Ho (HK) bt Kelvin Ho (Mal) 9-2/9-6/9-5 Girls: Tricia Chuah (Mal) bt Elise Ng (HK) 9-4/9-2/9-4 Cheryl David (Mal) bt Daphine Ting (Mal) 6-9/5-9/9-3/9-5/9-5 QuarterFinals: |
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| 9th Head Asian Juniors Championship Jan 99 | ||||||||||
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FINAL
PAKISTAN BEAT
MALAYSIA 3-0. |
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BOYS:
MANZOOR
ZAMAN BEAT KASHIF SHUJA 9-7, 6-9, 6-9, 9-4, 10-8 GIRLS: REBECCA CHEIEU (HK) BEAT LEONG SIU LYNN (MAL.) 0-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-7, 9-3 BOYS PLATE OPEN:AWISH JAISWAL (INDIA) BEAT AARON SOYZE (MALAYSIA) 10-9, 9-3, 7-9, 9-7 GIRLS PLATE EVENT:TAN HUI SHAN (SINGAPORE) BEAT ANJALI PONNI (INDIA) 9-0, 9-7, 7-9, 10-8 BOYS TEAM EVENT: PAKISTAN BEAT MALAYSIA 2-1 MANZOOR ZAMAN BEAT MOHD. AZLAN ISKANDER 9-3, 9-1, 9-3 AMJAD KHAN LOST TO ONG BENG HEE 9-5, 4-9, 0-9, 4-9 KASHIF SHUJA BEAT MICHAEL SOO 9-5, 9-4, 9-1 BRONZE PLAYOFF MATCH: INDIA BEAT HONGKONG 2-1 ADRIAN FONG BEAT AMITPAL KOHLI 9-5, 9-6, 9-0 SHONDIP GHOSH BEAT WONG WAI CHUNG 9-3, 9-2, 9-4 RITWIK BHATTACHARYA BEAT VINCENT CHUNG 2-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 |
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