Results of Asian Junior Squash Championship from 1997-2005

Asian Junior Team Championships, Colombo , Sri Lanka : 18/2/2011
India Celebrate Historic Asian Junior Team Success in Sri Lanka

The rapid growth of squash in India took another major step forward when the country's boys team upset arch rivals Pakistan, the title-holders, in the final of the Asian Junior Team Championships in Colombo, Sri Lanka, to win the prestigious title for the first time since the inception of the championships in 1981.

Playing to a packed crowd at the Sri Lankan Air Force base squash venue, the Indian players Ramit Tandon, Abhishek Pradhan, Mahesh Mangaonkar and Vrishab Kotian rose to the occasion as they outmanoeuvred and outplayed the mighty Pakistanis.

Tandon put the underdogs in the driving seat after overcoming Pakistan number one Danish Atlas Khan 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9 in a 90-minute marathon.

Top seeds Pakistan drew level when second string Nasir Iqbal beat the Indian number two Abhishek Pradhan in straight games.

But Mahesh Mangaonkar stamped his authority on the decider from the outset, beating Pakistani Sadam Ul Haq 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 as the elated Indian team jumped for joy.

In the women's final, favourites Hong Kong China successfully defended their title, beating Malaysia 2/0 in a repeat of the 2007 final in Hong Kong .

RESULTS:

Men's Final:
INDIA bt [1] PAKISTAN 2/1
Ramit Tandon bt Danish Atlas Khan 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9
Abhishek Pradhan lost to Nasir Iqbal 4-11, 7-11, 3-11
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Sadam Ul Haq 11-7, 11-2, 11-6

Women's Final:
[1] HONG KONG CHINA bt MALAYSIA 2/0
Tong Tsz-Wing bt Tan Yan Xin 11-5, 11-8, 11-7
Ho Ka Po bt Vanessa Raj 11-2, 11-7, 13-11

3rd place: SINGAPORE & INDIA

India celebrated an historic double in the Asian Junior Squash Championships in Sri Lanka when Ravi Dixit and Dipika Pallikal won the U19 titles at the Gymkahana Club at Colombo.

Dixit created history by becoming the first Indian overage male to win an Asian squash title. The 18-year-old from Chennai (his age never seems to grow, banned by SRAM for age fraud), who won the Malaysian Junior Open last month, made his breakthrough in the semi-finals where he beat compatriot Abhishek Pradhan, a 5/8 seed who had ousted Pakistan favourite Farhan Zaman in the previous round.

Dipika Pallikal completed India’s historic day by lifting the junior women’s crown after defeating second seed Low Wee Nee of Malaysia 11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8. But for a brief lapse in concentration, favourite Pallikal, 18, from Chennai, had the match very much in control.

[5/8] Abhishek Pradhan (IND) bt [1] Farhan Zaman (PAK) 5-11, 1-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-8

[3/4] Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt Muhammad Addeen Idrakie (MAS) 16-18, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9

[2] Waqas Mehboob (PAK) bt [5/8] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 13-15, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9

Final: [1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [2] Low Wee Nee (MAS) 11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 11-7
3rd Place : Tsz Wing (HKG) Bt Ananka Alankamony (IND) 11-3, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6

[5/8] Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt Saumya Karki (IND) 3-11, 13-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-8

Boys U-15:
Finals : Bilal Zakir (PAK) Bt Ammad Farid (PAK) 11-5, 13-11, 11-5
3rd Place : Kush Kumar (IND) Bt Young Jo Go (KOR) 11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5

Girls U-15:
Finals : Chan Pansy Pui Hei (HKG) Bt Vanessa Raj (MAS) 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8
3rd place : Choi Uen Shan (HKG) Bt Lakshya Ragvendra (IND) 11-3, 11-2, 11-6

Quarterfinals :
Girls U-15: Lakshya Ragvendra bt Jadalee L. Jiaee (Mal) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6

India’s Vaman Apte won the Masters 50-54 age group title, while three other Indians finished runners-up, in the 3^rd Asian Junior & Masters Squash Championship, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Avinash Bhavnani of Otters Club lost to Sgt. Wickramasinghe of Sri Lanka 3-2 in the over-35 final that could have gone either way until the Indian lost the decider 8-11.

Deepak Moolani of Pune and Mohanish Sawant were runners-up in the over-45 and over-40 categories, respectively.

Former boys’ under-15 British Open champion Mahesh Mangaonkar finished sixth in the under-19, Saumya Karki, who recently clinched a double in the Otters Open, was seventh in the girls’ under-19 and Madhav Dhingra of Otters Club went down 1-3 to second seed Ammad Farid of Pakistan in the second round of the juniors main draw, and reached the Classic Plate semi-finals.

Master’s 35 – 39 : Lal Wickramasinghe W (SRI) Bt Avinash Bhavnani (IND) 11-6, 8-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8
Master’s 40 – 44 : Wg Cdr Irfan Agshar (PAK) Bt Mohanish Sawant (IND) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Master’s 45 – 49 : Deepak Moolani (IND) Bt Gary Fung Fuk Ming (CHN) 11-5, 13-11, 5-11, 5-11, 11-6
Master’s 50 – 54 : Vaman Apte (IND) Bt Suresh Gurung (NEP) 12/10, 11/7, 11/1
Master’s 55 – 59 : William Fan Ying Wai (HKG) Bt Major S.Maniam (MAS) 5/11, 11/3, 11/7, W/O
Women’s : Hong Shen (CHN) Bt Jin Lu (CHN) 11/4, 11/3, 11/4

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.

Boys:
Malaysia bt India 2-0
Ivan Yuen bt Aditya Jagtap 11-4, 11-2, 11-6
Kamran Khan bt Ravi Dixit 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8.

Malaysia bt Korea 2-0
Low Wee Wern bt Sun-Mi Song11-8, 11-2, 11-2
Low Wee Nee bt Ji-Hyun Lee 11-4, 11-4, 11-7.

Bronze medal play-off:
Hong Kong bt India 2-0
Tsz Ling Liu bt V. Anwesha Reddy 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 13-11
Tsz Wing Tong bt Anaka Alankamony 11-1, 11-5, 16-14).

Boys:
Malaysia bt Hong Kong 2-1
Ivan Yuen lost to Leo Au 9-11, 11-6, 4-11, 13-11, 7-11
Kamran Khan bt Kit Lun Choy 11-4, 11-9, 11-8
Ng Jo Wen bt Ngo Long Fung 12-10, 11-5, 11-8

India bt Korea 2-0
Aditya Jagtap bt Seung-Woo Jin 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
Ravi Dixit bt Won-Suk Choi 5-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-6

Girls:
Malaysia bt India 2-0
Low Wee Wern bt V. Anwesha Reddy 11-3, 11-8, 15-13
Low Wee Nee bt Anaka Alankamony 10-12, 11-9, 14-12, 11-9

Boys:
India bt Hong Kong 2-1
Aditya Jagtap lost to Leo Au 6-11, 8-11, 11-13
Karan Malik bt Ngo Long Fung 11-9, 5-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7
Ravi Dixit bt Nelson Chan 11-7, 11-9, 11-8

India bt Japan 3-0
Aditya Jagtap bt Hayate Gunji 11-4, 11-8, 11-4
Karan Malik bt Ryosei Kobayashi 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
Paramit Singh bt Tomataka Endo 11-2, 11-9, 11-6).

Girls:
Hong Kong bt India 2-1
Dipika Pallikal lost to Tsz Ling Liu 14-12, 11-8, 7-11 (retired hurt)
Anaka Alankamony bt Ka Man Lee 7-11, 12-10, 15-13, 10-12, 11-8
V. Anwesha Reddy lost to Tsz Wing Tong 6-11, 11-4, 6-11, 11-13

India bt Chinese Taipei 3-0
Ravi Dixit bt Kai-Han Chuang 11-3, 11-3, 11-5
Karan Malik bt Chun-Yu Chang 11-7, 11-3, 11-2
Paramit Singh bt Ching-Han Chen 11-1, 11-1, 11-6

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.

Girls: Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10.

Boys: Leo Au (HK) bt Ravi Dixit ( Ind ) 13-11, 11-3, 11-6
Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt Adtiya Jagtap ( Ind ) 11-5, 11-5, 11-9;

Girls: Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Liu Tsz Ling (HK) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5
Dipika Pallikal ( Ind ) bt Song Sung-Mi (Kor).

Boys: Leo Au (Hkg) bt Ng Jo Wen (Mas) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9
Ravi Dixit (Ind) bt Kamran Khan (Mas) 5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9
Adtiya Jagtap (Ind) bt Nelson Chan (Hkg) 11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 11-6
Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt Karan Malik (Ind) 11-6, 11-7, 12-10.

Girls: Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt Lee Ka Man (Hkg) 11-5, 11-6, 11-13, 11-2
Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg) bt Tong Tsz Wing (Hkg) 6-11, 12-10, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8
Song Sung-Mi (Kor) bt Rachael Goh (Mas) 14-12, 7-11, 11-3, 11-5
Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Low Wee Nee (Mas) 11-1, 11-1, 11-8

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.

In the girls under-19 category 2nd seeded Dipika Pallikal had no answer to the consistency of top seed Low Wee Wern of Malaysia.

Wern thus retained the title she had won in 2006. Dipika lost 1-9, 6-9, 0-9.

Girls:

U-19
Anwesha Reddy — 8th;
Harita Omprakash — 13th

U-15
Sachika Balvani — 4th;
Saumya Karki — 6th;
Aparajitha Balamurugan — 7th.

Boys:

U-19
Vikram Malhotra — 3rd;
Ravi Dixit — 7th;
Paramit Singh — 11th;
Karan Malik — 15th.

U-15
Abhishek Pradhan — 6th;
Vivek Dinodia — 17th.

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 2^nd round.

In the Team event, India finished 3^rd 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):
[9/16] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Fong Tai Kei (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
[9/16] Parth Sharma (IND) bt Wong King Ngo (HKG) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Marcus Phua (SIN) bt Ramit Tandon (IND) 6-9, 9-3, 9-10, 9-0, 9-4
Naresh Kumar (IND) bt Lee Jin Tong (KOR) 9-3, 9-5, 9-2
[9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Sou Ka Hou (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

2nd round:
[9/16] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Chan Kai Chi (HKG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-3
Naresh Kumar (IND) bt [9/16] Ahmad Al-Randi (KUW) 9-3, 5-9, 9-5, 9-0

3rd round:
[5/8] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [9/16] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 9-4, 4-9, 9-5, 5-9, 9-5
[5/8] Leo Au (HKG) bt [9/16] Parth Sharma (IND) 7-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-7, 9-3
[5/8] Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Naresh Kumar (IND) 2-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-6
[5/8] Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Naresh Kumar (IND) 2-9, 9-7, 9-3, 9-6

Quarter-finals:
[2] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND) 9-2, 9-5, 9-1

Indian Women Results: (2nd round):
Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) bt [9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) 9-2, 9-4, 9-7
Kwon Sung-Eun (KOR) bt [5/8] Dipika Pallikal (IND) w/o

Final:
[1] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [2] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 9-5, 9-5, 9-3 (51m)
[2] Annie Au (HKG) bt [3/4] Joey Chan (HKG)6-9, 10-8, 9-3, 9-2 (45m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [3/4] Farzan Rasheed (PAK)9-7, 9-7, 9-1 (49m)
[2] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [3/4] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 9-1, 9-7, 9-4 (43m)

[3/4] Joey Chan (HKG) bt [1] Wee Wern Low (MAS) 9-3, 9-3, 9-0 (32m)
[2] Annie Au (HKG) bt [5/8] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 9-2, 10-8, 9-0 (31m)

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.

Final:
[1] PAKISTAN bt [2] MALAYSIA 2-1
Farhan Mehboob bt Muhd Asyraf Azan 9-1, 9-1, 9-4
Waqar Mehboob lost to Elvinn Keo 4-9, 9-4, 9-0, 7-9, 9-10
Farzan Rasheed bt Choong Kam Hing 9-2, 9-4, 9-2

3rd place play-off:
[3] INDIA bt [4] HONG KONG 2-1
Sandeep Jangra lost to Leo Au 3-9, 0-9, 9-5, 9-6, 0-9
Parth Sharma bt Fung Ji Yang 9-5, 9-0, 9-4
Naresh Kumar bt Chan Kai Chi 9-3, 9-5, 10-8

Men's semi-finals:
[1] PAKISTAN bt [4] HONG KONG 2-0
Farhan Mehboob bt Fung Ji Yang 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
Waqar Mehboob bt Chan Kai Chi 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
Farzan Rasheed v Yip Tsun Yuen (dead rubber - match not played)

[2] MALAYSIA bt [3] INDIA 2-0
Muhd Asyraf Azan bt Sandeep Jangra 9-5, 9-6, 6-9, 9-1
Ivan Yuen bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 10-8, 9-2, 4-9, 9-6
Choong Kam Hing v Parth Sharma (dead rubber - match not played)

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:
Boys: Amir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 9-1, 4-9, 9-3, 9-3.
Girls: Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Annie Au (Hk) 5-9, 3-9, 9-0, 9-5, 9-3.

All semifinals:
Boys: Amir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Abdullah Al Mezayen (Kuw) 5-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-6;
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Bilal Zaman (Pak) 9-2, 9-0, 9-2.

Girls: Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Delia Arnold (Mal) 9-3, 10-8, 9-6;
Annie Au (Hk) bt Sally Looi (Mal) 9-3, 9-3, 9-1.

All quarterfinal :
Girls: Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Low Wee Wern (MaL) 9-2, 9-7, 9-3;
Delia Arnold (Mal) bt Joey Chan (Hk) 9-4, 4-9, 9-10, 10-9, 10-8;
Sally Looi (Mal) bt Chiu Ka Kei (Hk) 9-0, 9-3, 4-9, 7-9, 9-1;
Annie Au (Hk) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 9-2, 9-4, 9-2.
Boys: Amir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Sandeep Janngra (Ind) 9-2, 9-3, 9-3.

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).