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Joshna
Chinappa wins the Asian bronze medal
Saturday 16th
February, 2008
Individual
Event
Women’s
Final:
[1]
Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 (34m)
Semi-finals:
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 9-0, 9-2 ret (10m)
Quarter-finals:
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) 9-5, 4-9, 9-7, 9-5
(55m)
2nd round:
[3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (34m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [9/16] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 9-1, 9-6,
9-2 (31m)
1st round:
[5/8] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Harita Omprakash (IND) 9-4, 9-0, 9-3
(32m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 9-0, 9-6, 9-7 (21m)
[9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt Hsieh Ssu Han (TPE) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1 (10m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Wu Zhenzhen (CHN) 9-0, 9-4, 9-1 (17m)
Results
of Women's Individual Event:
2006
Men’s
Final:
[1] Azlan
Iskandar (MAS) bt [2] Ong Beng (MAS) 5-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-0, 9-7 (120m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Mohd Azlan
Iskandar (MAS) bt [3/4] Shahid Zaman (PAK) 9-2, 9-4, 9-6 (42m)
[2] Ong Beng Hee
(MAS) bt [9/16] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) 9-3, 9-2, 9-5 (51m)
Quarter-finals:
[9/16] Abdullah Almezayen (KUW) bt [3/4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 8-10, 9-4,
9-1, 9-3 (72m)
[2] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [9/16] Siddharth Suchde (IND) 9-2, 9-3, 8-10,
9-2 (62m)
3rd round:
[3/4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [9/16] Max Lee (HKG) 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 (48m)
[9/16] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [5/8] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 6-9,
9-3, 7-9, 9-5, 9-6 (106m)
2nd round:
Mohammed Hajeyah (KUW) bt [5/8] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 9-4, 3-9, 9-5,
6-9, 10-8 (93m)
[3/4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Ali Alramezi (KUW) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2 (35m)
[9/16] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt Cheng Yao Huang (TPE) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2
(30m)
[9/16] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) bt Naresh Kumar (IND) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1 (34m)
Results
of Mens Individual Event:
2006
Malaysia Celebrate Asian Squash Double
Top seeds Mohd Azlan
Iskandar and Nicol David won the fifth successive Malaysian
double in the Asian Squash Championships in the 14th
staging of the biennial event in Kuwait.
In the men's , Iskandar won the final by fighting hard for 2 hours
by compatriot Ong Beng Hee - the defending champion, ranked
two places lower in the world - before winning 5-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-0, 9-7 to
secure the title for the first time.
But, arguably, the standout performance in the men's event was made by
20-year-old Abdullah Almezayen - a 9/16 seed who upset Pakistan's
5/8 seed Yasir Butt 9-3, 10-9, 4-9, 5-9, 10-8 in 98 minutes in the
last sixteen before overcoming India's 3/4 seed Saurav Ghosal in a
72-minute quarter-final to become the first Kuwaiti to reach the
semi-finals this decade.
The women's event saw Malaysia
's Nicol David confirm her status as the undisputed Queen of Asian Squash
when she beat long-time Hong Kong rival Rebecca
Chiu 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 in 34 minutes in the final.
David, voted the 'Asian Sportswoman of the Year' in December, has now won
the prestigious title for a remarkable six times in a row - since first
claiming the crown in 1998 as a 14-year-old!
The triumph also marks the fourth Asian Championship final in which David
has beaten Chiu - and brings the total of her regional singles titles
(including the Asian Games and Asian Junior Championships)
to ten!
MEN:
Malaysia 2-1 Kuwait
Azlan Iskandar bt Abdullah Al-Mezayen 10/8, 9/2, 9/6 (43m)
Mohd. Nafizwan lost to Ali Al-Ramzi 2/9, 8/10, 4/9 (67m)
Ong Beng Hee bt Salim Fayeez 9/3, 9/0, 9/8 (41m)
WOMEN:
Malaysia 2-1 Hongkong
Nicol David bt Rebecca Chiu 9/2, 9/5, 9/2
Delia Arnold lost to Joey Chan 9/3, 9/4, 5/9, 9/2
Sharon Wee bt Elise Ng 9/5, 9/4, 6/9, 9/3
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