16th Asian Individual Squash Championships 2011
At Penang , Malaysia (1/5/2011)

Adnan, David win Asian titles

Malaysians  Mohd. Nafiizwan Adnan and Nicol David claimed both the men's and women's championships, respectively, at the 2011 Asian Individual Squash Championships held at the Nicol David International Squash Center in Penang , Malaysia . India 's Siddarth Suchde staged an impressive victory over Kuwait 's Abdullah Khalid H. Al-Mezayen in the quarter finals.  In a closely contested match, the players demonstrated deceptive racket skills, creative use of the court and an array of shots before an appreciative Penang crowd.  The match went to a fifth set decider, exactly what the tense crowd was hoping for.  "You never know what to expect of him [Al-Mezayen]," said Suchde.  "But it wasn't just that I lost the fourth, it was how I lost it.  I was up 7-5 and he won it 11-8.  He outscored me 6-1 to finish it," Suchde continued, "In the fifth I reminded myself of how I got here and tried to stick to a basic game plan."

Suchde however lost to Malaysia 's Ong Beng Hee in the semi final.

Results :  

Finals :
Men's :
[3/4] Mohd Nafizwan Mohd Adnan (MAS) bt [1] Ong Beng Hee (MAS)  11-7,  7-11, 11-7,  11-8
Womens : [1] Nicol David  (MAS) bt [2] Au Wing-Chi Annie (HK)  11-3, 11-2, 11-5

Semifinals :
Men’s :
[1] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [5/8] Siddharth Suchde (IND) 11-6, 11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-4
[3/4] Mohd Nafizwan Mohd Adnan (MAS) bt [2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9

Quarter Finals
Men's :
[5/8] Siddharth Suchde (IND) bt [3/4] Abdullah Khalid H. Al- [2] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [9/16] Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (IND)  11-8 11-8 11-4
Women's :
[3/4] Delia Odette Arnold (MAS) bt [5/8] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 9-11 11-7 5-11 11-5 11-9

1st round :
Men's : Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)  bt Chen Shu-Kai (TPE)  11-4, 11-3, 11-6

Malaysia, Pakistan wins Gold, while India men and women team settle for bronze in Asian games
Guangzhou, China: 24/11/2010

 
The Indian men and women had to be satisfied with bronze medals after losing to Pakistan and Malaysia respectively in the semifinals of the squash event. Though both teams lost in straight games (0-2), the men fought a lot harder before bowing to Pakistan.

Saurav Ghosal went down 13-15, 11-5, 5-11, 6-11 in 52 minutes to Aamir Khan after Siddharth Suchde played his heart out in an 83-minute battle before losing 14-16, 12-10, 9-11, 5-11 to Farhan Mehboob.

In the women's event Wee Wern Low required just 22 minutes to beat Anaka 11-2, 11-4, 11-6 in the first rubber while World No. 1 Nicol David was ruthless in her 11-4, 11-2, 11-3 demolition of Joshna.

“I have played better matches against Nicol before but I couldn't play my best today.“Nicol is quick and you need to be 100 per cent ready when you play someone of her class. My idea was to get maximum points off her,'' said Joshna.

In the individual event Saurav Ghoshal lost his semi-final clash against Mohammad Azlan Iskandar of Malaysia to pick up a bronze medal in the men's singles. 

World No. 25 Saurav fought hard against a player ranked ten places higher than him but eventually lost 5-11, 11-6, 5-11, 10-12. Saurav also won a bronze at the Doha Games four years ago.

India could not win a medal in the women's singles as Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa crashed out in the quarter-finals.

Three bronze medals was a considerable improvement for the Indian squash squad which had gone home with a solitary bronze won by Saurav Ghosal in the last edition in Doha. 

Results All:

Women’s Team Event Finals:
Malaysia beat Hongkong 2-0
Low Wee Wern beat Rebecca Chiu 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9

Nicol David beat Annie Au 11-8, 11-7, 11-6


Semifinals (Bronze Medal for India)

Malaysia beat India 2-0
Anaka Alankamony lost to Low Wee Wern  2-11, 4-11, 6-11
Joshana Chinappa lost to Nicol David 4-11, 2-11 3-11


Earlier Rounds:

India lost to Hongkong 3-0

Dipika Pallikal lost to Wing Yin Chiu 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 5-11.

Joshana Chinappa lost to Chi Annie Au and lost 7-11, 7-11, 9-11.

Anaka Alankamony lost to  Ho Ling Chan 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 6-11.


India beat China 3-0

Joshna Chinappa beat Li Jiang 11-1 11-7 11-1.
Dipika Pallikal beat Dongjin Li 11-2 11-5 11-6
Anaka Alankamony beat Gu Jinyue 11-7 11-2 11-5.

India beat Pakistan 3-0

Joshna Chinappa beat Maria Toorpakai Wazir 11-8 9-11 11-4 11-5.
Dipika Pallikal beat Saima Shoukat 11-7 11-3 11-4
Anaka beat Zoya Khalid 11-6 11-1 11-7
 

 

Results All:


Mens Team Event Finals:


Pakistan beat Malaysia 2-0

Farhan Mehboob beat Ong Beng Hee 11-4, 11-4, 11-7

Atlas Khan beat Iskandar 14-12, 15-13 11-4

 

Semifinals: (Bronze  Medal for India)

Pakistan beat India 2-0

Siddharth Suchde lost to  Farhan Mehboob 14-16, 12-10, 9-11, 5-11.
Saurav Ghoshal lost  to Aamir Atlas Khan 13-15, 11-5, 5-11, 6-11

Earlier Rounds:

India lost to Malaysia 1-2

Siddharth Suchde lost to Mohd. Nafizwan Adnan 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 4-11, 9-11
Saurav Ghosal beat Mohd. Azlan Iskandar 11-2, 11-9,7-11, 11-5

Harinder Pal Sandhu lost to Chee Wern Yuen 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 10-12


India beat South Korea 3-0


India beat Japan 3-0
Saurav Ghosal beat Yuta Fuki 11-6 11-2 11-6

Siddharth Suchde beat Tsukue Shinnosuke 11-5 12-10 11-6
Harinder Pal Sandhu beat Shimizu Takanori 11-9 11-7 12-10 

India beat Saudi Arabia 3-0
Saurav Ghosal beat Ahmad Abdullah Aboragah 11-3 11-6 11-2 
Harinder Pal beat  Niyf Khlaifah Aburequah 11-3 11-4 9-11 11-9
Sandeep Jangra beat Taher Ali Botayan 11-4 11-3 11-3

Results of Individual event:

 

Finals:

Azlan Sikander (Mal) beat Amir Atlas (Pak) 11-6,11-7,11-6.

Men’s Quarter Finals:

Saurav Ghosal beat Siddharth Suchde 11-6, 11-6, 11-7

 

1st Round:
Saurav beat Ammar Altemimi (Kuw) 11-4, 11-4, 11-5.
Siddharth beat Dick Lau (HK) 9-11, 11-4, 11-6,  11-4


Women’s Quarter Finals:

Dipika lost to Nicol David 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 4-11.

Joshna lost Low Wee Wern 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 3-11

 

1st Round:

Dipika beat Jinyue Gu (China) 11-4, 12-10, 11-1
Joshna beat Jemyca Aribado (Phil) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4
 

 

 

     

Asian Masters Squash, Colombo (10/07/2010)

Title for Vaman Apte

India’s Vaman Apte won the Masters 50-54 age group title, while three other Indians finished runners-up, in the 3rd 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.

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

 

Pakistan wins the Asian men's championship 2009

CHENNAI: Pakistan and Hong Kong China emerged winners of the men's and women's team events at the Asian squash championships held at Indian Squash Academy. 

Malaysia failed to retain the title after a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Pakistan in the final. National number three Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan went down 5-11,11-7, 4-11, 4-11 to Yasir Butt of Pakistan in the first tie. 

Newly crowned Asian champion Mohd Azlan Iskandar was a big letdown as all the attention was on him to level the score but he floundered to go down 8-11, 9-11, 11-13 to Aamir Atlas Khan. 

Azlan defeated Aamir in the final of the individual final after the Pakistani player retired in the third set because of a leg injury.

Pakistan stopped Malaysia from winning the team title for the third straight time. Malaysia won the last two editions in Taiwan (2006) and Kuwait (2008) by defeating Pakistan on both occasions.  

Debendranath Sarangi, the government of Tamil Nadu's sports secretary and Srivatsan Subramaniam, the SRFI secretary general, gave away the prizes. 

Results Mens Team Event:  

Finals:
Pakistan bt Malaysia 2-0
Yasir Ali Butt bt Mohd. Nafiizwan 11-5, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5;
Aamir Atlas Khan bt Mohd. Azlan 11-8, 11-9, 13-11

Semifinals:
Malaysia bt India 2-1
Mohd. Nafiizwan bt Harinderpal Singh Sandhu 12-10, 11-9, 13-11 
Mohd. Azlan lost Saurav Ghosal 11-2, 8-11, 2-11, 4-11
Ong Beng Hee bt Siddharth Suchde 11-6, 8-11, 14-12, 4-11, 11-2

Pakistan bt Kuwait 2-0 

Quarterfinals:
India bt Hong Kong China 2-0
Harinderpal Singh Sandhu bt Dick Lau 14-12, 11-2, 11-7;
Saurav Ghosal bt Max Lee 11-7, 12-10, 11-6

Pool matches:
India bt China 2-0 (day 2)
Saurav Ghosal bt Wang Junjie 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
Harinderpal Singh Sandhu bt Shen Jiaqi 13-11, 11-4, 11-9

India bt Japan 3-0 (day 1)
Saurav Ghosal bt Shinosuke Tsukue 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu bt Bumpei Kawano 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Takanori Shimizu 11-9, 12-14, 11-6, 11-7

Asian team event championship: 8th May 2010.

Hongkong women beat India to emerge champions in 15th Asian squash championship

Chennai: Indian women's hopes of regaining the title were dashed as they put up a poor show against second seeded Hong Kong who crushed them 2-0 to regain the team title in the 15th Asian Squash championships at the Indian Academy courts.

It was a disappointing day for India as the team's star campaigner Joshna Chinnappa went down tamely. In the first singles match, Anika Alankamony, the rising talent, who was the youngest to win a WISPA singles title earlier this year, showed promise in the first game, up 2-6 against Goey Chana drew level 6-6 but Anika went on to win 7-11. However, Chan recouped in time to win the next three games 11-1, 11-9,11-7.

This put immense pressure on India's no 1 Joshna Chinnappa. But the world no 48, failed to hit form against Hong Kong's Rebecca Chieu, seeded no 2 and the singles runner up. Like Anaka, Joshna also began in style with a 7-4 lead in the first game.  But Chieu with more experience behind her, drew level 7-7 with some fine shots even as Joshna failed to hold her nerve. Rebecca won 11-7, 11-2, 11-5.

The 2-0 lead meant that Hong Kong saved themselves the trouble of playing the third singles in which Annie Au was to take on Dipika Pallikal. The Hong Kong eves required just 48 minutes to sweep the Indian eves off their feet, as it were.  

Rebecca said “the win against Malaysia in the semifinals gave us the confidence and determination to win the crown

Hong Kong women had last won the team title in the year 2000.

Results Women’s Event :

Finals
Hong Kong China bt India 2-0
Joey Chan bt Anaka Alankamony 7-11, 11-1, 11-9, 11-7;
Rebecca Chiu bt Joshna Chinappa 11-7, 11-2, 11-5).

Semifinals : 
India bt Korea 2-0
Anaka Alankamony bt Kim Ga Hye 11-8, 11-3, 11-8
Joshna Chinappa bt Sun Mi Song 11-2, 11-4, 11-8

Hong Kong China bt Malaysia 2-1

Pool Matches: (as India topped their pool they were in semi-finals)

India bt Hong Kong China 2-1 (day 2)
Joshna Chinappa bt Rebecca Chiu 11-4, 11-7, 4-11, 11-7
Dipika Pallikal bt Annie Au 11-6, 11-4, 11-8
Anaka Alankamony lost to Joey Chan 3-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5

India bt Sri lanka 3-0 (day 1)
Joshna Chinappa bt Sharya Guruge 11-2, 11-7, 11-3
Anaka Alankamony bt Damindi Udangawa 11-5, 11-1, 11-5
Surbhi Misra bt Dulakshi Elikewela 11-2, 11-4, 11-4.

India bt China 3-0 (day 1)
Joshna Chinappa bt Jiang Li 11-5, 11-5, 11-3
Dipika Pallikal bt Xiu Chen 11-4, 11-8, 11-2
Anaka Alankamony bt Gu Jinyue 11-4, 11-5, 11-9

   

Mohd. Azlan, Nicol David emerge champions (Individual Event)

18th ranked Malaysian Mohd. Azlan defended his title while World. No. 1 Nicol David clinched her seventh successive Asian women's crown at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai.

Top-seeded Azlan led 11-8, 11-4, 3-0 when his opponent, Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan, conceded the match with persistent pain in the right shin which he has been experiencing for over six months.

In the women's final, Malaysian Nicol David extended her domination over Hong Kong's Rebecca Chiu to 23-1 with an 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 verdict.

 

The results (finals):

 

Men: Mohd Azlan (Mas) bt Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) 11-8, 11-4, 3-0 (conceded).
Women: Nicol David (Mas) bt Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7;
Semifinals:  
Men: Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Yasir Ali Butt (Pak) 11-6, 11-7, 11-0; 
Mohd. Azlan (Mas) bt Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5. 
Women: Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Joey Chan (HKG) 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 15-17, 11-4; 
Nicol David (Mas) bt Dipika Pallikal (Ind) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2

Mens Quarterfinals:
Mohd. Azlan (Mas) bt Abdulla Almezayen (Kuw) 13-11, 11-7, 12-10
Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Farhan Mehboob (Pak) 11-7, 11-1, 11-7
Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Mohd. Nafizwan (Mas) 12-10, 11-8, 11-5
Yasir Ali Butt (Pak) bt Ong Beng Hee (Mas) 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9. 

Women's Quarterfinals:
Nicol David (Mas) bt Song Sun Mi (Kor) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7
Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) 12-10, 11-8, 11-6
Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 11-5, 11-13, 11-7, 11-6
Joey Chan (HKG) bt Delia Arnold (Mas) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 .   

Men’s Pre-quarterfinals:

Ong Beng Hee (Mas) bt Ritwik Bhattacharya (Ind) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6

Yasir Ali Butt (Pak) bt Harinderpal Singh Sandhu 8-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7

Mohd. Nafizwan (Mas) bt Siddharth Suchde (Ind) 11-13, 11-13, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8

Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Waqar Mehboob (Pak) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5;

Men’s Second round:

Anson Kwong (HKG) bt Gaurav Nandrajog 10-12, 11-4, 11-5, 11-4

Max Lee (HKG) bt Mahesh Mangoankar 11-2, 11-8, 11-6

Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt Sandeep Jangra 16-14, 11-6, 12-14, 11-4

Waqar Mehboob (Pak) bt Abhishek Pradhan 12-10, 11-4, 11-6

Saurav Ghosal bt Bumpei Kawano (Jpn) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3

Siddharth Suchde bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (Jpn) 11-3, 11-7, 11-9

Yasir Ali Butt (Pak) bt Ravi Dixit 11-6,11-6, 9-11, 11-7;

Harinderpal Singh bt Bader E. Alhosaini (Kuw) 8-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6

Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Naresh Kumar 11-7, 11-4, 11-13, 11-6

First round:

Gaurav Nandrajog bt Nigel Koh (Sin) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5

Abdulla Almezayen (Kuw) bt Vikas Jangra 11-4, 11-6, 11-4;

Lee Se Hyun (Kor) bt Deepak Mishra 11-5, 11-1, 11-6

Saurav Ghosal bt Falah F. Mohammad (Kuw) 11-3, 11-4, 9-11, 11-4

Bumpei Kawano (Jpn) bt Naveen Jangra 17-15, 11-9, 16-14

Abhishek Pradhan bt Yang Wen-Chang (Tpe) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2

Siddharth Suchde bt Akshay Deepak 11-7, 11-3, 11-6

Mohd. Nafiizwan (Mas) bt Vrishab Kotian 11-7, 11-1, 11-4

Naresh Kumar bt Ahmad A. Al Randi (Kuw) 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 11-9

Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Lee Seung Taek (Kor) 11-6, 11-2, 11-9

Harinderpal Singh bt Gihan Suwaris (Sri) 12-10, 11-6, 11-8

Ravi Dixit bt Hasan Abdullah (Irq) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5;

Pre-quarterfinals:

Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Anaka Alankamony 11-6, 11-8, 11-4

Dipika Pallikal bt Low Wee Wern (Mas) 10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8

Joshna Chinappa bt Park Eun Ok (Kor) 11-3, 11-7, 11-9. 

First round:

Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Surbhi Misra 11-8, 11-6, 11-8;

Dipika Pallikal bt Jiang Li (Chn) 11-0, 11-2, 11-4

Elise Ng (HKG) bt Aparajitha B. 11-3, 11-8, 11-7

Anaka Alankamony bt Xiu Chen (Chn) 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5

Park Eun Ok (Kor) bt Anwesha Reddy 7-11, 11-7, 11-2, 14-12

Joshna Chinappa bt Dulakshi Elikewela (Sri) 11-2, 11-3, 11-5

Joey Chan (HKG) bt Ankita Sharma 11-2, 11-6, 11-1

Chinatsu Matsui (Jpn) bt Saumya Karki 11-7, 11-4, 11-5

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ASIAN SENIORS INDIVIDUAL SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 

 

INDIAN BOYS & GIRLS TEAM IN SEMI'S  

The Indian boys’ team set up a semifinal date with Korea at the Asian junior squash championship, after it rallied to beat Hong Kong 2-1 in a group encounter.  

India, however, made the semifinals of the girls competition, where it will take on favourite Malaysia on Thursday. Korea with face Hong Kong in the other semifinal.

The results:

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


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)
   

Asian senior squash championship(team event), Kuwait: 17th to 21st Feb 2008.

The results:

Men Finals: Malaysia beat Kuwait 2-1

3rd Place: Pakistan bt India 2-1
Yasir Ali Butt lost to Saurav Ghosal 8-10, 9-4, 5-9, 1-9

Bilal Zaman bt Siddarth Suchde 9-2, 7-9, 9-10, 9-5, 9-1

Majid Khan bt Ritwik Bhattcharya 9-4, 1-9, 5-9, 9-3, 9-1

Women: final: Malaysia bt Hong Kong 2-1

5th place: India bt China 2-0
Joshna Chinappa bt Wu Zhen Zhen 9-6, 9-0, 9-1
Surbhi Misra bt Xiu Chen 9-0, 9-2, 9-0

Semifinals Men : Malaysia bt India 2-0 
Ong Beng Hee bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 10-9, 10-8, 9-3;
Azlan Iskandar bt Saurav Ghosal 7-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-4

Women: Malaysia bt Japan 2-0; Hong Kong bt Korea 2-0.

Quarterfinals: Malaysia bt Japan 2-0;

India bt Korea 2-0 
Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Lee Se Hyun 9-0, 9-0, 9-5; 
Naresh Kumar bt Lee Seung Taek 10-8, 5-9, 9-4, 9-6

Kuwait bt Sri Lanka 2-0; Pakistan bt Hong Kong 2-0.

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