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WSF
Women's World Junior Team Squash Championship,
Boston
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USA
Egypt
are world champions
while India
finished fourth (31/7/2011)
Indian
girls ended their campaign in the World junior team squash championships on
a disappointing note, finishing fourth after losing the bronze medal
play-off 1-2 against Hong Kong on the final day of the event at
Harvard
University
in
Boston
.
Five-time
finalist and two-time defending champion Egypt successfully retained the
title defeating host USA, making its first-ever World squash team final
appearance, 2-1.
Sixth-seeded
Hong Kong
took the advantage when Aparajitha Balamurukan lost 9-11, 9-11, 14-12, 8-11
to Choi Uen Shan in 36 minutes.
Aparajitha
got off to a slow start and never seemed to recover against Shan who kept
the pressure with her retrieving skills.
Aparajitha
played well in the third game and had a very close fourth game but Shan
edged past her in the fourth.
Indian
nerves were settled when Asian junior champion Anaka Alankamony put in an
assured performance to demolish Ka-Yi Lee 11-3, 11-6, 11-7 in 20 minutes.
However,
Ho Tze-Lok put paid to any hopes that the third-seeded Indians harboured by
beating Saumya Karki 4-11, 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8.
[1] EGYPT bt [2] USA
2/1
Nouran El Torky bt Sabrina Sobhy 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 (20m)
Nour El Tayeb lost to Amanda Sobhy 9-11, 11-6, 6-11, 9-11 (44m)
Nour El Sherbini bt Olivia Blatchford 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (29m)
3rd place play-off:
[6] HONG KONG CHINA bt [3] INDIA 2/1
Choi Uen Shan bt Aparajitha Balamurukan 11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 11-8 (36m)
Ka-Yi Lee lost to Anaka Alankamony 3-11, 6-11, 7-11 (20m)
Ho Tze-Lok bt Saumya Karki 4-11, 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8 (46m)
5th place play-off:
[4]
ENGLAND
bt [5]
MALAYSIA
2/0
Semi-finals:
[1]
EGYPT
bt [6] HONG KONG CHINA 2/0
Nour El Tayeb bt Ho Ka Po 11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (19m)
Nour El Sherbini bt Ka-Yi Lee 11-5, 10-12, 12-10, 11-2 (30m)
[2] USA bt [3] INDIA
2/1
Amanda Sobhy bt Anaka Alankamony 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (21m)
Olivia Blatchford lost to Saumya Karki 7-11, 9-11, 9-11 (28m)
Haley Mendez bt Aparajitha Balamurukan 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9 (42m)
Quarter-finals:
[3]
INDIA
bt [4]
ENGLAND
2/0
Anaka Alankamony bt Emily Whitlock 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (39m)
Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Victoria Temple-Murray 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 12-10,
11-4 (44m)
Final qualifying
rounds:
[3] INDIA bt [13/16] ECUADOR 3/0
Anaka Alankamony bt Mireya Lucia Espinosa Proano 11-0, 11-2, 11-0
Ankita Sharma bt Maria Jose Guarderas 11-2, 11-5, 11-2
Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Nicole Gordillo Bravo 11-5, 11-2, 11-5
2nd Qualifying round:
[3] INDIA bt [6] HONG KONG CHINA 2/1
Aparajitha Balamurukan lost to Ho Tze-Lok 3-11, 8-11, 11-8, 15-17
Anaka Alankamony bt Ho Ka Po 11-0, 11-5, 11-3 (23m)
Saumya Karki bt Ka-Yi Lee 12-10, 11-8, 11-6 (26m)
1st Qualifying round:
[3]
INDIA
bt [11]
FRANCE
3/0
Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Marie Stephan 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7
(40m)
Anaka Alankamony bt Melissa Alves 12-10, 12-10, 11-6 (29m)
Saumya Karki bt Julia Lecoq 7-11, 11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 (33m)
WSF
Women's World Junior Individual Squash Championship 2011
Third
Time Lucky For World Champion El Tayeb (26/07/2011)
After
disappointment in the 2009 and 2010 finals, it was third time lucky for Nour
El Tayeb in the final of the 2011 WSF Women's World Junior Individual Squash
Championship when she beat fellow Egyptian and former champion Nour El
Sherbini to win the World Squash Federation title at the Murr Center at
Harvard University in Boston , USA .
As
in their previous meeting in the 2009 final, the first game went well for El
Tayeb, who took an early lead of 4-1 - extending it to 9-3 before closing
out the game.
But,
again as it had in 2009, the second game went away from the top seed as 3/4
seed El Sherbini, still aged only 15, built up a 9-3 lead before taking the
game to draw level.
It
was nip and tuck throughout the third and fourth games until two winners in
a row brought El Tayeb her first match-ball at 10-7.
A
daring - but unsuccessful - long drop temporarily reduced the gap for El
Sherbini, but when the underdog's boast later then clipped the tin, El Tayeb
was finally able to celebrate her status as World Champion.
RESULTS:
WSF Women's World Junior Individual Squash Championship, Boston , USA
Final:
[1] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [3/4] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 11-5, 3-11, 11-7,
11-8 (42m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [5/8] Emily Whitlock (ENG) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5
(25m)
[3/4] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) 11-5, 12-10, 11-9
(30m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) 11-8, 11-0, 11-4 (30m)
[5/8] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [3/4] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 11-8, 11-8, 11-7
(33m)
[3/4] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [5/8] Nouran El Torky (EGY) 11-8, 11-3, 11-4
(25m)
[2] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Mariam Ibrahim Metwally (EGY) 11-6, 11-3, 11-5
(24m)
4th
round:
[1] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [9/16] Anaka Alankamony (IND) 13-11, 11-6, 9-11,
11-3 (36m)
3rd round:
[9/16] Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt Alix Younger (CAN) 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
(21m)
[3/4] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND) 11-6, 11-5,
11-6 (20m)
2nd round:
[9/16] Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt Olivia Fiechter (USA) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9,
11-9 (41m)
[3/4] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt Lakshya Ragavendran (IND) 11-0, 11-4, 11-3
(16m)
Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND) bt Choi Uen Shan (HKG) 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6
(30m)
Mariam Ibrahim Metwally (EGY) bt Ankita Sharma (IND) 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 (23m)
Ho Tze-Lok (HKG) bt Saumya Karki (IND) 11-13, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-5 (58m)
1st round:
Lakshya Ragavendran (IND) bt Julianne Chu (USA) 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 5-11,
11-6 (40m)
Marwan
El Shorbagy Wins Historic World Title (21/7/2011)
WSF Men's World Junior Squash Championship, Herentals, Belgium
Two years after his older
brother won the title for the second time, 17-year-old Marwan El Shorbagy
clinched the 2011 WSF Men's World Junior Individual Squash Championship
crown at the Flemish Squash Centre in the Belgian town of
Herentals
.
Marwan and Mohamed El
Shorbagy, currently ranked nine in the world, are the first brothers in the
sport's history to win world individual titles.
In the second successive
all-Egyptian climax of the World Squash Federation championship in Belgium,
El Shorbagy junior beat close friend Mohamed Abouelghar, a 5/8 seed, 11-6,
11-6, 11-8 in 45 minutes.
Finals:
Marwan El Shorbagy bt Mohamed Abouelghar 11-6, 11-6, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[5/8] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt [1] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) 9-11,
11-8, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [9/16] Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (EGY) 11-6,
11-9, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
[1] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt [5/8] Ramit Tandon (IND) 11-7, 11-7,
17-15
[5/8] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt [5/8] James Earles (ENG) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
[9/16] Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry (EGY) bt [5/8] Declan James (ENG) 8-11, 11-6,
11-9, 11-6
[2] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-7, 9-11,
13-11, 11-8
3rd round:
[5/8] Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND) 11-6, 8-11, 11-3,
11-8
[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt [9/16] Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) 11-8, 11-5,
11-4
2nd round:
[1] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt Kush Kumar (IND) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
[5/8] Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Abdulla Al-Tamimi (QAT) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
Abhishek Pradhan (IND) bt [9/16] Michael McCue (CAN) 9-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-7
[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Cedric Kuchen (SUI) 11-2, 11-4, 11-5
1st round:
Kush Kumar (IND) bt Marc ter Sluis (NED) 11-4, 10-12, 8-11, 11-1, 11-0
[5/8] Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Aqeel Ashkanani (KUW) 11-7, 11-6, 11-4
Abhishek Pradhan (IND) bt Remo Handl (SUI) 11-9, 11-5, 11-1
[5/8] Mohamed Abouelghar (EGY) bt Vrishab Kotian (IND) 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Thomas Dembinski (USA) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4
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Egypt
Retain World Junior Team Title In Chennai
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Defending champion Egypt had it
easy against Hong Kong China in the finals
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The 13 year old Egyptian teenager Nour El Sherbini blanked
her opponent in flat 20 minutes when she beat Hong Kong’s Tong
Tsz Wing to ensure that Egypt retain the title in the
finals of Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships
held at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai.
The
day also witnessed India ’s best performance in the event as it beat
the United States in the third place play-off.
Egypt
the defending champion beat Hong Kong 2-0 with Heba El Torky and Nour
El Sherbini coasting to wins.
Team
number one Heba El Torky gave favourites Egypt the lead with an
11-6, 2-11, 11-5, 11-6 victory over Hong Kong top string Liu Tsz-Ling.
After
a surprise loss in the semi-finals 24 hours earlier, it was a
confident El Sherbini who ripped apart Tsz Wing Tong like a bad
report card in the second match. It only took her 20 minutes to
beat 17-year-old Hong Kong opponent 11-8,
11-6, 11-6 to give Egypt the title for the fourth time since 1999.
There
was as much delight from the home crowd in the play-off for third
place when hosts India recovered from losing the second match
to fifth-seeded opponents USA to come back in the third to
clinch a 2/1 win - and claim the best finish in five appearances in
the championship since 1999.
Given
a head start by Dipika Pallikal, who beat Olivia Blatchford in
straight games, India lost the next when Surbhi Misra went down to
Amanda Sobhy, warranting a decider.
Spurred
on by the crowd, however, India's third string Anaka Alankamony
became the toast of the nation when she beat US hotshot Julie
Cerullo 3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8 to give India the bronze
medal - an impressive improvement on their previous best-ever fourth
place finish in 2003.
The
Director General of Police, K.P. Jain, along with World Squash
Federation President N. Ramachandran gave away the prizes.
The
results:
Finals:
Egypt bt Hong Kong China 2-0
Heba El Torky bt Tsz Ling Liu 11-6, 2-11, 11-5, 11-6 Nour El
Sherbini bt Tsz Wing Tong 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
Third place play-off: India bt USA 2-1
Dipika Pallikal bt Oliva Blatchford 11-6, 11-7, 11-5
Surbhi Misra lost to Amanda Sobhy 3-11, 6-11, 12-10, 4-11
Anaka Alankamony bt Julie Cerullo 3-11, 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8
Final standings: 1. Egypt; 2. Hong Kong China; 3. India; 4. USA; 5.
Canada; 6. England; 7. Malaysia; 8. New Zealand.
Semi-finals:
[1] EGYPT bt [5]
USA 2-1
Heba El Torky bt Olivia Blatchford 11-5, 11-6, 13-15, 11-7 (34m)
Nour El Sherbini lost to Amanda Sobhy 6-11, 6-11, 8-11 (22m)
Nour El Tayeb bt Julie Cerullo 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (17m)
[6] HONG KONG bt
[2] INDIA 2-1
Liu Tsz-Ling lost to Dipika Pallikal 4-11, 12-10, 8-11, 6-11 (31m)
Tong Tsz-Wing bt Anwesha Reddy 12-10, 11-6, 11-8 (29m)
Carmen Lee bt Surbhi Misra 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 (40m)
Quarterfinals:
USA bt England 2-1
Hong Kong China bt New Zealand 3-0
Egypt beat Malaysia 3-0
India bt Canada 2-1
Anwesha Reddy lost to Samantha Cornett 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 2-11
Dipika Pallikal bt Laura Gemmel 11-8, 11-3, 11-9
Surbhi Misra bt Jennifer Pelletier 13-11, 11-8, 3-11, 11-6
Final Qualifying Round
: Results 5th Aug:
Pool
‘A’:
Australia bt Sweden 3-0
Egypt bt New Zealand 3-0
Pool ‘B’:
France lost to Germany 1-2
India bt England 3-0
Surbhi Misra bt Kimberley Hay 11-9, 11-3, 11-7;
Dipika Pallikal bt Millie Tomlinson 11-6, 11-5, 11-7;
Anaka Alankamony bt Julianne Courtice 15-13, 8-11, 14-12, 9-11, 11-7.
Pool
‘C’:
Netherlands bt Denmark 2-1
Malaysia lost to Hong Kong China 0-3
Pool
‘D’:
Canada lost to USA 1-2
South Africa bt Spain 3-0
Quarter-final
line-up:
[1] EGYPT v [3] MALAYSIA
[5] USA v [7] ENGLAND
[6] HONG KONG v [8] NEW ZEALAND
[2] INDIA v [4] CANADA
Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/06/stories/2009080652281800.htm
The
results as on 4th August:
Pool A:
New Zealand bt Sweden 3-0
Egypt bt Australia 3-0
Pool B:
England bt Germany 3-0
India bt France 3-0
Dipika Pallikal bt Emilie Lamilango 12-10, 11-6, 11-7
Anaka Alankamony bt Julia Lecoq 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
Surbhi Misra bt Cyrielle Peltier 8-11, 11-4, 11-3, 11-4
Pool
C:
Malaysia bt The Netherlands 3-0
Hong Kong China bt Denmark 3-0
Pool D:
Canada bt South Africa 3-0
USA bt Spain 3-0
The results as on 3rd August:
Pool ‘A’:
Egypt bt Sweden 3-0
New Zealand bt Australia 3-0
Pool ‘B’:
India bt Germany 3-0
Dipika Pallikal bt Lisa Marie Sedlmeier 11-4, 11-3, 11-5
Surbhi Misra bt Stefanie Rosner 11-6, 11-1, 11-7
Anwesha Reddy bt Caroline Sayegh 11-9, 11-7, 11-5
England bt France 2-1
Pool ‘C’:
Malaysia bt Denmark 3-0
Hong Kong China bt Netherlands 3-0
Pool ‘D’:
USA bt South Africa 3-0
Canada bt Spain 3-0
Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/05/stories/2009080561011700.htm
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World
Junior Squash Championships 2009 (Individuals)
From
29th July - 2nd August 2009 at ICL Squash Academy, Chennai
Nour el
Sherbini overtook Nicol David the youngest girls’ champion ever
while Mohamed el Shorbagy emulated his compatriot and idol, Ramy
Ashour, in becoming only the second person to win the boys’ event
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History was made,
at the World Junior squash championships when Nour El Sherbini who
is just 13 years old beat Nour El Tayeb in the finals thus becoming
youngest ever junior champion beating Nicol David’s record.
Sherbini’s loss
of the first game would have indicated a prompt end to the contest,
but the 13-year-old tapped on her reserves of fortitude and zapped
her older opponent into a clumsy collector of dropped balls.
Down 1-4 in the
second game, Sherbini changed tactics and started to lure Tayeb to
the fore wall, and won her second game. The 3rd and 4th game was
easily won by Shebini.
"After
losing the first, I remembered how I came back when I was down
against Heba, and that gave me the belief I could do it again. I
kept telling myself I could do it, and I did!"
Mohamed El
Shorbagy made it a notable Egyptian double when he successfully
defended his men's title - on the first occasion that a world junior
title has been contested annually. The 18-year-old
favourite from Alexandria defeated second-seeded Malaysian Ivan
Yuen 11-9, 12-10, 11-2.
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"I'm really
happy to win this world junior title," said El Shorbagy, who
became only the second player in the history of the men's
championship to claim a second title - though his predecessor,
compatriot Ramy Ashour, did so when the event was only
contested biennially.
"I came back to
Egypt one month before the world juniors and I was training with Amir
Wagih. He was taking me every day and giving me every day a session at
eight in the morning I really worked hard with him before the tournament,
so thanks to him so much too. Whenever I'm back in Egypt I always go and
train with him.
"I would like to
thank my mom, dad, Jonah Barrington and the Egyptian Squash Federation
also. They really understand how to make the players
concentrate during the tournament and they do everything for us, so I have
to thank Assem Khalifa a lot."
All Results:
Women's Finals:
Nour el Sherbini (Egy) bt Nour el Tayeb (Egy) 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-5.
Women's semi-finals:
[4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 11-6, 8-11, 11-8,
11-7 (33m)
[9/16] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [8] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 11-8, 11-6,
11-6 (20m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [5] Nouran El Torky (EGY) 11-5, 4-11,
11-8, 11-6 (37m)
[4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt [9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) 11-7, 11-6, 11-1 (21m)
[8] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt [9/16] Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy (EGY) 6-11,
11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8 (47m)
[9/16] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [2] Heba El Torky (EGY) 7-11, 11-8, 9-11,
13-11, 11-8 (61m)
4th round:
[1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Yathreb Adel (EGY) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (22m)
[2] Heba El Torky (EGY) bt [9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) 11-2, 11-5, 11-6
(18m)
3rd round:
[1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [17/32] Lana Harrison (NZL) 11-1, 11-7,
11-7 (19m)
[8] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 (24m)
[9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt [17/32] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 11-6, 11-8,
8-11, 11-4 (42m)
2nd
round:
[1]
Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Natasha Kingshott (USA) 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 (14m)
[5]
Nouran El Torky (EGY) bt Anaka Alankamony (IND) 14-12, 11-0, 11-3 (27m)
[17/32]
Sarah Cardwell (AUS) bt Saumya Karki (IND) 6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 11-9
(50m)
[17/32]
Rachael Goh (MAS) bt Harita Omprakash (IND) 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4 (31m)
[3]
Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt Shivangi Paranjpe (IND) 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (21m)
1st
round:
[1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bye
[17/32]
Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt Shria Khatri (IND) 11-4, 11-7, 12-10 (56m)
Yong
Sue Ann (MAS) bt Millie Jensen (DEN) w/o
Yathreb
Adel (EGY) bye
Anaka
Alankamony (IND) bt Franziska Hennes (GER) 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-5
(42m)
Saumya
Karki (IND) bt Yarden Odinak (USA) 14-12, 4-11, 11-6, 11-8 (32m)
[17/32]
Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt Ankita Sharma (IND) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 (30m)
Harita
Omprakash (IND) bt Michelle Gemmell (CAN) 11-5, 11-8, 13-11 (26m)
[17/32]
Tan Yan Xin (MAS) bt Sachika Balvani (IND) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (23m)
Aparajitha
Balamurukan (IND) bt Tessa ter Sluis (NED) 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 (29m)
Shivangi
Paranjpe (IND) bt Cheri-Ann Parris (BAR) 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-4 (30m)
[9/16]
Anwesha Reddy (IND) bye
Men's final:
[1]
Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [2] Ivan Yuen (MAS) 11-9, 12-10, 11-2 (36m)
semi-finals:
[1]
Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [4] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 11-7, 11-9,
11-6 (37m)
[2]
Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [17/32] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3 (28m)
quarter-finals:
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [9/16] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-7, 7-11,
11-9, 11-8 (44m)
[4] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt [8] Farhan Zaman (PAK) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8
(25m)
[17/32] Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) bt [9/16] Lucas Serme (FRA) 8-11, 11-9,
7-11, 11-8, 11-8 (93m)
[2] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [6] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) 11-3, 11-8, 11-7 (39m)
2nd
round:
[9/16]
Todd Harrity (USA) bt [17/32] Ramit Tandon (IND) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (20m)
[9/16]
Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND) 12-10, 11-9, 13-11 (37m)
[17/32]
Aurangzeb Mehmund (PAK) bt [9/16] Ravi Dixit (IND) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 (25m)
[6]
Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt [17/32] Karan Malik (IND) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
(21m)
1st
round:
Miled
Zarazua (MEX) bt [9/16] Aditya Jagtap (IND) 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (32m)
[17/32]
Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt Paramit Singh (IND) 11-3, 11-9, 11-8 (28m)
[17/32]
Ben Coleman (ENG) bt Ashray Ohri (IND) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (28m)
[17/32]
Ramit Tandon (IND) bye
Abhishek
Pradhan (IND) bt [17/32] Fung Ngo Long (HKG) 12-10, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4
(62m)
[17/32]
Johan Detter (SWE) bt Sami Johnson (IND) w/o
[9/16]
Ravi Dixit (IND) bt Brandon McLaughlin (USA) 11-9, 14-12, 11-2 (38m)
[5]
Alfredo Avila (MEX) bt Akshay Deepak (IND) 11-8, 11-3, 11-6 (23m)
[17/32]
Karan Malik (IND) bt Tom de Mulder (BEL) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (22m)
[17/32]
Antoine-Camille Petrucci (FRA) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-9, 6-11,
11-5, 11-3 (42m)
[17/32]
Caspar Grauballe Nielsen (DEN) bt Abhinav Sinha (IND) 11-8, 11-9, 16-14
(36m)
[17/32]
Nasser Al-Rashid (KUW) bt Pranay Marchant (IND) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 (23m)
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Men's
World Junior Team Squash
Championship 2008
Pakistan
Reclaim World Championship Title In Zurich
It was a case of double
revenge for Pakistan in the final of the World Junior Men's Team
Championship in Zurich, the biennial World Squash Federation championship
being held for the first time in Switzerland.
The second seeds not only
beat defending champions Egypt to avenge their loss in the previous final in
2006, but squad number one Aamir Atlas Khan led his country to victory by
defeating new world champion Mohamed El Shorbagy to reverse the result of
the earlier individual final.
It was the two nations'
third successive meeting in the final - and Pakistan made a perfect start
when 18-year-old Aamir Atlas Khan, the favourite to win last week's
individual world crown, recovered from a game down to beat rival El Shorbagy
7-9, 9-2, 9-1, 9-1 in 48 minutes.
It took a further 64
minutes for Pakistan to win the title - squad number three Mohd Shoaib
Hassan, from Lahore, grinding out a 9-5, 9-6, 9-2 win over Egypt's Karim
Abdel Gawad to clinch their upset over the event favourites.
The 2/0 win negated the
need to play the third rubber, in which Waqar Mehboob, the Pakistan second
string, was due to face Andrew Wagih Shoukry.
With previous title wins
in 1982, 2002 and 2004, Pakistan are now celebrating their fourth Men's
World Junior Team success - equalling the achievement of England (1990,
1996, 1998 and 2000) but one behind Australia (1980, 1984, 1986, 1988 and
1992).
The battle for bronze saw
third seeds England take on surprise opponents India, the fifth seeds who
had reached the semi-finals for the first time in their history. An
upset seemed on the cards when Vikram Malhotra, the Indian number one from
Mumbai, beat British Junior champion Joe Lee 9-6, 9-0, 0-9, 9-3.
But it took 70 minutes
for order to be restored when England's third string Alex Ingham defeated
Chennai-based 16-year-old Ravi Dixit 4-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-6. Adrian Waller
then made sure of a third-place finish for England - making up for their
lowest-ever fourth place in 2006 - when he despatched Aditya Jagtap 9-0,
9-4, 9-4 in just 20 minutes.
Final:
[2] PAKISTAN bt [1]
EGYPT 2-0
Aamir Atlas Khan bt Mohamed El Shorbagy 7-9, 9-2, 9-1, 9-1 (48m)
Mohd Shoaib Hassan bt Karim Abdel Gawad 9-5, 9-6, 9-2 (64m)
Waqar Mehboob v Andrew Wagih Shoukry (dead rubber - match not played)
3rd place play-off:
[3] ENGLAND bt [5] INDIA
2-1
Joe Lee lost to Vikram Malhotra 6-9, 0-9, 9-0, 3-9 (37m)
Alex Ingham bt Ravi Dixit 4-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-6 (70m)
Adrian Waller bt Aditya Jagtap 9-0, 9-4, 9-4 (20m)
Click here for more
details : http://www.worldsquash.org.uk/wjm08t.html
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Men's
World Junior Individual Squash
Championship 2008
Zurich, Switzerland (02/08/2008)
Vikram
crashes out; Indian challenge ends
India’s challenge in
the individual events ended with the exit of Vikram Malhotra in the
pre-quarterfinal round on Tuesday in the World junior men’s squash
championship being held in Zurich.
Vikram’s flair and
style could not come to his rescue against the tournament favorite and
second seed Mohd El Shorbagy of Egypt.
Final:
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) 2-9, 9-3,
10-8, 9-4 (75m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt
[5/8] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 9-1, 9-1, 9-6 (40m)
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt
[3] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 9-7, 9-10, 9-4, 1-9, 9-5 (67m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt
[5/8] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 9-1, 9-5, 9-0 (36m)
[5/8] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) bt [4]
Gregoire Marche (FRA) 9-6, 8-10, 9-5, 9-0 (74m)
[3] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt
[5/8] Adrian Waller (ENG) 9-5, 4-9, 9-3, 9-2 (58m)
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt
[9/16] Ivan Yuen (MAS) 9-3, 9-5, 9-1 (30m)
Pre quarters :
Mohd El Shorbagy (Egypt) bt Vikram Malhotra (Ind) 9-7, 9-7, 9-7
Herik Mustonen (Finland) bt Aditya Jagtap (Ind) 9-0, 9-0, 9-6
Third round:
Aditya Jagtap bt Frederick Reid (Can) 9-0, 9-4, 7-9, 10-8;
Vikram Malhotra bt Joshua Larkin (Aus) 9-4, 9-3, 9-6;
Wael Farag (Egy) bt Ravi Dixit 9-3, 9-2, 9-6;
Chun Ming Leo Au (Hkg) bt Paramit Singh 9-0, 9-1, 9-6;
Keagan Burkhart (Nzl) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar 10-8, 9-4, 9-6.
Second round:
Vikram Malhotra bt Fahad B. Al-Ramezy (Kuw) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1;
Ravi Dixit bt Felipe Bueno Almeida (Ecu) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0;
Paramit Singh bt Fausto Gomez (Esp) 9-2, 9-7, 9-1;
Aditya Jagtap bt Jo Wen Ng (Mas) 9-4, 9-5, 2-9, 9-4;
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Dimitri Diamadopoulos (Ita) 9-0, 9-3, 9-1;
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Karan Malik 9-0, 9-6, 9-0;
Joshua Larkin (Aus) bt Abishek Pradhan 4-9, 4-9, 10-8, 9-1, 9-1, 9-6.
First round:
Karan Malik bt Adam Perkiomaki (USA) 9-5, 9-6, 9-5;
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Ryan Mcconvey (Cay) 9-2, 9-4, 9-0;
Abishek Pradhan bt Oliver Holland (Eng) 9-5, 9-5, 9-5.
Qualifying round:
Karan Malik bt Luke Sims (Aus) 9-4, 9-4, 9-2;
Mahesh Mangaonkar w/o Shedara Femi (Ngr);
Abishek Pradhan (Ind) w/o Alain Mudeen (Cay);
Ramit Tandon lost to Ahmed El Mehelmy (Egy) 9-6, 9-7, 9-1. |
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