2008

World Mens Junior Team Squash Championship 2012
Doha, Qatar 

India gets its first bronze medal while Egypt Retain World Junior Title (18/7/2012)

In fifth successive meeting in the climax of the biennial WSF event, it was favourites Egypt who again triumphed over second seeds Pakistan in the final of the Doha WSF Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha to retain the title. 

India upset the third seed England 2-0 whom they had never beaten in past and their highest ever finish. 

Kush Kumar had a great start, imposing his fast pace to a Richie who was a bit of the back foot, and took two games to get used to that wizardry, such great attacks at the front… But slowly, the English boy was able to lengthen the rallies, put more weight on the ball, and he won the third game 11-9.

And what a finish that was in that 4^th game, England having 2 game ball, before making two errors, pushed by Kush finding some excellent width and length. 13/11. Close, close…

The Indian camp celebrated that win as the final win, and they were probably right to do so. Mahesh on paper had better results this week than Ollie, and everybody’s money was on the Indians to win 2/0 now.

Indian had great teams in the past – notably 2004 team with Saurav Ghosal, Siddharth Suchde, Sahil Vora and Gaurav Nandrajog then the 2008 team with Vikram Malhotra, Aditya Jagtap, Ravi Dixit and Ramit Tandon . But this team has eclipsed them all winning this bronze medal our first in the World Junior Men’s Championship and defeating England for the first time.

Final:
[1] EGYPT bt [2] PAKISTAN 2/0
Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry bt Syed Ali Shah Bokhari 7-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6
Marwan El Shorbagy bt Nasir Iqbal 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (39m)

3rd place play-off:
[4] INDIA bt [3] ENGLAND 2/0
Kush Kumar bt Richie Fallows 11-8, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11 (46m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Ollie Holland 6-11, 11-0, 11-6, 11-7 (54m) 

SEMI FINALS:
[1] Egypt 3-0 [4] India
Marwan El Shorbagy 3-2 Mahesh Mangaonkar  9/11, 12/10, 11/5, 6/11, 11/5 (72m)
Mohamed Abouelghar 3-1  Abhishek Pradhan  10/12, 11/6, 11/8, 11/5 (33m)
Mazen Hesham 2-0 Vrishab Koitan  11/9, 11/4 (21m)

[2] Pakistan 3-0 [3] England
Nasir Iqbal 3-0 Ollie Holland 11/5, 11/4, 11/6 (37m)
Syed Hamzah Bukhari 3-0 Tom Ford  11/7, 12/10, 11/7 (53m)
Syed Mujtaba Bukhari 2-1 Richie Fallows  11/7, 9/11, 11/6 (27m)

Quarter-Finals:
[4] India 2-1 [5] Hong Kong
Vrishab Koitan 0-3 Yip Tsz Fung  8/11, 4/11, 9/11 (38m)
Mahesh  Mangaonkar 3-0 Cheuk Yan Tank  11/4, 11/4, 11/2 (28m)
Kush Kumar 3-1 Yeung Ho Wai  11/9, 11/7, 3/11, 12/10 (61m) 

Final qualifying rounds - Pool D
[4] INDIA bt [9] AUSTRALIA 3/0
Kush Kumar bt Thomas Calvert 11-3, 11-7, 11-6 (18m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Rhys Dowling 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (30m)
Vrishab Kotian bt T J Rarere 11-4, 11-8, 11-5 (21m)

[4] INDIA bt QATAR 3/0
Kush Kumar bt Abdulwahab Al-Ishaq 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 (17m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 (35m)
Abhishek Pradhan bt Sadam Mehawesh 11-2, 11-2, 11-2 (12m)

World Mens Junior Team Squash Championship 2010
At Quito, Ecqudor (09/08/2010)

Indian men finish fifth in World Junior men’s Squash Championship, Quito, Ecqudor

India secured the fifth position after defeating New Zealand 2-1 in the placings match at the World junior men's squash championship in Quito, Ecuador. 

After Aditya Jagtap was defeated in the first match by Paul Collter, Ravi Dixit was down a game in the second match against Lance Beddoes before the Indian took control. 

In the deciding third match, Ramit Tandon came up with a solid performance to beat Bryce Redman to win in straight games and help India clinch the tie. The team title was won by Egypt which defeated Pakistan 2-1 in the final.

All Results:

Finals: Egypt beat Pakistan 2-1.

Semi Finals:
Egypt beat Canada 3-0
Pakistan beat England 2-1

Fifth place:
India bt New Zealand 2-1
Aditya Jagtap lost to Paul Coll 10-12, 6-11, 5-11
Ravi Dixit bt Lance Beddoes 15-17, 11-5, 11-8, 11-3
Ramit Tandon bt Bryce Redman 11-9, 11-5, 11-5

5th to 8 play off match:
India beats France
Lucas Serme defeated Aditya Jagtap 3-0
Ramit Tandon beat Damien Volland 3-0
Ravi Dixit beat Arthur Moineau 3-1

Quarter Finals:

Canada beat India 2-1
Andrew Schnell bt Aditya Jagtap 11-5, 11-9, 11-4
Nicholas Sachvie bt Ravi Dixit 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
Arjun Gupta lost to Ramit Tandon 2-11, 1-11) .

Pre-quarterfinals:

India bt Netherlands 3-0
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Tomas de Paauw 11-3, 11-4, 11-7
Aditya Jagtap bt Rick Penders 11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 11-6
Ravi Dixit bt Tim van der Pluijm 11-3, 11-3 

To Top Pool D in Qualifying Rounds:

India beat Wales
Aditya Jagtap bt David Haley 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
Ramit Tandon bt Sam Huxtable 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
Ravi Dixit lost to Sam Fenwick 6-11, 11-7,

India bt Ecuador 3-0
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Rodrigo Merino 11-2, 11-3, 11-4
Ravi Dixit bt Ernesto Dávila 12-10, 11-5, 11-1
Ramit Tandon bt Alejandro Castro 11-5, 11-2, 11-2

Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship 2008
Pakistan Reclaim World Championship Title In Zurich (08/08/2008)

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)

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