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WSF
Women's World Junior Team Squash Championship 2011
At Boston, USA (31/7/2011)
Egypt
are world champions
while India
finished fourth
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)
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Defending champion Egypt had it
easy against Hong Kong China in the finals
The 13 year old Egyptian teenager Nour El Sherbini blanked
her opponent in flat 20 minutes when she beat Hong Kongs 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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