Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Squash News -
At Junior Men's Squash World Championships 2008, Zurich, Switzerland (Team Event)
Quarter-Final
(5) India bt (4) France 2-1

Vikram Malhotra l Gregoire Marche 9-1 4-9 0-9 1-9
Aditya Jagtap bt Lucas Vauzelle 9-6 9-2 9-5
Ravi Dixit bt Petrucci Antoine Camille 8-10 2-9 9-7 9-1 9-2 (77m)

Semi-Final -
(5) India vs (2) Pakistan

This is our best performance as first-time our boys reached semis of Junior Squash World Championship ... Vikram lost against top French player, but Aditya showed very strong performance to beat French No.2 ... But match of the tie was 3rd match, as Ravi fought back from 2 games down and was also 2-5 down in third game to create history ... Now we r facing 2nd seed Pakistan in semis.

Indian Coach Cyrus Poncha -
"Vikram Malhotra played a fabulous first game against Gregoire Marche but couldn't keep it up for the next three, and Aditya Jagtap was absolutely brilliant in beating Lucas Vauzelle in straight games.

In the decider Ravi Dixit was 0-2 and 2-5 down to Antoine-Camille Petrucci, but staged a remarkable comeback, levelling then taking the last two games comfortably.

This is our best ever performance at the World Junior Men's Championships - Vikram, Aditya, Ravi and Ramit have done us proud..... It feels great to hear the words 'India in the semi-finals' - for now we're just going to enjoy that!"

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