Friday, May 04, 2012

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At 16th Asian Team Championship 2012, Kuwait

Men's Team Championship

[SF] (1) India vs (5) Kuwait

[QF] (1) India bt (7) Japan 3-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN,278) 11-3 11-6 11-5
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN,276) 11-4 8-11 11-8 11-3
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN,UNR) 11-1 11-6

Pool A
(1) India bt (9) Singapore 3-0
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) bt Samuel Kang (SIN,UNR) 11-4 11-9 11-8
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Marcus Phua (SIN,UNR) 11-2 11-7 11-7
Mahesh Mangoankar (IND,144) bt Pang Ka Hoe (SIN,UNR) 11-8 11-2 11-7

(1) India bt (8) Jordan 3-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Ahmad Al Zabidi (JOR,183) 11-5 9-11 11-3 11-6
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Ahmad Al Saraj (JOR,187) 11-5 11-6 11-6
Mahesh Mangoankar (IND,144) bt Saif Al Braikat (JOR,UNR) 11-2 11-4 11-2

Women's Team Championship

[SF] (3) India vs (5) Korea

Pool B
(3) India bt (2) Malaysia 2-0
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Delia Odette Arnold (MAS,22) 8-11 11-4 11-5 12-10
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Siti Munirah Josoh (MAS,39) 11-6 11-5 11-4

(3) India bt (7) Sri Lanka 3-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Mihiliya Methsarani (SRI,UNR) 11-4 11-2 11-5
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Damindhi Udangawe (SRI,UNR) 11-5 11-4 11-3
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Naduni Gunawardane (SRI,UNR) 11-0 11-8 11-2

(3) India bt (6) China 3-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Li Dong Jin (CHN,UNR) 11-3 11-6 11-4
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Gu Jin Yue (CHN,UNR) 11-3 11-4 11-5
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Xiu Chen (CHN,UNR) 11-6 11-4 11-4

Indian men's team is top seed - #24 Saurav Ghosal, #45 Siddharth Suchde, #92 Harinder Pal Singh and #144 Mahesh Mangoankar.

Indian women's team is third seed - #14 Dipika Pallikal, #53 Joshana Chinappa, #92 Aparajitha Balamurukan and #94 Anaka Alankmony.

Indian men were in Pool A with 8th seed Jordan and 9th seed Singapore ... Our men's team won their pool matches comfortably and made it to the quarters ... In the quarters they faced 7th seed Japanese team that also they won convincingly ... In the semis they r facing 5th seed Kuwaiti team.

Indian women were in Pool B with #2 seed Malaysia, #6 seed China and #7 seed Sri Lanka ... Indian women scored easy victory against China and Sri Lanka but they scored upset win over 2nd seed Malaysian as Joshana and Anaka scored upset wins over their respective opponents ... With that India avoid facing top-seed Hong Kong team in the semis and they will face 5th seed Korea.

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