Squash News
At 16th Asian Team Championship 2012, Kuwait
Men's Team Championship
[SF] (1) India bt (5) Kuwait 2-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW,58) 12-10 12=14 11-9 11-7
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Sallem Fayez Mohammed (KUW,321) 12-10 11-9 11-7
Women's Team Championship
[SF] (3) India bt (5) Korea 2-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Song Sun Mi (KOR,UNR) 11-7 11-8 11-2
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Yang Yeon Soo (KOR,UNR) 11-8 8-11 11-9 11-2
First time India reach both finals in Asian squash championship ... Indian men reached the final first time after they reached final in the first tournament in 1981.
Local Kuwait players tested our players in both matches but our players managed to overcome in both encounters ... Dipika and Anaka were better players on the court than Koreans and that reflected on the result.
In the final our men team is facing 4th seed Pakistan, who upset 2nd seed Malaysian team 2-0 in the semis ... Our women team is playing against top-seed Hong Kong, who defeated 2nd seed Malaysia 2-1 in the semis.
At 16th Asian Team Championship 2012, Kuwait
Men's Team Championship
[SF] (1) India bt (5) Kuwait 2-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW,58) 12-10 12=14 11-9 11-7
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Sallem Fayez Mohammed (KUW,321) 12-10 11-9 11-7
Women's Team Championship
[SF] (3) India bt (5) Korea 2-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Song Sun Mi (KOR,UNR) 11-7 11-8 11-2
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Yang Yeon Soo (KOR,UNR) 11-8 8-11 11-9 11-2
First time India reach both finals in Asian squash championship ... Indian men reached the final first time after they reached final in the first tournament in 1981.
Local Kuwait players tested our players in both matches but our players managed to overcome in both encounters ... Dipika and Anaka were better players on the court than Koreans and that reflected on the result.
In the final our men team is facing 4th seed Pakistan, who upset 2nd seed Malaysian team 2-0 in the semis ... Our women team is playing against top-seed Hong Kong, who defeated 2nd seed Malaysia 2-1 in the semis.
