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At 16th Asian Team Championship 2012, Kuwait
Men's Team Championship Final
(1) India l (4) Pakistan 0-2
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) l Farhan Mehboob (PAK,77) 2-3 (7-11 11-7 11-7 7-11 9-11)
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) l Farhan Zaman (PAK,89) 2-3 (6-11 7-11 13-11 11-7 9-11)
Women's Team Championship Final
(3) India bt (1) Hong Kong 2-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Annie Au (HKG,7) 3-0 (11-8 12-10 11-8)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Joey Chan (HKG,19) 3-2 (11-3 11-8 8-11 5-11 11-8)
Indian women created history after winning their first Asian team championship title beating defending champion Hong Kong in the final ... Dipika scored straight games victory over WR #7 Annie Au ... After that Joshana started well winning first 2 games but WR #19 Joey Chan fought back winning next two ... Joshana kept her nerve to won decider to clinch title for Indian women.
Our top-seed men team lost to defending champion Pakistan in two tight matches and failed to win their first Asian team championship title ... Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob defeated Saurav from 1-2 down ... Farhan Zaman stopped Siddharth Suchde's fight back ... After losing first 2 games Siddharth needed to keep fighting to win third game in extra points ... After losing 3rd and 4th games this time Zaman kept his nerve on important points to won the fifth game to win title for Pakistan.
At 16th Asian Team Championship 2012, Kuwait
Men's Team Championship Final
(1) India l (4) Pakistan 0-2
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) l Farhan Mehboob (PAK,77) 2-3 (7-11 11-7 11-7 7-11 9-11)
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) l Farhan Zaman (PAK,89) 2-3 (6-11 7-11 13-11 11-7 9-11)
Women's Team Championship Final
(3) India bt (1) Hong Kong 2-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Annie Au (HKG,7) 3-0 (11-8 12-10 11-8)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Joey Chan (HKG,19) 3-2 (11-3 11-8 8-11 5-11 11-8)
Indian women created history after winning their first Asian team championship title beating defending champion Hong Kong in the final ... Dipika scored straight games victory over WR #7 Annie Au ... After that Joshana started well winning first 2 games but WR #19 Joey Chan fought back winning next two ... Joshana kept her nerve to won decider to clinch title for Indian women.
Our top-seed men team lost to defending champion Pakistan in two tight matches and failed to win their first Asian team championship title ... Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob defeated Saurav from 1-2 down ... Farhan Zaman stopped Siddharth Suchde's fight back ... After losing first 2 games Siddharth needed to keep fighting to win third game in extra points ... After losing 3rd and 4th games this time Zaman kept his nerve on important points to won the fifth game to win title for Pakistan.
