Sunday, February 24, 2013

Squash News
At the 16th Asian Junior Team Squash Championship, Seoul, Korea

Boys Final
India l Pakistan 0-2
Mahesh Mangoankar l Sayed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari 2-3 (5-11, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11)
Kush Kumar vs Ammad Fareed (Didn't play)
Deepak Mishra l Bilal Zakir 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 9-11)



Girls Final
India bt Hong Kong, China 2-1
Anaka Alankamony bt Ho Ka Po 3-0 (11-4, 11-5, 11-6)
Aparajitha Balamurukan bt Choi Uen Shan 3-0 (11-7, 11-9, 11-9)
Lakshya Ragavendran l Ho Tze Lok 0-3 (6-11, 4-11, 6-11)

Indian squash team won a Gold and Silver medal in the 16th Asian Junior Team Squash Championship.

Today order of play was 3-1-2 ... In the first match Lakshya Ragavendran failed to match attacking game of Ho Tze Lok and lost in straight games ... Then in-form Anaka Alankamony faced Hong Kong top player Ho Ka Po ... Anaka dominated from the start for a comfortable win ... In the final match Aparajitha faced Hong Kong No. 2 Choi Uen Shan ... Aparajitha struggled earlier in this week and lost her rubber in semi-final match but in the final she played confidently ... Aparajitha kept her focus and won crucial points for title win for Indians ... After 10 years Indian girls lifted the 16th Asian Junior Team Squash Championship.

In the boys final, Deepak Mishra failed to overcome challenge from his Pakistani opponent and lost in the straight games ... In the second match Mahesh faced Pakistani top player Ali Bokhari ... As per report this was very physical match and after 1-2 down Ali came back strongly ... His win gave Pakistan boys title.

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