Sunday, June 16, 2013

Squash News
At World Teams 2013, Mulhouse, France

For 5-8 Positions
(8) India l (6) Germany 0-2

Saurav Ghosal 2-3 Simon Rosner 11/3 8/11 12/10 9/11 5/11
Harinderpal Sandhu 2-3 Raphael Kandra 9/11 12/14 11/5 11/3 12/14

For 7th Position
(8) India bt (5) Malaysia 2-0

Mahesh Mangoankar 3-0 Muhd Asyraf Azan 14/12 11/4 11/7
Saurav Ghosal 3-2 Ong Beng Hee 6/11 7/11 12/10 11/7 11/9

Indian men finished creditable 7th position in this World team championship ... For 7th position match they defeated higher seeded Malaysian team ... In the first match young Mahesh Mangoankar won the first game in extra points but after that he controlled the match and won next two games more comfortably ... In the second match Saurav lost first 2 games against higher ranked Ong Beng Hee but from the third game he fought back ... He won the third game after saving match ball ... He kept fighting and won closely fought last two games for memorable victory.

Before this India lost against Germany in very close match ... In the first match Saurav started well and was 2-1 up after third game ... But after that he messed up things committing many unforced errors and Rosner take advantage of it after winning next two games ... In next match Harinder lost closely fought first 2 games ... Then he made strong comeback and won next two games comfortably against Kandra ... In decider he failed to take advantage of the momentum and lost the game in extra points after missing match ball.

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