Indian squash players dominated the proceedings at the 3rd Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship which concluded at the CCC squash courts in Colombo yesterday.
The five day championship saw over 150 squash players from 12 countries Pakistan, India, Malaysia, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Kuwait, Singapore, Japan, Iran, Nepal and Sri Lanka participating.
Dipika Pallikal of India hits out. |
Sri Lankan squash players were completely outclassed as they were nowhere near the standard of the experienced players from the other countries. The Asian Masters championship which is held for the first was conducted concurrently.
The organizers lacked the facilities for the media coverage as most of the photographers were unable and inconvenienced to take visuals. It is a sad state as the organizers seemed not interested in getting maximum mileage from an international championship where 12 countries are involved.
Results:Boys:Under 15 – Bilal Zakir (Pakistan) beat Ammad Farid (Pakistan (11/5, 13/11, 11/5). Under 19 – Ravi Dixit (India) beat Waqas Mehboob (Pakistan) (8/11, 8/11, 13/11, 11/5, 11/9). Girls:Under 15 – Chan Pansy Pui Hei (Hong Kong) beat Vanessa Raj (Malaysia) (11/8, 9/11, 11/9, 6/11, 11/8). Under 19 – Dipika Pallikal (India) beat Low Wee Nee (Malaysia) (11/8, 12/10, 10/12, 11/7).
Classic Plate Boys: Under 15 – Pang Ko Ho (Singapore) beat Darren Chan Ti Lunn (Malaysia) (11/9, 11/3, 11/6). Under 19 – Fung Ngo Long (Hong Kong) beat Marcus Yeun (Malaysia) (11/5, 11/9, 6/11, 11/6). Girls:Under 15 – Celine Yeap Shu Wan (Malaysia) beat Anandita Gupta (India) (11/5, 11/2, 11/6). Under 19 – Liu Tsz Ling (Hong Kong) beat Lee Ka Man Carmen (Hong Kong) (11/9, 11/6, 11/6).
Championship Plate Boys: Under 15 – Divij Singh (India) beat Manik Dutta (India) (14/12, 5/11, 11/8, 6/11, 11/7). Under 19 – Jaejin Yoo (Korea) beat Erfan Jamshidi (Iran) (11/3, 11/4, 6/11, 11/9). Girls: Raveena Sumathipala (Sri Lanka) beat Lasnee Kulatunga (Sri Lanka) (11/6, 4/11, 4/11, 13/11, 12/10). Under 19 – Jihyun Lee (Korea) recd w/o.
Masters Events Age Group – (35-39) Lal Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka) beat Avinash Bhavnani (India) (11/6, 8/11, 10/12, 11/5, 11/8). (40-44) Irfan Agshar (Pakistan) beat Mohanish Sawant (India) (11/8, 11/8, 11/8). (45-49) Deepak Moolani (India) beat Gary Fung Fuk Ming (China) (11/5, 13/11, 5/11, 5/11, 11/6). (50-54) Vaman Apte (India) beat Suresh Gurung (Nepal) (12/10, 11/7, 11/1). (55-59) William Fan Ying Wai (Hong Kong) beat S. Maniam (Malaysia) (5/11, 11/3, 11/7, w/o.
Women’s – Hong Shen (China) beat Jin Lu (China) (11/4, 11/3, 11/4).
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