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Wednesday, Jan 26, 2005

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No sweat for Indian teams

By S.R. Suryanarayan

CHENNAI, JAN. 25. The Indians had a fairly easy day as the boys and girls went on expected lines in the pool leagues to get ready for tougher contests ahead on the opening day of the team event competition in the Asian junior squash championship at the TNSRA courts here on Tuesday.

In the four-team boys' pool `B', India had just one tie today and Korea proved no match for the host side.

Saurav Ghosal led the way and Parthiban and Harinderpal Singh picked the thread to complete the rout. Kuwait, a strong rival for India in this pool, also had a flying start against Singapore.

Pakistan did not need the services of Amir Atlas Khan, the newly-crowned Asian champion, for its match against lowly-placed Iran. Malaysia too trounced Iran.

In the girls' section, despite being easy outings, Joshna played both the matches — against Sri Lanka and Korea — to set the path. Anwesha and

Dipika Pallikal completed the 3-0 win over Sri Lanka, while Surbhi Misra and Dipika finished the task against Korea.

With this two wins, India has virtually ensured a place in the semifinals.

The results:

Boys:

Pool `A':

Malaysia bt Iran 3-0 (Mohd. Asfar bt Payman Syavishi 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Mohd. Asyraf bt Mohd. Hussain Jafari 9-3, 10-8, 10-8; Mohd. Nafizwan bt Masud Ekhis 9-3, 9-4, 9-0); Hong Kong bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Anson Kwong bt Roshane Nanayakkara 9-4, 9-1.

9-2; Leo Au bt Yasir Isadeen 9-5, 9-2, 9-6; Max Lee bt Eranga Alwis 9-1, 9-1, 9-1); Pakistan bt Iran 3-0 (Bilan Zaman bt Payman Syavishi 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Alamzeb bt Mohd Hussain Jafari 9-0, 9-3, 9-2; Aquib Hanif bt Masud Ekhis 9-0, 9-0, 9-0).

Pool `B':

India bt Korea 3-0 (Saurav Ghosal bt Lim Hyuck 9-3, 9-1, 9-5; A. Parthiban bt Jun-Woo Chin 9-0, 9-2, 9-6; Harinderpal Singh bt Chul-Woo Sung 9-3, 9-2, 9-0); Kuwait bt Singapore 3-0 (Abdullah Al Mezayen bt Vivian Rhamanan 9-0, 9-5, 9-5; Sulaiman Al Khames bt Nigel Koh 9-6, 9-2, 9-2; Ali B Al Ramezi bt Marcus Phua 9-5, 9-0, 9-3).

Girls:

Pool `A':

Singapore bt Pakistan 2-1 (Charlene Neo lost to Maria Toor 10-9, 1-9, 0-9, 2-9; Nicole Chua bt Sara Awan 3-9, 9-4, 9-1, 9-7; Pamela Chua bt Aliya Sarfaz 10-8, 9-0, 9-2); Hong Kong bt Pakistan 3-0 (Annie Au bt Maria Toor 9-1, 9-0, 9-5; Joey Chanb bt Zoya Khalid 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Chiu Ka kei bt Sara Awan 10-8, 5-9, 9-3, 9-1).

Pool `B':

Malaysia bt Korea 3-0 (Sally Looi bt Lee Seul 9-3, 9-1, 9-2; Siti Munirah bt Kim Ar-Huyn 9-2, 9-1, 9-1; Low Wee Wern bt Sung Haw-Young 9-0, 9-0, 9-0); India bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Joshna Chinappa bt Nirasha Guruge 9-1, 9-0, 9-2.

V. Anwesha Reddy bt Randima Ranaweera 9-0, 9-1, 9-5; Dipika Pallikal bt Vidushi Gurunadha 9-1, 9-1, 9-0); Malaysia bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Sally Looi bt Nirasha Guruge 9-0, 9-2, 9-1; Nabilla Ariffin bt Damindi Udangawe 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.

Siti Munirah bt Vidushi Gurunadha 3-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-2); India bt Korea 3-0 (Joshna Chinappa bt Lee Seul 9-1, 9-3, 9-3; Surbhi Misra bt Lee Jeung Eun 9-2, 9-5, 9-2; Dipika Pallikal bt Sung Haw Young 9-1, 9-3, 9-2).

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