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Tuesday, Jul 18, 2006

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Six Indians in second round

CHENNAI: India had a reasonably good start with six of its nine participants entering the second round on Monday, the opening day of the 14th World junior boys' squash championship being held in North Palmerston, New Zealand.

Naresh Kumar, fresh from his recent title win in Penang, continued his good run to defeat Bryce Redman (NZ). The cold conditions (8 degrees temperature) did cause concern for the Indian players but, according to information reaching here, they have been coping up well and wins have come in straight games.

For the top under-15 junior Ravi Dixit it was a tough call facing the Asian champion Max Lee. Though he stretched the Hong Kong player, the Indian could do no further. Another promising player Ramit Tandon received a walkover.

The results: Naresh Kumar bt Bryce Redman (NZ) 9-5, 9-0, 9-4; Parth Sharma bt Nathan Kam (Aus) 9-7, 9-0, 9-1; Harinderpal Singh Sandhu bt Ji Yang Fund (HK) 9-3, 9-5, 9-4; Vikram Malhotra bt Ahmed Hassan (Zim) 9-3, 9-2, 9-4; Ramit Tandon w/o Omar Al-Jam'aan (Kuw); Sandeep Jangra bt Alan Tsang (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Manek Mathur lost to Kam Hing Choong (Mas) 7-9, 0-9, 8-10; Ravi Dixit lost to Max Lee (HK) 3-9, 2-9, 1-9; Naishadh Lalwani lost to Todd Harrity (U.S.) 4-9, 2-9, 4-9.

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