Three Indian boys in Asian Junior Squash quarter-finals

By IANS,

Chennai : India’s Aditya Japtap, Karan Malik and Ravi Dixit kept the home hopes alive by entering the quarter-finals of the boys singles in the 14th Asian Junior Squash championship at the ICL academy courts here Saturday.


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In the girls singles, second seed and title favourite Dipika Pallikal was the lone Indian to advance to the quarter-finals with a win over Singapore’s Chua Yung Li Pamela in just 15 minutes.

The results (individual events):

Boys singles (pre quarter-finals): 1-Leo Au (HKG) bt Naveen Jangra (IND) 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (19mins); 5/8-Ng Jo Wen (MAS) bt 9/12-Fung Ngo Long (HKG) 11-6, 11-7, 7-11, 4-11, 11-8 (56m); 5/8-Ravi Dixit (IND) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9 (30m); 3/4-Kamran Khan (MAS) bt Choy Kit Lun (HKG) 11-5, 11-5, 12-10 (24m); 3/4-Adtiya Japtap (IND) bt 13/16-Muhd.Zul Azri (MAS) 13-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8 (43m); 5/8-Nelson Chan (HKG) bt Laxman Joshi (IND) 11-8, 11-6, 11-1 (26m); 5/8-Karan Malik (IND) bt Han Seung-Cheol (KOR) 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (20m); 2-Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt 13/16-Paramit Singh (IND) 11-5, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5 (35m).

Girls singles (pre quarter-finals): 1-Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt 13/16-Mayu Yamazaki (JPN) 11-4, 11-3, 11-6 (19m); 5/8-Lee Ka Man (HKG) bt 9/12-Anaka Alankamony (IND) 11-6, 11-3, 2-11, 11-9 (29m); 5/8-Liu Tsz Ling (HKG) bt 9/12-Tan Yan Xin (MAS) 11-9, 19-17, 3-11, 11-8 (35m); 3/4-Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) bt 13/16-Harita Omprakash (IND) 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 (17m); 3/4-Song Sung-Mi (KOR) bt 13/16-Siu Ka Man (HKG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (19m); 9/12-Rachael Goh (MAS) bt 5/8-Anwesha Reddy (IND) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8 (21m); 5/8-Low Wee Nee (MAS) bt 9/12-Saumya Karki (IND) 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 (16m); 2-Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt 13/16-Chua Ying Li Pamela (SIN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (15m).

Boys Plate – Round 1: Seyed M Ziaekashani (Iran) bt Li Zhiyuan (China) 11-3, 11-3, 12-10 (19m); Vahid Fathi (Iran) bt Shen Jiaqi (China) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 (19m); Hayate Gunji (Japan) bt Chuang Kai-Han (Chinese Taipei) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (17m); Kasun Werasuriya (Sri Lanka) bt Chang Chun-Yu (Chinese Taipei) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 (31m); Tamataka Endo (Japan) bt Ravindu Laksiri (Sri Lanka) 11-3, 11-3, 12-10 (18m).

Girls Plate – Round 1: Teo Li Fang (Singapore) bt Dulakshi Elikawala (Sri Lanka) 12-10, 11-0, 11-6 (15m); Shria Khatri (India) bt Lu Yao (Chinese Taipei) 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (9m); Waka Nakamoto (Japan) bt Mandakini Gunasekara (Sri Lanka) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (21m); Risa Sugimoto (Japan) bt Sogol Samoudi (Iran) 14-16, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (25m); Aparajitha Balamurukan (India) bt Damindi Udangawa (Sri Lanka) 6-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-6 (22m). Sharya Guruge (Sri Lanka) bt Rio Tanaka (Japan) 11-7, 11-7, 11-1 (16m); Shaheen Madraswala (India) bt Sherilyn Yang Huixian (Singapore) 3-11, 4-11, 11-8, 13-11, 11-9 (32m); Pariya Ali Nejad (Iran) bt Gu Jinyue (China) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (19m).

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