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.
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).