Asian Junior Squash C’ship :
Lankans off to fine start
Anuradha Abeysekara
Gihan Suwaris the skipper bagged the first victory for Sri Lanka
beating his rival from Kuwait Yousiff Nasser in a pool ‘A’ qualifying
match at the 15th Asian Junior Team Squash Championships yesterday. The
tournament will be continued till January 29 at the Rathmalana Air Force
Squash court complex.
Gihan comfortably beat Yousiff in the opening match a 3 - 0 win
(11/7, 11/8, 11/7) while Binura Jayasuriya over came Aqeel Ali (Kuwait)
in straight sets (11/7, 11/9, 11/2) in another match. The Kuwaiti’s only
success came from Yousiff Nizar who defeated Dilshan Gunawardane 3-0
(11/7, 11/7, 11/8).
Altogether 11 boy’s teams and seven girl’s teams are participating in
this year’s championship. A close contest was witnessed in a girl’s pool
‘B’ match between Tan Yan Xin (Malaysia) and Li Dong Jim (China) which
went on for five sets, which ended in favour of Malaysian 3-2 (11/6,
11/3, 7/11, 10/12, 3/11).
Results:
Boys:
Sri Lanka beat Kuwait 2/1. Gihan Suwaris (SL) beat Yousiff Nasser
(11/7, 11/8, 11/7).Binura Jayasuriya (SL) beat Aqeel Ali (11/7, 11/9,
11/2). Yousiff Nizar (K) beat Dilshan Gunawardane (11/7, 11/7, 11/8).
Hong Kong beat Iran 3/0. Choy Kit Lun (HK) beat Seyd Mohammadreza
(12/10, 11/3, 11/7). Ho Tze Ho (HK) beat Soheil Shameli (11/6, 11/5,
11/4).
Yip Tsz Fung (HK) beat Erran Jamshiti (11/4, 11/7, 11/0).
India beat Jordan 3/0. Ramit Jandon (I) beat Ahmad Khaleel (11/3,
11/3, 11/4). Abhishek Pradhan (I) beat Saif Yousef (11/2, 11/7, 11/8).
Mahesh Mangoon (I) beat Mohammad Khaleel (11/6, 11/3, 11/8).
Japan beat Singapore 2/1. Ryosei Kobayashi (J) Thimothy Son (11/7,
11/8, 6/11, 11/8). Tomotaka Endo (J) beat Pang Ka Wai (11/8, 10/12,
11/5, 11/8). Pang Ka Hoe (S) beat Hayate Gunji (J) (12/10, 7/11, 10/12,
11/7, 9/11).
Pakistan beat China 3/0. Danish Khan (P) beat Wang Jun Jie (11/3,
11/2, 11/0). Syed Ali Shan (P) beat Li Zhi Yuan (11/1, 11/3, 11/1).
Nasiri Iqbal (P) beat Shen Jia Qi (11/6, 11/5, 11/4).
Girls:
Hong Kong beat Singapore 3/0. Tong Tsz Wing (S) beat Mao Shi Hui
(11/2, 11/6, 11/8). Lee Ka Yi (S) beat Sherilun Yang (11/6, 11/4, 11/4).
Ho Ko Po (S) beat Hao Shi Yuan (11/1, 11/7, 11/4).
Japan beat Iran 2/1. Mayu Yamazaki (J) beat Taba Taghari (11/7, 11/1,
11/0). Saeidu Mazidi (Iran) beat Tamaki Marumo (11/8, 14/12, 11/7).
Risa Sugimoto (J) beat Sogol Samoodi (11/3, 11/6, 11/1).
India beat Sri Lanka 3/0. Anaka Alankamong (I) beat Nadhini Udangawa
(11/7, 11/9, 11/7). Aparajitha Balamurukan (I) beat K A M Nethsarani
(11/3, 11/2, 9/11, 11/9). Saumya Karki (I) beat Sharya Guruge (11/9,
11/5, 9/11, 11/8).
Malaysia beat China 3/0. Tan Yan Xin (M) beat Li Dong Jin (6/11,
3/11,11/7, 12/10, 11/3). Yong Sue Ann (M) w/o Lo You. Vanessa Raj (M)
beat Gu Jim Yun (11/4, 11/4, 11/4).
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