NE SPORTS BUREAU
CHENNAI, FEB 8
The Indian teams got off to winning starts in the HCL 21st Asian Junior Team Squash Championship 2023, which got underway on Wednesday with the men beating Singapore and Chinese Taipei by 3-0 margins and the women blanking Sri Lanka.
The Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin visited the venue and interacted with the players and the organisers on Wednesday.
In the men’s event where the Indians are seeded second, Paarth Ambani, Shaurya Bawa, and Krishna Mishra recorded facile victories to set up a 3-0 win over Singapore. Later, the trio had no trouble breezing past Chinese Taipei by a similar margin. In the girl’s section, India seeded third and began their campaign with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Sri Lanka with the highly-rated Anahat Singh outclassing Chanithma Sinaly 11-6 11-3 11-2. Pakistan’s men’s team, the No.1 seed, started with two victories by a 3-0 margin against Sri Lanka and Kuwait.
Results
Junior Men
RR2
Korea Men – Kuwait Men 3-0
BS2: Seojin Oh – Abdulrahman Almaghrabi 11-3 11-3 11-3
BS3: Kun Kim – Abdullah Ali 11-2 11-6 11-1
BS1: Jooyoung Na – Abdulrahman Alhashem 11-4 11-3 12-10
Japan Men – Chinese Taipei Men 3-0
BS2: Renshi Makino – Pan Hong-Rui 11-6 12-10 11-2
BS3: Kosei Toki – Li Zong-Han 11-1 11-6 11-5
BS1: Yujin Ikeda – Pan Yi-An 11-3 11-4 11-1
RR4
Pakistan Men – Sri Lanka Men 3-0
BS2: Muhammad Hamza Khan – Seniya Jayathilaka 11-1 11-8 11-6
BS3: Anas Ali Shah – Sehath Perera 11-6 11-4 11-2
BS1: Noor Zaman – Thinura Randina 11-6 11-5 11-5
India Men – Singapore Men 3-0
BS2: Paarth Ambani – Benjamin Koh Kai Foo 11-2 11-5 11-7
BS3: Shaurya Bawa – Mark Lee Hong Yi 11-2 11-6 11-1
BS1: Krishna Mishra – Ethan Chua Jie Fan 11-4 11-3 11-2
RR5
Hong Kong, China Men – Sri Lanka Men 3-0
BS2: Lo Chun Yu Kelvin – Thinura Randina 11-8 11-9 4-11 13-11
BS3: Tam Tsz Shing – Seniya Jayathilaka 11-8 13-11 11-7
BS1: Law Arthur Pak Ki – Nevindu Lakman 13-11 12-14 8-11 11-8 13-11
Malaysia Men – Singapore Men 3-0
BS2: Low Wa Sern – Mark Lee Hong Yi 11-7 11-4 11-7
BS3: Shamiel Haeyzad Bin Shahrulhisam – Ethan Kuan Ming-Rui 11-4 11-7 11-3
BS1: Harith Danial Bin Jefri – Ethan Chua Jie Fan 11-4 11-5 11-3
Pakistan Men – Kuwait Men 3-0
BS2: Muhammad Hamza Khan – Abdulrahman Almaghrabi 11-8 11-6 11-5
BS3: Muhammad Ashab Irfan – Abdullah Ali 11-6 11-7 11-4
BS1: Noor Zaman – Abdulrahman Alhashem 11-7 11-7 6-11 7-11 11-6
India Men – Chinese Taipei Men 3-0
BS2: Paarth Ambani – Pan Hong-Rui 11-3 11-1 11-3
BS3: Shaurya Bawa – Li Zong-Han 11-2 11-5 11-4
BS1: Krishna Mishra – Pan Yi-An 11-1 11-3 11-2
Junior Women
RR3
Malaysia Women – Korea Women 3-0
GS2: Yasshmita Jadishkumar – Sojin Lee 11-3 11-3 12-10
GS3: Whitney Isabelle Anak Wilson – Minju Kim 11-7 11-3 11-4
GS: Aira Binti Azman – Ain Jun 11-3 11-3 11-2
Hong Kong, China Women – Singapore Women 3-0
GS2: Tse Yee Lam Toby – Au Yeong Wai Iynn 11-4 11-4 11-6
GS3: Leung Ka Huen – Swetha Sivakumar 11-4 11-5 11-2
GS: Wai Sze Wing – Lee Zi Fang 11-2 11-4 11-1
Japan Women – Chinese Taipei Women 3-0
GS2: Kurumi Takahashi – Chen Yen-Chi 11-0 11-1 11-3
GS3: Mahiro Nishio – 11-0 11-0 11-0 Not Played
GS: Akari Midorikawa – Cheng Yu-Chen 11-2 11-3 11-2
India Women – Sri Lanka Women 3-0
GS2: Pooja Arthi R – Anargi Perera 11-0 12-10 11-5
GS3: Yuvna Gupta – Ranliya Wood 11-8 11-4 11-2
GS: Anahat Singh – Chanithma Sinaly 11-6 11-3 11-2
