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Fresh from his Asian in dividual and British Junior Open successes, India's no.1 player Velavan Senthilkumar first defeated second seed Malaysia's Ong Sai Hun in quick time. | Fresh from his Asian in dividual and British Junior Open successes, India's no.1 player Velavan Senthilkumar first defeated second seed Malaysia's Ong Sai Hun in quick time. | ||
Then Abhay Singh prevailed over Darren Rahul in hard-fought five games to lift the title for India. | Then Abhay Singh prevailed over Darren Rahul in hard-fought five games to lift the title for India. | ||
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| + | [https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F09%2F27&entity=Ar03216&sk=175A5200&mode=text September 27, 2018: ''The Times of India''] | ||
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| + | Three Indians – Utkarsh Baheti, Rutvik Rau and Tushar Shahani – moved into the quarterfinals in the U-19 boys’ section on the opening day of the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships here on Wednesday. However, there was disappointment in store for Rahul Baitha – the other Indian in the fray – after he went down to Pakistan’s Abbas Zeb 7-11, 7-11, 9-11. | ||
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| + | Zeb, who is Pakistan’s most experienced player among the current lot, had a minor hiccup early on when he was trailing 6-7, but fought back with five straight points to clinch the opening game. The next two games followed a similar pattern, with Rahul staying in the contest till the halfway stage of both games. But when it really mattered, Zeb just had too much in the reserve for his Indian counterpart. | ||
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| + | At the same time, Rahul’s tendency to make unforced errors also contributed to his early exit. | ||
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| + | While Rahul was unable to raise his game and move ahead, compatriot Utkarsh notchedup a hard-fought11-8,7-11, 11-4, 12-10 victory over Pakistan’s Uzair Shaukat. He will now face Zeb in the quarterfinals on Thursday. | ||
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| + | Rutvik also had a confidence-boosting 11-6, 11-1, 11-3 victory against Malaysia’s Pheshant Sri Nagesh on Wednesday, but he faces a daunting battle against top seed Siow Yee Xian of Malaysia in the last-eight stage. The Malaysian brushed aside Qatar’s Hamad Mohammad Al Amri 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 in the second round. | ||
Revision as of 01:10, 5 October 2018
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2014
Dec 31 2014
SQUASHING SUCCESS (DIPIKA PALLIKAL, JOSHANA CHINAPPA, SAURAV GHOSAL & HARINDER SANDHU)
2014 was a watershed year for Indian squash. Firstly, the combine of Dipika Pallikal and Joshana Chinappa pocketed India's first-ever CWG gold. The Tamil Nadu girls promise much in the coming year too. At Incheon, Saurav Ghosal choked on the cusp of history, missing out on an individual gold, when he lost to Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Muzayen in the final after leading by two games. He also squandered a match point.
But the 28-year-old made up for the heartbreak by leading the Indian team of Kush Kumar, Mahesh Mangaonkar and Harinder Pal Sandhu to a maiden Asian Games gold.
2017
Junior Squash
India clinches gold in Asian junior squash
India clinch gold in Asian junior squash, Feb 06 2017: The Times of India
Top seed India defeated Malaysia 2-0 to win the gold medal in the boy's team event at the Asian Junior Squash championship.
Indian boys had won the title for the second time, the earlier being in 2011 when they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo.
Fresh from his Asian in dividual and British Junior Open successes, India's no.1 player Velavan Senthilkumar first defeated second seed Malaysia's Ong Sai Hun in quick time. Then Abhay Singh prevailed over Darren Rahul in hard-fought five games to lift the title for India.
2018
Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships
3 Indians in quarterfinals
September 27, 2018: The Times of India
Three Indians – Utkarsh Baheti, Rutvik Rau and Tushar Shahani – moved into the quarterfinals in the U-19 boys’ section on the opening day of the Asian Junior Individual Squash Championships here on Wednesday. However, there was disappointment in store for Rahul Baitha – the other Indian in the fray – after he went down to Pakistan’s Abbas Zeb 7-11, 7-11, 9-11.
Zeb, who is Pakistan’s most experienced player among the current lot, had a minor hiccup early on when he was trailing 6-7, but fought back with five straight points to clinch the opening game. The next two games followed a similar pattern, with Rahul staying in the contest till the halfway stage of both games. But when it really mattered, Zeb just had too much in the reserve for his Indian counterpart.
At the same time, Rahul’s tendency to make unforced errors also contributed to his early exit.
While Rahul was unable to raise his game and move ahead, compatriot Utkarsh notchedup a hard-fought11-8,7-11, 11-4, 12-10 victory over Pakistan’s Uzair Shaukat. He will now face Zeb in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Rutvik also had a confidence-boosting 11-6, 11-1, 11-3 victory against Malaysia’s Pheshant Sri Nagesh on Wednesday, but he faces a daunting battle against top seed Siow Yee Xian of Malaysia in the last-eight stage. The Malaysian brushed aside Qatar’s Hamad Mohammad Al Amri 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 in the second round.
