At 16th Asian Team Championship 2012, Kuwait

[jaydeep]

Indian men's team is top seed - #24 Saurav Ghosal, #45 Siddharth Suchde, #92 Harinder Pal Singh and #144 Mahesh Mangoankar.

Indian men were in Pool A with 8th seed Jordan and 9th seed Singapore ... Our men's team won their pool matches comfortably and made it to the quarters.

Men's Team Championship

Pool A
(1) India bt (9) Singapore 3-0
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) bt Samuel Kang (SIN,UNR) 11-4 11-9 11-8
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Marcus Phua (SIN,UNR) 11-2 11-7 11-7
Mahesh Mangoankar (IND,144) bt Pang Ka Hoe (SIN,UNR) 11-8 11-2 11-7

(1) India bt (8) Jordan 3-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Ahmad Al Zabidi (JOR,183) 11-5 9-11 11-3 11-6
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Ahmad Al Saraj (JOR,187) 11-5 11-6 11-6
Mahesh Mangoankar (IND,144) bt Saif Al Braikat (JOR,UNR) 11-2 11-4 11-2

[jaydeep]

Indian women's team is third seed - #14 Dipika Pallikal, #53 Joshana Chinappa, #92 Aparajitha Balamurukan and #94 Anaka Alankmony.

Indian women were in Pool B with #2 seed Malaysia, #6 seed China and #7 seed Sri Lanka ... Indian women scored easy victory against China and Sri Lanka.

Women's Team Championship

Pool B
(3) India bt (7) Sri Lanka 3-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Mihiliya Methsarani (SRI,UNR) 11-4 11-2 11-5
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Damindhi Udangawe (SRI,UNR) 11-5 11-4 11-3
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Naduni Gunawardane (SRI,UNR) 11-0 11-8 11-2

(3) India bt (6) China 3-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Li Dong Jin (CHN,UNR) 11-3 11-6 11-4
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Gu Jin Yue (CHN,UNR) 11-3 11-4 11-5
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Xiu Chen (CHN,UNR) 11-6 11-4 11-4

[jaydeep]

In the quarters they faced 7th seed Japanese team that also they won convincingly ... In the semis they r facing 5th seed Kuwaiti team.

Men's Team Championship

[QF] (1) India bt (7) Japan 3-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN,278) 11-3 11-6 11-5
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN,276) 11-4 8-11 11-8 11-3
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN,UNR) 11-1 11-6

[SF] (1) India vs (5) Kuwait

[jaydeep]

In Pool's crucial match our team scored upset win over 2nd seed Malaysian as Joshana and Anaka scored upset wins over their respective opponents ... With that India avoid facing top-seed Hong Kong team in the semis and they will face 5th seed Korea.

Women's Team Championship

Pool B
(3) India bt (2) Malaysia 2-0
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Delia Odette Arnold (MAS,22) 8-11 11-4 11-5 12-10
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Siti Munirah Josoh (MAS,39) 11-6 11-5 11-4

[SF] (3) India vs (5) Korea

[jaydeep]

First time India reach both finals in Asian squash championship ... Indian men reached the final first time after they reached final in the first tournament in 1981.

Local Kuwait players tested our players in both matches but our players managed to overcome in both encounters ... Dipika and Anaka were better players on the court than Koreans and that reflected on the result.

In the final our men team is facing 4th seed Pakistan, who upset 2nd seed Malaysian team 2-0 in the semis ... Our women team is playing against top-seed Hong Kong, who defeated 2nd seed Malaysia 2-1 in the semis.

Men's Team Championship

[SF] (1) India bt (5) Kuwait 2-0
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) bt Abdullah Al Muzayen (KUW,58) 12-10 12=14 11-9 11-7
Harinder Pal Singh (IND,92) bt Sallem Fayez Mohammed (KUW,321) 12-10 11-9 11-7

Women's Team Championship

[SF] (3) India bt (5) Korea 2-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Song Sun Mi (KOR,UNR) 11-7 11-8 11-2
Anaka Alankmony (IND,94) bt Yang Yeon Soo (KOR,UNR) 11-8 8-11 11-9 11-2

[jaydeep]

Indian women created history after winning their first Asian team championship title beating defending champion Hong Kong in the final ... Dipika scored straight games victory over WR #7 Annie Au ... After that Joshana started well winning first 2 games but WR #19 Joey Chan fought back winning next two ... Joshana kept her nerve to won decider to clinch title for Indian women.

Our top-seed men team lost to defending champion Pakistan in two tight matches and failed to win their first Asian team championship title ... Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob defeated Saurav from 1-2 down ... Farhan Zaman stopped Siddharth Suchde's fight back ... After losing first 2 games Siddharth needed to keep fighting to win third game in extra points ... After losing 3rd and 4th games this time Zaman kept his nerve on important points to won the fifth game to win title for Pakistan.

Men's Team Championship Final

(1) India l (4) Pakistan 0-2
Saurav Ghosal (IND,24) l Farhan Mehboob (PAK,77) 2-3 (7-11 11-7 11-7 7-11 9-11)
Siddharth Suchde (IND,45) l Farhan Zaman (PAK,89) 2-3 (6-11 7-11 13-11 11-7 9-11)


Women's Team Championship Final

(3) India bt (1) Hong Kong 2-0
Dipika Pallikal (IND,14) bt Annie Au (HKG,7) 3-0 (11-8 12-10 11-8)
Joshana Chinappa (IND,53) bt Joey Chan (HKG,19) 3-2 (11-3 11-8 8-11 5-11 11-8)

[Saniapower]

Congrats

[prasen9]

Are the two Pakistanis young guys who are establishing themselves? Their ranks seem to be low but they turned up when it mattered.