Our boys' and girls' teams both failed to make the team finals of the Asian Junior Squash championship. This suggests that we lack depth in junior squash, although India's #2 junior (Siddharth Suchde) is away in Harvard, and would have greatly strengthened our team (probably ensuring a silver and perhaps even the gold).
Chennai seems to be the only place in India where a junior player can receive good coaching in India, and this could be one reason for the lack of depth in Indian squash.
Does anyone know of Indian facilities similar to the one in Chennai?
[R2] (9/16) Parth Sharma (IND) l (5/8) Leo Au Chun Ming (HK) 3-9 5-9 0-9
[R2] (5/8) Ayyappan Parthiban (IND) l (9/16) Randy Lim (MAS) 7-9 4-9 9-7 9-4 4-9
[R2] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) bt (9/16) Yuta Fukui (JPN) 9-1 9-3 10-8
[R2] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt (9/16) Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN) 9-1 9-2 6-9 9-5
[QF] (3/4) Harinderpal Singh (IND) l (5/8) Leo Au Chun Ming (HK) 9-6 9-4 5-9 5-9 3-9
[QF] (3/4) Sandeep Jangra (IND) l (5/8) Ivan Yuen (MAS) 7-9 9-6 9-4 6-9 0-9
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Boys Under 15 -
[R1] (9/16) Karm Kumar (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bye
[R1] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) bye
[R1] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) bye
[R2] (9/16) Karm Kumar (IND) l (5/8) Wong King Ngo (HK) 9-7 5-9 9-7 2-9 3-9
[R2] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (9/16) Ryosei Kobayashi (JPN) 9-1 9-0 9-0
[R2] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Biyden Youg (SIN) 9-0 9-1 9-1
[R2] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) bt (9/16) Gihan Suwaris (SL) 9-3 9-2 9-4
[QF] (3/4) Ramit Tandon (IND) l (5/8) Cheong Kah Wah (MAS) 9-3 9-0 7-9 2-9 6-9
[QF] (5/8) Karan Malik (IND) l (2) Danish Atlas (PAK) 1-9 0-9 0-9
[QF] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) bt (5/8) Marcus Yuen (MAS) 4-9 9-5 9-0 9-2
[SF] (3/4) Ravi Dixit (IND) l (1) Sheikh Salqib (PAK) 2-9 6-9 6-9
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Dipika Pallikal won the girls u15 title at the 1st Masonry Asian Junior Squash championship in Singapore. As per report from the start Dipika stamped her authority by playing superb lengths and finishing off with some amazing cross court volley drops.
Dipika Pallikal - I would like to thank Maj. Maniam, consultant coach, Cyrus Poncha, National Coach and the ICL Academy for everything they have done for me to get me where I am today. She paid tribute to a host of others including her sponsors Wilson and Globo Sports.
