Asian Squash Championships 2004

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Mon Jun 21, 2004 12:52 pm

Good, solid work from Joshna. Hopefully, in 2-3 years' time India will be in squash where the Malaysians have reached today (or better...).

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 1:37 am

Men's semifinals:

Ong Beng Hee #1 (Mas) def. Mohd Azlan #3-4 (Mas) 7/9,9/2,9/2,9/1
Shahid Zaman # 3-4 (Pak) l. Mansoor Zaman #2 (Pak) 9/6,2/9,5/9,0/9

Women's semifinals:
5/8 Joshna (IND) l. #1 Nicol David (MAS) 3-9,8-10,4-9
3/4 Sharon Wee (MAS) def. #2 Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 4/9, 9/7, 9/6, 9/5

Kathir

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Tue Jun 22, 2004 4:10 am

Joshna put up a good fight against a much higher ranked opponent.

Good job, Joshna.

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:05 am

AirAsia Asian Squash Championships:
Women final:
#1 Nicol David (Malaysia) beat #3-4 Sharon Wee (Malaysia) 9-4 9-2 9-2.
(Joshna's scores indicate that she put a better fight against Nicol)

Men final:
#1 Ong Beng Hee (Malaysia) beat #2 Mansoor Zaman (Pak) 9-2 4-9 10-8 9-6

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:13 am

Thanks Bhushanji for the results.

The team championship starts on 23 June '04.

Kathir

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:43 am

Squash is a sport in which there are relatively few upsets. People generally live up to their rankings/seedings in big events. Champions persist for long periods, as happened at the world level with Geoff Hunt (7 years), then Jahangir Khan (8-10 years) then Jansher Khan (7-8 years).

I wonder what explains this...perhaps the extreme levels of fitness required create a natural pecking order.

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:05 am

Team event -Pool matches:

Men Group B:

CT 9
INDIA vs CHINESE TAIPEI Score
1 Ritiwk Bhattacharya bt Huong Cheng Yao 9/3, 9/2, 9/7 3-0
3 Manish Chotrani bt Lam Shing 9/0, 9/0, 9/0 3-0
2 Saurav Ghosal bt Yang Wen Chong 9/0, 9/5, 9/3 3-0
INDIA BEAT CHINESE TAIPEI 3 - 0

CT 6
JAPAN vs INDIA Score
1 Kimihiko Sano lost to Ritwik Bhattacharya 4/9, 5/9, 7/9 0-3
3 Yasunori Ishiwata lost to Siddarth Suchde 0/9, 0/9, 1/9 0-3
2 Ron Tanno lost to Saurav Ghosal 0/9, 1/9, 7/9 0-3
JAPAN LOST TO INDIA 0 - 3

CT 6
INDIA vs INDONESIA Score
2 Siddharth Suchde bt Johny Marthen 9/2, 9/0, 9/5 3-0
1 Saurav Ghosal bt Juni Lengkong 9/2, 9/3, 9/1 3-0
3 Manish Chotrani bt Sukiman 9/1, 9/2, 9/1 3-0
INDIA BEAT INDONESIA 3 - 0

Women – Group B

1000 @ CT 1
INDIA vs SINGAPORE Score
1 Joshna Chinappa bt Joannah Yue 9/5, 9/4, 9/1 3-0
3 Supriya Balsekar lost to Vicki He 6/9, 5/9, 6/9 0-3
2 Mekhla Subedar beat Nur Adawiyah 9/4, 9/0, 9/1 3-0
INDIA BEAT SINGAPORE 2 - 1

1700 @ CT 1
INDIA vs PAKISTAN Score
1 Joshna Chinappa beat Maria Toorpakay 9/5, 9/0, 9/3 3-0
3 Supriya Balsekar beat Muqaddas Ashraf 9/2, 9/6, 9/6 3-0
2 Mekhla Subedar beat Sara Awan 9/6, 9/2, 9/0 3-0
INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN 3 - 0
1000 @ CC
HONG KONG vs INDIA Score
2 Christina Mak bt Mekhla Subedar 6/9, 9/3, 9/6, 9/7 3-1
1 Rebecca Chiu bt Joshna Chinappa 10/8, 9/2, 9/2 3-0
3 Elise Ng bt Alisha Mashruwala 9/6, 9/6, 9/3 3-0
HONG KONG BEAT INDIA 3 - 0

HKG is a good team indeed.

Kathir

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 3:27 am

Team event -Pool matches:

Men Group B:

CT 7
INDIA vs KOREA Score
2 Siddharth Suchde bt Kim Sung Young 9/0, 9/3, 9/5 3-0
1 Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Kim Dong Woo 9/2, 9/6, 9/4 3-0
3 Manish Chotrani bt Park Jaung Gyu 9/2, 9/6, 9/0 3-0
INDIA KOREA 3 - 0

Kathir

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 4:39 am

Men's team is in scorching form, and has an abundance of talent (4 players to choose the other 2 spots apart from #1 Ritwik). A bit surprising to see the women lose 0-3 to Hong Kong, although our win over Pakistan's women (3-0) was sweet indeed.

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:17 am

The big match for our men against Pak is scheduled today.

Kathir

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 6:18 am

The big match for our men against Pak is scheduled today. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it to Bukit Jalil this time.

Kathir

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:53 am

Team event -Pool matches:

Men Group B:

CC
PAKISTAN vs INDIA Score
3 Majid Khan bt Manish Chotrani 9/2, 9/1, 9/4 3-0
1 Mansoor Zaman bt Saurav Ghosal 9/3, 9/3, 9/7 3-0
2 Shahid Zaman bt Siddharth Suchde 9/2, 9/5, 9/6 3-0
PAKISTAN BEAT INDIA 3 - 0

Dunno, why Ritwik didn't play today. I think he is reserved for the knock out stage.

Women's:

India finished 2nd behind HKG in Group B and drawn to face Malaysia in the Semi's today. It's a challenging task as Malaysia is the top seed with highly rated players.

In the other semi-finals Hong Kong takes on Japan, an easy task for HKG.

Kathir

BSharma · Post by **BSharma** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:41 am

Men's team semi-finals:
Malaysia 2 India 1
(Kenneth Low lost to Siddarth Suchde 9-2, 9-6, 9-4;

Ong Beng Hee bt Ritwik Bhattacharya 9-0, 9-3, 10-9;
Azlan Iskandar bt Saurav Ghosal 9-2, 9-2, 9-5).

Pakistan 2 Kuwait 0 (Majid Khan bt Nasser Al Ramzi 9-3, 9-1, 9-2; Mansoor Zaman bt Bader Al Hussaini 9-0, 9-4, 9-7).

Women's team semi-finals:
Malaysia 2 India 0
(Tricia Chuah bt Alisha Mashruwala 9-0, 9-0, 9-1;
Nicol David bt Joshna Chinappa 9-1, 9-0, 9-3).

Hong Kong 2 Japan 0 (Annie Au bt Kozue Onizawa 9-4, 9-1, 9-3; Rebecca Chiu bt Mami Nishio 9-6, 9-1, 9-0).

PKBasu · Post by **PKBasu** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 11:53 am

Still a bit bemused by why Ritwik didn't play against Pakistan. Were we resigned to defeat in that encounter?
Siddharth Suchde appears to have made the most progress in recent months...

kathiresan_v · Post by **kathiresan_v** » Mon Jun 28, 2004 3:06 am

Indian men beat Kuwait 3-0 for the third place, where as Indian women lost to Japan 1-2 in the 3rd placing match.

Here is the final standing: -

MEN:
1) PAKISTAN
2)MALAYSIA
3)INDIA
4)KUWAIT
5)HONG KONG
6)KOREA
7)JAPAN
8)JORDAN
9)SINGAPORE
10)INDONESIA
11)CHINESE TAIPEI
12)MACAU

WOMEN:
1)MALAYSIA
2)HONG KONG
3)JAPAN
4)INDIA
5)KOREA
6)SINGAPORE
7)PAKISTAN
8)SRI LANKA

Kathir