India Makes Both Semis In Kuwait
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May 4, 2012 - Joshana Chinappa led the charge of the Indian women’s team against the 2nd seeded Malaysia in their all important final pool match at the 16th Asian Team Squash Championship being held in Kuwait from 1-5 May 2012.
Seeded third it was always going to be an uphill task against the higher ranked Malaysians, and especially after Joshana losing the first game things did not look good for the Indian contingent. However, a disciplined and defiant Joshana turned things around very quickly winning the second game 11-4.
With this impetus Joshana won the third game convincingly and was leading 7-3 in the fourth until we saw a fight back from Delia who took the lead 10-9. At thatmoment Joshana’s adrenalin was pumping and she played a few wonderful volleys and cross-court drops to win the game and match.
With the Indians leading 1-0, Anaka went on against Siti who ranked around 50 places above her. Anaka raced off to a 4-0 lead in the first and held on to her leads throughout the match winning in straight games. It was a brilliant performance all round.
By virtue of this victory India top their pool and play against 5thseeded Korea in the semifinals while the Malaysian’s will be playing to play top seeded Hong Kong.
The Indian men’s team also galloped into the semi finals defeating Japan 3-0.
A steady performance by all the men ensured no hiccups and will play against hosts Kuwait in the semi finals.
Results
India bt Malaysia (2-0)
Joshna Chinappa bt Delia Arnold 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 (3-1)
Anaka Alankmony bt Siti Munirah Josoh 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (3-0)
Dipika Pallikal (match withdrawn) Lo Wee Wern
India bt Japan (3-0)
Saurav Ghosal bt Shinnosuke Tsukue 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 (3-0)
Siddharth Suchde bt Yuta Fukui 11-4, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3 (3-1)
Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu bt Ryosei Kobayashi 11-1, 11-6 (2-0)
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