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13th Asian Junior Championships 2007
TEAM EVENT: 07-10 February, Hong Kong
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10-Feb-07, Team Finals:
Hong Kong retain Women's Title
Hosts Hong Kong, missing the
injured individual champion Annie Au, still managed to retain their
women's team title as the 13th Asian Junior Championships drew to a
conclusion at the Hong Kong Squash Centre. Joey Chan and Leung Shin-ngo
recorded four-game victories over Malaysia's Low sisters to clinch
the title.
Malaysia lost out in the men's event too, Elvin Keo's 10-9 in the
fifth win over Waqar Mehboob ultimately in vain as Pakistan
recovered to take the match 2-1.
In the men's 3/4 playoff India recovered from a game down to beat
the hosts and claim third place.
Women's Final:
Hong Kong Beat Malaysia 2-0
Joey Chan Ho-ling beat Low Wee Wern 7-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2
Leung Shin-nga beat Low Wee Nee
9-3, 9-0, 7-9, 9-6
Chiu Ka-kei
Men's Final:
Pakistan beat Malaysia 2-1
Farhan Mehboob beat Muhammad Asyraf 9-1, 9-1, 9-4
Waqar Mehboob lost to Elvinn Keo 4-9, 9-4, 9-0, 7-9, 9-10
Farzan Rashid beat Choong Kam Hing 9-2, 9-4, 9-2 |
Team Draws
& Results
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Third for India
The Indian boys recovered from being a match down to defeat hosts
Hong Kong 2-1 and win the bronze medal on the final day at the Asian
Junior Squash Championships.
Sandeep Jangra first on court fought hard to over come a 2 game
deficit to level the scores but was unable to win the fifth against
Hong Kong’s no. 1 Leo Au. Parth Sharma leveled the tie with his game
of accurate lengths and precision finishing defeating Fung Ji Yang
convincingly.
Naresh Kumar playing the decider for India kept his cool to play
outstanding attacking squash to defeat Chan Kai Chi in straight
sets.
The Indian team performed marginally better than the last Asian
Junior Championships held at India in 2005 where we finished fourth.
Earlier in the individual event both Ravi Dixit and Ramit Tandon
gave a good account of themselves which certainly augurs well for
the future of junior squash in India.
All in all a great day at the office.
Cyrus Poncha |
"In the semi finals if
we could have pulled off the match against higher ranked Malaysia
against whom we fought well; it would have been wonderful,
nevertheless winning the bronze is a great achievement."
Cyrus Poncha
"Our boys have been working very hard for the past two years; they
have learnt what it takes to be a professional squash player. I am
confident and convinced that in the next two years they will be
performing well on the PSA tour. This is the last junior team
championship for all the boys, Sandeep turns 19 years later this
month, followed by Naresh later this year and Parth and Harry early
next year."
Maj Maniam
"We have really trained very hard at the ICL academy for this event
and the fruits of our labour equated to a worthy bronze at this
championship."
Harinder and Parth |
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09-Feb-07, Team Semis:
No upsets
in the Semis
The top seeds in both
competitions asserted their authority on semi-finals day in Hong
Kong, with Pakistan and Malaysia for the men, and Hong Kong and
Malaysia for the women allwon with a match to spare.
Men:
Pakistan 2-0 Hong Kong
Farhan Mehboob bt Fung Ji Yang 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
Waqar Mehboob bt Chan Kai Chi 9-1, 9-0, 9-1
Farzan Rashid v Yip Tsun Yuen Dead rubber
Malaysia 2-0 India
Muhammad Asyraf bt Sandeep Jangra 9-5, 9-6, 6-9, 9-1
Ivan Yuen bt Harinderpal Singh 10-8, 9-2, 4-9, 9-6
Choong Kam Hing v Parth Sharma Dead rubber
Women:
Hong Kong 2-0 Pakistan
Joey Chan btMaria Toor 9-2, 9-0, 9-3
Leung Shin Nga bt Zoya Khalid 9-0, 9-5, 9-1
Chiu Ka Kei v Aliya Sarfarhz Dead rubber
Japan 0-2 Malaysia
Yuki Sakai lost Low Wee Wern 2-9, 0-9, 0-9
Midori Saji lost Nabilla Ariffin 2-9, 0-9, 0-9
Mayu Yamazaki v Zulhijah Azan Dead rubber |
India go down fighting
Cyrus Poncha reports
India went down fighting to Malaysia in the semi final of the Asian
Junior Squash Championships held in Hong Kong. Harinder, first on
court, played another marathon match lasting 105min. The first game
itself was 39min where Harinder lead for the better part of the
game. Ivan fought hard to come back and win the game 10-8. Ivan
tightened the screws to win the second easily. Harinder fought back
and hung in extremely well to win the 3rd. The fourth was another
long duel with both players showing signs of getting cramps. Ivan
managed to hold his nerve and close out the match.
Sandeep unfortunately never got into the match and went down quickly
in 4 games.
India play hosts Hong Kong tomorrow for the 3rd position.
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Team Draws
& Results 08-Feb-07:
Pakistan Girls stun Korea
There was a big upset on the final day of pool play in the women's
team competition as Pakistan beat Korea to claim an unexpected
semi-final place.
Hosts Hong Kong are through in both events, despite individual
champion Annie Au having to retire mid-way through her match against
the Japanese number one.
Men's
Semi-Finals:
Hong Kong v Pakistan
Malaysia v India |
Women's
Semi-Finals:
Hong Kong v Pakistan
Malaysia v Japan |
India make the Semis
The Indian junior squash team trounced Iran 3-0 in their final pool
match here in Hong Kong at the Asian Junior Squash Championships.
The Indian boys placed in pool C along with Korea and Iran won both
their ties 3-0 to top their pool and set up their semi final clash
against second seeded in the event and world no. 3 Malaysia.
 "All
the boys have worked very hard and we are ready to upset the fancied
Malaysians in our semi final tomorrow evening."
Indian National Coach |
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Hong Kong & Japan |
13th Asian Junior Championships 2007
INDIVIDUALS: 03-06 February, Hong Kong |
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FINALS:
[2] Annie Au Wing-chi (Hkg) bt [3] Joey Chan Ho-ling (Hkg)
6-9, 10-8, 9-3, 9-2 (45m)
[1] Farhan Mehboob (Pak) bt [2] Abdullah Mezayan (Kuw)
9-5, 9-5, 9-3 (51m) |
06-Feb-07, Finals:
Annie earns home title for HK,
Mehboob retains for Pakistan
Annie Au became the second Hong Kong winner of the Asian
Junior Championships, emulating Rebecca Chiu's victory in 1997 with
a four game victory over team-mate Joey Chan.
In the men's event top seed Farhan Mehboob scored a
straight-games win over Kuwait's Abdullah Mezayan to keep the title
in Pakistani hands. |
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 "I
didn't play well in the first game, I was a little bit tense,
but I speeded it up in the second and it really worked for me.
"I'm happy to win the last 3 games."
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 "I
put too much pressure on myself and I started getting tired in
the second.
"Now I need to focus on the teams, and I am confident we can
retain the team title.
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Women's
Semi-Finals:
[3] Joey Chan Ho-ling (HKG) bt [1] Wee Wern Low (MAS)
9-3, 9-3, 9-0
[2] Annie Au Wing-chi (HKG) bt Misaki Kobayashi (JPN)
9-2, 10-8, 9-0
Men's Semi-Finals:
[1] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) beat Farzan Rashid (PAK)
9-7, 9-7, 9-1 (49m)
[2] Abdullah Mezayen (KUW) beat Waqar Mehboob (PAK)
9-1, 9-7, 9-4 (43m) |
Hong Kong welcomes
top juniors
It's a record entry for the 13th Asian Junior Championships in Hong
Kong, with over 110 players from 15 ASF member nations.
The individual competition runs from 03-06 Feb, followed by the team
competition from 07-10 Feb.
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DRAWS & RESULTS
Girls Quarters:
Wee Wern Low (Mas)
v Chiu Ka Kei (Hkg)
Joey Chan (Hkg) v Wazir (Pak)
Wee Nee Low (Mas) v Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn)
Annie Au (Hkg) v Song Sun-Mi (Kor)
Joey Chan & Annie Au
Boys Quarters:
Farhan Mehboob
(Pak) v Mohd Asyraf (Mas)
Farzan Rashid (Hkg) v Leo Au (Hkg)
Waqar Mehboob (Pak) v Elvinn Keo (Mas)
Abdullah Mezayen (Kuw) v Sandeep Jangra (Ind)
Four in last sixteen for India ...
Cyrus Poncha reports
The Indian quartet marched into the pre quarter final stage after
winning their first two rounds here at the Asian Junior Squash
Championships held in Hong Kong.
Unseeded Naresh Kumar defeated 9/16 seed Kuwaiti Mohammed
Abdulrahman Al Tawari in 4 games. Naresh started aggressively
against and even more aggressive Mohammed. Whilst it was giving him
the results it also meant a lot of hard work. Naresh continued with
more or less the game plan in the second but a sting of unforced
errors coupled with some amazing winners by Mohd. cost him the game.
Naresh slowed it down effectively to win the next 2 games. He faces
5/8 seed Kelvin Yeo of Malaysia in the pre quarters. Parth relied on
his sound basic game to defeat his opponent also in 4 games.
Harinder and Sandeep secured their berths with convincing 3-0
victories.
Earlier in the first round Indian juniors Ravi Dixit and Ramit
Tandon gave inspiring performances against better players. However
their both lost narrowly in 5 games. The plate event which starts
tomorrow will continue to give them the much desired exposure.
Anwesha Reddy was defeated by Hong Kong’s Tong tsz Wing in straight
games.
Dipika Pallikal the other Indian entry had to withdraw due to food
poising.
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Chiu Ka-kei, Joey Chan, Top seed Low
Wee Wern from Malaysia and Leung Shin Nga Low may meet HK's Chiu Ka-kei
in the quarter-finals on coming Sunday at 4pm |
Record Entry!
Organised by Hong Kong Squash, subvented by the Leisure & Cultural
Services Department and sanctioned by the Asian Squash Federation,
the “HOE HIN WHITE FLOWER OINTMENT ASIAN JUNIOR SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS
2007” will soon be staged at the Cornwall Street Park Squash Centre
and the Hong Kong Squash Centre between February 3 to 10. The event
is hosted by Hong Kong for the third time (first time in 1985 and
second time in 1995), consisting of Individual Events and Team
Events, which will ignite on February 3 to 6 and February 7 to 10
respectively.
Eight countries/regions including Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,
Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong confirmed their
participation in the women’s team event while the men’s team event
has received registration from the above countries/regions except
Philippines but adding Chinese Taipei, India, Iran, Kuwait and Macau
with a total of 13 countries/regions to compete in this prestigious
event that created a new record entry for the Championships.
Players
from China and Qatar will also join in for the junior men’s
individual events. The Hong Kong Junior Men’s Team includes Leo Au
Chun-ming, Fung Ji-yang, Chan Kai-chi and Yip Tsun-yuen, while the
current world champion team, Annie Au Wing-chi, Joey Chan Ho-ling,
Leung Shin-nga and Chiu Ka-kei will represent Hong Kong again in the
Junior Women’s competitions.
Eyes will also be on the Individual Events that a total of 111
junior players from other Asian countries/regions are attracted to
participate. Low Wee Wern from Malaysia is the top seed of the
Women’s Event and HK’s Annie Au is seeded second, with Joey Chan and
Leung Shin-nga, also from Hong Kong are the third/fourth seeds
respectively. The Men’s Event also guarantees a close fight among
the top seeds. Leo Au, seeded 5th/8th from Hong Kong will receive
challenges from the top seed Farhan Mehboob from Pakistan and the
second seed Abdullah Mezayen from Kuwait. There will be a total of
13 girls and 7 boys from Hong
Kong to compete in the individual events. With the support from the
home crowd, our Hong Kong junior teams will definitely do their best
to fight for the medals and glory for Hong Kong.
“We are extremely grateful to the title sponsor “Hoe Hin White
Flower Ointment” for their generous support of this championship –
the highest ranked junior event in Asian. Thanks also go to Leisure
& Cultural Services Department for their ongoing support and other
supporting sponsors: Bonaqua Mineralized Water of ”Coca-cola” and
Fong Education Foundation” said Mr. David Mui, MH, Chairman of Hong
Kong Squash.
“Hong Kong Squash recognizes the importance of junior
development and commits to help the potential junior players to
advancing to the senior level through organizing major international
events. It is hoped that this event will provide a springboard for
the future squash stars. I wish all the players, spectators,
officials and organizers an enjoyable and exciting week of squash.”
“Being a pioneer to patronize the Ladies Hong Kong Squash Open
Championship and the 1st World Doubles Championship held early in
1993 and 1997, it is again an honor indeed for us to have the
opportunity to be the title sponsor of the 13th Asian Junior Squash
Championship 2007.
It is always our devotion and aspiration to
contribute and support the development of sports. We hope our
contribution can foster the development of the game of Squash for
the younger generation in Hong Kong as well as aggrandize the
public’s interest in Hong Kong sports events.” Mr. Gan Wee Sean,
Chairman & Executive Director of Hoe Hin Pak Fah Yeow Manufactory
Limited.
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