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28-Feb, Day
five:
Men's Final:
Malaysia bt Pakistan 2-1
Timothy Arnold Lost to Farhan Mehboob 9-1, 9-1, 9-4
Azlan Iskandar bt Mansoor Zaman 9-2, 9-6, 9-2
Ong Beng Hee bt Shahid Zaman 9-2, 9-3, 9-3 |
Clean Sweep for Malaysia...
Major Maniam reports from Taiwan
For the first time in the history of this championship one
country has won all the four titles at stake, two individual winners
and both the team titles.
In the the finals of the men's team event the order of play was
3-1-2. As expected Timothy Arnold of Malaysia could only offer token
resistance to the fast improving Farhan Mehboob of Pakistan, going
down in 3 games.
Azlan came on strong to down a fighting Mansoor 3-0 to set up the
decider between Ong Beng Hee and Shahid Zaman.
Shahid has not had a good championship. If Pakistan had any hope of
him getting out of this rut they were disappointed as he played very
average squash against a determined and sharp Beng Hee. He too went
down tamely in three.
The weather may have been wet and dreary but the spirits were surely
high and charged. Overall an extremely successful event, and all
credit must go to the Squash Rackets Association of Chinese Taipei
who had worked extremely hard to put up a splendid show, especially
as this was their first ever Asian Championship.
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Final Positions
Final & Playoff results |
27-Feb, Day
four:
Women's Final:
Day Four Full Results
Malaysia beat Hong Kong 2-0
1. Nicol David bt
Rebecca Chiu 9-4, 9-3, 9-0
3. Tricia Chuah bt Elise Ng
10-8, 9-5, 9-0
2 dead rubber
Men's Semis:
Malaysia bt India 2-1
Pakistan bt Kuwait 2-0
Women's Gold for Malaysia
as Men struggle into final ...
Major Maniam reports from Taiwan
Malaysia retained the women's trophy yet again, as they
faced little resistance in a match that at times seemed like a
foregone conclusion.
The men's semi final between India and Malaysia went right down to
the wire. India started positively (rather expected) with Gaurav
Nandrajog beating an error prone Nafiizwan 3-1.
The second match, the best one of the day was between Azlan and
Ritwik. As training partners they knew each others' game very well.
A highly charged Ritwik came on strongly though he was 2 games down.
He fought to equal the score. The fifth was an extremely exciting
affair with the Indians relishing the prospect of getting into the
finals for the first time in their lives. When it came to the crunch
points Azlan hung in marginally better.
The third game was a one sided affair with Ong in full control. His
fluid movement and deft touches in front was a delight to watch. He
completely outclassed Saurav who gave everything he had.
Malaysia face old rivals Pakistan in the final tomorrow, and are
favourites to win, which would give them all 4 titles for the first
time ever.
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Day Four Full Results
WOMEN
MEN
FINAL STANDINGS |
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Hong Kong and
Singapore teams |
26-Feb, Day
THREE:
Women's Semi-Finals:
Day Three Full Results
Malaysia bt Japan
2-0
Hong Kong bt Korea 2-1
Men's Semi-finals (Monday)
Malaysia v India
Pakistan v Kuwait
Fright for HK in Semis
Major Maniam reports from Taiwan
All matches today went as predicted though Hong kong women were
given a fright in the second semi final.
Korean No3 Kim Gahye withstood tremendous pressure to beat Karen Lau
in three games. In fact she came from 2-8 down in the third to win
10-8. At this point Korea really fancied their chances. Seasoned
campaigner Christina Mak was in no mood for compromise though, as
she sailed through in three games with token resistance from Korean
Ahn Eun Tschan.
Malaysia will start as favourites to retain the title in tomorrow's
final which starts at 6p.m local time on the all glass court.
The men will play the semi finals tomorrow and both Malaysia and
Pakistan are expected to go thru.
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MALAYSIA 2-0 JAPAN
1 Nicol David bt Mami Nishio
9-2, 9-3, 9-1
3 Tricia Chuah bt Kozue Onizawa
9-0, 9-2, 9-2
2 Sharon Wee --- Sachiko Shinta
HONG KONG 2-1 KOREA
1 Rebecca Chiu bt Park Eun Ok
9-5, 9-0, 9-3
3 Karen Lau lost to Kim Ga Hye
9-6, 10-8, 10-8
2 Christina Mak bt Ahn Eun Tschan
9-5, 9-5, 9-3
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The Asian Squash Federation
officers and delegates met today
to chart Asia's squash programmes for the year. The AGM is scheduled
for 10a.m tomorrow. |
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FULL RESULTS:
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Men's Results:
Pool A
[1]
Malaysia
P5 W5
[4] Kuwait
P5 W4
[5] Hong Kong
P5 W3
[8] Singapore
P5 W2
[9]
Sri Lanka
P5 W1
[12] Macau
P5 W0
Pool B
[2]
Pakistan
P5 W5
[3] India
P5 W4
[6] Korea
P5 W3
[7] Japan
P5 W2
[10] Iran
P5 W0
[11] Chinese-Taipei P5 W1
Pool A:
Day Three
Malaysia 3-0 Hong Kong
Kuwait 3-0 Singapore
Sri Lanka 3-0 Macau
Day Two:
Malaysia 3-0
Singapore
Malaysia 3-0 Sri Lanka
Kuwait 3-0 Macau
Kuwait 3-0 Hong Kong
Hong Kong 3-0 Sri Lanka
Singapore 3-0 Macau
Day One
Hong Kong 3-0 Singapore
Hong Kong 3-0 Macau
Malaysia 3-0 Macau
Malaysia 3-0 Kuwait
Kuwait 3-0 Sri Lanka
Singapore 3-0 Sri Lanka
Pool B:
Day Three
Pakistan 3-0 Iran
Korea 3-0 Taipei
India 2-1 Japan
Day Two:
Pakistan 3-0 Korea
Pakistan 2-1 India
India 3-0 Taipei
Korea 3-0 Iran
Japan 3-0 Iran
Japan 3-0 Taipei
Day One:
India 3-0 Iran
India 3-0 Korea
Pakistan 3-0 Japan
Pakistan 3-0 Taipei
Korea 2-1 Japan
Taipei 2-1 Iran
Day Two Full Results
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Women's Results:
Semi-Finals:
Malaysia bt Japan
2-0
Hong Kong bt Korea 2-1
5/8 Playoffs:
India bt Sri Lanka 2-0
Singapore bt Taipei 2-0
Women's Play-off Details
Pool A:
[1]
Malaysia
P3 W3
[4] Korea
P3 W2
[5] India
P3 W1
[8] Chinese-Taipei P3 W0
Pool B:
[2]
Hong Kong P3
W3
[3] Japan
P3 W2
[6] Singapore
P3 W1
[7] Sri Lanka
P3 W0
Pool A:
Day Two:
Malaysia 3-0 Korea
Malaysia 3-0 India
India 3-0 Taipei
Korea 3-0 Taipei
Day One:
Korea 3-0 India
Malaysia 3-2 Taipei
Pool B:
Day Two:
Hong Kong 3-0 Sri Lanka
Japan 3-0 Singapore
Hong Kong 3-0 Japan
Singapore 3-0 Sri Lanka
Day One:
Hong Kong 3-0 Singapore
Japan 3-0 Sri Lanka
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