BOYS SEMI-FINALS

MALAYSIA beat HONG KONG 2-1
  (1) Ivan Yuen lost to (1) Leo Au                9-11 11-6 4-11 13-11 7-11 (76m)
  (2) Kamran Khan  beat (3) Kit Lun Choy                     11-4 11-9 11-8 (32m)
  (3) Ng Jo Wen  beat (4) Ngo Long Fung                     12-10 11-5 11-8 (33m)

INDIA beat KOREA 2-0
  (1) Aditya Jagtap  beat (1) Seung-Woo Jin                  11-5 11-6 11-8 (23m)
  (2) Ravi Dixit  beat (2) Won-Suk Choi          5-11 9-11 11-5 11-5 11-6 (45m)

GIRLS SEMI-FINALS

MALAYSIA beat INDIA 2-0
  (1) Low Wee Wern  beat (2) V Anwesha Reddy           11-3 11-8 15-13 (22m)
  (2) Low Wee Nee  beat (3) Anaka Alankamony  10-12 11-9 14-12 11-9 (24m)

HONG KONG lost to KOREA 1-2
  (1) Tsz Ling Liu  lost to (1) Sun-Mi Song                      8-11 8-11 8-11 (25m)
  (2) Tsz Wing Tong  beat (2) Ji-Hyun Lee                      11-2 11-5 11-4 (20m)
  (3) Ka Man Lee  lost to (3) Yeon-Soo Yang                 17-19 8-11 5-11 (33m)
  

Girls Final:

[1] Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt [2] Dipika Pallikal (Ind)
            11/5, 8/11, 11/9, 9/11, 12/10 (49m)

Boys Final:
 
[2] Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt [1] Leo Au (Hkg)
             11/6, 6/11, 11/8, 11/4 (56m) 
  

Malaysian clean sweep in Chennai

Malaysia's Low Wee Wern completed her junior career by retaining the Asian Junior Championship title in a thrilling final against home hope Dipika Pallikal.

It was a repeat of last year's final, and of the British Junior Open final just two weeks ago, and it was the closest yet as a see-saw match saw the first four games shared. In the decider Dipika earned herself a couple of match-balls at 10/8 but Wee Wern fought back, taking the last four points to retain the title.

The boys' final was also a re-run of the 2008 climax in Korea, but with a different result this time as Ivan Yuen, runner-up in the BJO, made it a clean sweep for Malaysia as he dethroned Hong Kong's Leo Au in four games.

Team Pools & Day One results

"It was a close match.. Dipika played really well and she didn't make as many mistakes like the British. I knew I had to hang in there when I was 10-8 down in the 5th. It was a tough match but I'm happy to win it.

"I feel great to win again and for the third time. At the age of 15, I won in Singapore, at 17 in (South) Korea and at 18, here."

 

"I am really happy today after winning the title for the first time and especially after losing the British."

  to Bernama

Boys Semi-Finals:
[1] Leo Au (Hkg) bt [5/8] Ravi Dixit (Ind)
          13/11, 11/3, 11/6 (39m)
[2] Ivan Yuen (Mas) bt [3/4] Adtiya Japtap (Ind)
           11/5, 11/5, 11/9 (27m)

Girls Semi-Finals:
[1] Low Wee Wern (Mas) bt [5/8] Liu Tsz Ling (Hkg)
            11/8, 11/7, 11/5 (23m)
[2] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt [3/4] Song Sung-Mi (Kor)
            11/6, 11/4, 13/11 (31m)

Girls Draw & Results

Mr. Debendranath Sarangi, IAS, principal secretary, transport, government of Tamilnadu,
officially releasing the first copy of the Asian Squash Federation handbook 2009 in the
presence of President, Asian Squash Federation, Mr N. Ramachandran.

Event Preview

The 14th biennial Asian Junior Championships being held at the ICL Squash Academy, Chennai, has attracted a total of 10 teams in the men’s event and 9 teams in the women’s event. The individual draw consists of 49 boys and 42 girls.

The Individual events will be held from 16th to 19th January 2009 and the team event will be held from 19th to 23rd January 2009.

Au and Low Top Seeds

The No.1 seed in the boys individual event is the star player from Hong Kong Leo Au, who won the Asian junior Individual championships in Korea 2008. The second seed is Ivan Yuen from Malaysia who was the runner up at the recently concluded British Junior Open squash championship. Seeded to meet them in the semi finals are Kamran Khan from Malaysia and India’s No.1 Aditya Jagtap respectively.

In the absence of defending champions Pakistan the hot favourites in the boys team event is Malaysia. India been seeded two and arch rivals Hong Kong a close three.

British Junior Open Champion from Malaysia Low Wee Wern is the top seed and India’s no. 1 Dipika Pallikal is the second seed in the event. Tong Tsz Wing from Hong Kong and Song Sung Mi from Korea are seeded to reach the semifinals.

In the women’s team event, Malaysia will start as favourites with Hong Kong seeded two. India is seeded third with Korea seeded fourth.

Draws will be available on Thu 15th Jan.



The 14th Asian Junior Squash Championships are funded by the Government of India along with India Cements Limited as the co-sponsors. The official clothing supplier for the Indian team is ‘Black Knight’.

Squash enthusiasts will be treated to world class junior squash throughout the week.

There will be an official opening ceremony with a team march-past on 16th January 2009 at 0930hrs at the ICL Squash Academy. Mr. Debendranath Sarangi, IAS, will officially inaugurate the Championship. This will be followed by first round matches of the individual events. Mr.K.S.Sripathi, IAS, Chief Secretary, Govt. of Tamilnadu, will give away the prizes on 23rd Jan. 2009 in the evening at 18.00 Hrs.


SRFI Secretary General

The Asian Squash Federation will also hold its 29th AGM on 23rd January 2009 at the Courtyard Marriot, Chennai.

Election of Office Bearers will be held during this AGM.

The ASF elections, which are held once every four years will elect a President as well as three Vice Presidents. World Squash President Mr. N. Ramachandran, will step down as the ASF President after his two terms (8 years) as President.

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