Asian team squash: Indian men beat Hong Kong to enter final, women bow out in semifinals

However,
the
women’s
team,
seeded
third,
went
down
1-2
to
Hong
Kong
in
the
semifinals
despite
the
No.1
player
Joshna
Chinappa
giving
them
the
lead.

In
the
men’s
match,
Ghosal
beat
Yip
Tsz
Fung
in
four
games
after
losing
the
first
game
after
Ramit
Tandon
had
given
India
the
lead
with
a
defeat
of
Henry
Leung
to
set
up
a
summit
clash
on
Saturday
(December
4)
against
second-seeded
Malaysia,
a
2-0
winner
over
Japan.

Ghosal,
the
world
No.15,
bounced
back
after
being
a
game
down
to
Fung
by
winning
the
next
three
to
win
10-12,
11-6,
11-6,
15-13
in
a
55-minute
match.

Tandon
had
similarly
hit
back
after
losing
the
opening
game
to
beat
Leung
in
a
four-game
clash.
This
is
the
third
time
the
Indian
men
have
entered
the
final
after
having
previously
done
so
in
1981
and
2012.

In
the
women’s
semifinal,
Chinappa
gave
India
the
lead
with
a
hard-fought
win
in
four
games
over
Liu
Tsz
Ling.
However,
Sunayna
Kuruvilla
and
Urwashi
Joshi
proved
no
match
for
their
opponents,
going
down
in
straight
games
to
hand
victory
to
Hong
Kong.

Results:

Men’s
Semifinal:
India
beat
Hong
Kong
2-0

Saurav
Ghosal
beat
Yip
Tsz
Fung
10-12,
11-6,
11-6,
15-13
(55m)

Ramit
Tandon
beat
Henry
Leung
4-11,
11-5,
11-8,
11-5
(37m)

Women’s
semifinal:
Hong
Kong
beat
India
2-1

Liu
Tsz
Ling
lost
to
Joshna
Chinappa
11-9,
5-11,
7-11,
5-11
(33m)

Ho
Tze
Lok
beat
Sunyana
Kuruvilla
9-11,
11-7,
11-4,
11-8
(40m)

Tong
Tsz
Wing
beat
Urwashi
Joshi
12-10,
11-4,
11-6
(24m)