Asian Games 2018 Squash Team C’ships: Day 3 – 3rd Qualifying Round Matches

After 3rd Day qualification round matches, Hong Kong China, India and Malaysia have guaranteed medals in both the men’s and women’s Squash events in the Asian Games Team Championships.

Defending champions and top seeds Malaysia will move ahead after claiming maximum points following a 3/0 win over Japan, the fourth seeds.

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The men’s team of Malaysia also did enough to secure a place in the semi-finals after beating sixth seeds Qatar in Pool B.

World No.12 Saurav Ghosal made a welcome return for India and led the country’s second-seeded men’s team to a place in the semi-final with a 3/0 win over Thailand.

Pakistan was convincingly beaten 3/0 by Hong Kong, who are the favourites to win the men’s gold medal. After this defeat Pakistan join Japan and Republic of Korea as rivals for second place in the Pool.

Hosts Indonesia continued to create waves in the women’s event, by beating seventh seeds Iran 2/1.

Results – Men’s 3rd Qualifying Round Matches – Asian Games 2018

Pool A:

HONG KONG CHINA bt PAKISTAN 3/0

  • Max Lee bt Asim Khan 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 14-12 (41m)
  • Leo Au bt Israr Ahmed 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (30m)
  • Yip Tsz Fung bt Amaad Fareed 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 (22m)

JAPAN bt REPUBLIC OF KOREA 3/0

  • Ryunosuke Tsukue bt Ko Youngjo 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 (23m)
  • Tomotaka Endo bt Sehyun Lee 9-11, 12-10, 11-3, 8-11, 11-4 (60m)
  • Ryosei Kobayashi bt Seung-Taek Lee 11-7, 1-11, 13-11, 11-6 (53m)

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PHILIPPINES bt [12] NEPAL 3/0

  • David Pelino bt Amrit Magar 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 (16m)
  • Reymark Begornia bt Arhant Simha 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (22m)
  • Lydio Espinola Jr bt Gyanu Chaudhary 11-1, 11-6, 11-9 (21m)

Pool B:

INDIA bt THAILAND 3/0

  • Saurav Ghosal bt Phuwis Poonsiri 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (30m)
  • Ramit Tandon bt Sun Phat 11-2, 11-3, 11-6 (26m)
  • Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Natthakit Jivasuwan 11-0, 11-6, 11-2 (19m)

MALAYSIA bt QATAR 2/1

  • Nafiizwan Adnan lost to Abdulla Al-Tamimi 4-11, 8-11, 2-11 (27m)
  • Eain Yow Ng bt Syed Azlan Amjad 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (24m)
  • Ivan Yuen bt Hamad Al-Amri 11-6, 11-6, 11-4 (21m)

SINGAPORE bt INDONESIA 3/0

  • Samuel Kang bt Agung Wilant 11-7, 11-1, 11-5 (26m)
  • Benedict Chan bt Satria Laksana 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-3 (33m)
  • Pang Ka Hoe bt Andi Hasanudin 11-3, 11-7, 13-11 (35m)

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Results – Women’s 3rd Qualifying Round Matches – Asian Games 2018

Pool A:

MALAYSIA bt JAPAN 3/0

  • Nicol David bt Satomi Watanabe 11-6, 12-10, 11-4 (26m)
  • Low Wee Wern bt Misaki Kobayashi 11-5, 11-1, 11-3 (18m)
  • Sivasangari Subramaniam bt Risa Sugimoto 11-3, 11-5, 11-9 (17m)

REPUBLIC OF KOREA bt PHILIPPINES 2/1

  • Ahn Eun Tschan lost to Jemyca Aribado 11-8, 13-15, 5-11, 9-11 (35m)
  • Hwayeong Eum bt Yvonne Alyssa Dalida 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (32m)Ji-Hyun Lee bt Andrea Jemiolo 11-1, 11-8, 11-4 (17m)

Pool B:

HONG KONG CHINA bt THAILAND 3/0

  • Joey Chan bt Anantana Prasertratanakul 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (22m)
  • Ho Tze-Lok bt Tuddaw Thamronglarb 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (14m)
  • Lee Ka Yi bt Pranghatai Phongrattana 11-2, 11-2, 11-5 (14m)

INDIA bt CHINA 3/0

  • Joshna Chinappa bt Li Dongjin 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (31m)
  • Dipika Pallikal Karthik bt Duan Siyu 11-1, 11-4, 11-5 (14m)
  • Sunayna Kuruvilla bt He Xinru 11-3, 11-6, 11-3 (13m)

INDONESIA bt IRAN 2/1

  • Catur Yuliana bt Ghazal Sharafpour 11-2, 11-4, 11-8 (27m)
  • Yeni Siti Rohmah bt Fereshteh Eghtedari 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8 (46m)
  • Irma Maryani lost to Hadis Farzad 7-11, 7-11, 5-11 (23m)

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