IPOH, JUNE 1: Indian juniors excelled in the third-leg of the SportExcel-NSC-Milo Junior Squash Circuit at Ipoh City Council Courts held between May 21-23, according to information received here.Junaid Nathani, Mihir Sheth and Karan Sethi won in the under-17, under-15 and under-13 boys' categories while Pia Abraham and Supriya Balsekar triumphed in the under-17 and under-15 girls' categories respectively.
Results (all finals)
Boys under-19: Mohamed Azlan Iskandar (Sarawak) bt Kelvin Ho (Sel) 9-5, 9-1, 9-3. Under-17: Junaid Nathani (Ind) bt Neerav Tomar (Ind) 9-1 (retired). Under-15: Mihir Sheth (Ind) bt Johil Vora (Ind) 9-5, 6-9, 9-7, 9-2. Under-13: Karan Sethi (Ind) bt Gautam Kalani (Ind) 9-0, 9-3.
Girls Under-19: Tricia Chuah (KL) bt Cheryl David (Pg) 10-8, 9-6, 9-6. Under-17: Pia Abraham (Ind) bt Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 4-9, 9-5, 9-4, 9-7. Under-15: Supriya Balsekar (Ind) bt Joanne Jee (Sarawak) 9-1, 9-0, 9-4. Under-13: June Tiong (Sarawak) btP Kamini (Pk) 9-3, 9-0.
Joshua wins
PETALING JAYA: Joshua Chinappa won the under-15 title in the Milo-Dunlop Malaysian Junior Open squash championships at the Astaka Squash Centre held here between May 24-27.
Results (finals)
Boys Under-19: Mohamed Azlan Iskandar (Sarawak) bt Yan Ka Ho (Hkg) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3. Under-17: Mubashir Gul (Pak) bt Marcus Yeap (KL) 3-9, 2-9, 9-3, 9-4, 9-0. Under-15: Wong Kim Lee (Sarawak) bt Woo Yew Hong (Sel) 10-8, 9-6, 9-4. Third place: Chiu Ho Ming (Hkg) bt Mihir Sethi (Ind) 9-4, 9-3, 9-7. Under-13: Kwong Yu Shun (Hkg) bt Karan Sethi (Ind) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0. Third placing: Kapil Nesan (Ind) bt Gautham Kalani (Ind) 9-4, 9-6, 9-1.
Girls under-19: Nicol David (Pg) bt Leong Siu Lynn (Kel) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1. Under-17: Tricia Chua (KL) bt Teng Ooi Ean (Pk) 9-3, 9-2, 9-2. Under-15: Joshua Chinappa (Ind) bt Teng Ooi Ean (KL) 6-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-7. Third placing: Vaidehi Reddy (Ind) bt Pia Abraham (Ind) 9-0, 4-9,9-6, 9-5. Under-13: Sally Ooi (KL) bt June Tiong (Sarawak) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2.
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