INDIAN MEN FIFTH FOR
BEST EVER FINISH AND WOMEN'S CLAIM 7TH SPOT
MEN'S Final: [1] EGYPT bt [2] ENGLAND 2/0
Mazen Hesham bt Curtis Malik 4-11, 13-11, 6-11, 11-6,
11-8 (63m) Ali Farag bt Mohamed ElShorbagy 6-11,
13-11, 11-8, 11-9 (50m) Mostafa Asal v Marwan
ElShorbagy (match withdrawn)
5th place play-off:
[9/12] INDIA bt [8] HONG KONG 2/0 Abhay Singh bt Alex
Lau 12-10, 11-7, 11-4 (32m) Velavan Senthilkumar bt
Henry Leung 12-10, 8-11, 5-11, 11-1, 11-8 (71m) Veer
Chotrani v Tang Ming Hong (match withdrawn)
ENGLAND ARE CHAMP WHILE INDIA SETTLES FOR
14TH PLACE
Final: [2] ENGLAND bt [3] MALAYSIA 2/1
Sarah-Jane Perry bt Delia Arnold 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (44m)
Laura Massaro lost to Nicol David 8-11, 9-11, 3-11 (44m) Alison Waters bt
Low Wee Wern 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4 (69m)
3rd place play-off: [1] EGYPT bt [4] HONG KONG CHINA 2/0
13th
place play-off: [13/16] MEXICO bt [13/16] INDIA 2/0 Karla
Urrutia bt Sachika Ingale 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-7 (27m) Samantha Teran bt
Joshana Chinappa 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9 (48m) Nayelly Hernandez v Anaka
Alankamony (match withdrawn)
At SPICE Arena, Penang,
Malaysia :
15-23 March 2014
England's Laura Massaro Wins
Women's World Championship Title in Malaysia
World number two Laura Massaro fought off a
courageous attack by teenage Egyptian giant-killer Nour
El Sherbini in the finals of the Penang CIMB Women's
World Squash Championship in Malaysia to become the
first Englishwoman to win the world title for 15 years.
The 30-year-old from Preston's place in squash
history is also assured as the first Englishwoman to
hold both the British Open and World Championship titles
simultaneously. Furthermore, following compatriot Nick
Matthew's triumph in the men's championship in November,
England can now boast both men's and women's world
squash champions for the first time.
Final: [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Nour El
Sherbini (EGY) 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9 (68m)
Semi-finals: Nour El Sherbini
(EGY) bt [1] Nicol David (MAS) 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 2-11,
11-9 (61m) [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [3] Raneem El
Welily (EGY) 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7 (48m)
Nick Matthew Wins World
Championship Hat-Trick as Saurav Ghosal made history : 3
November 2013
England's Nick Matthew
survived a dramatic AJ Bell PSA World Squash
Championship final atManchester Central in Manchester,
beating French rival Gregory Gaultier to claim the
trophy for the third time and become the first player
since 1977 to clinch the title after squandering a 2/0
lead.
The 111-minute triumph, fittingly the
longest match of the championship, means that the
33-year-old world number four from Sheffield joins a
select and distinguished group of players - Australian
Geoff Hunt; Pakistanis Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan;
and Egyptian Amr Shabana - who have three titles to
their name.
Gaultier, the world number two from
Aix-en-Provence, also becomes a member of a notable trio
of fellow former world number ones - including
Pakistan's Qamar Zaman and Australian Chris Dittmar -
who have been finalists four times but have never won
the title!
In the quarter-final, Saurav Ghosal,
the world No17 from Kolkata made history by becoming the
first Indian ever to reach the world championship
quarter-finals.
Ghosal, who went into the match
without having previously beaten Ashour in four
meetings, made an impressive start - leading 8-4 and 9-6
in the first game. But he lost to Ashour 11-9, 11-5,
11-9.
When talking about his opponent later,
Ghosal said: "Ramy can produce performances right now
that nobody can top. I feel privileged to have played in
his era - what we have in Ramy is something very
special.
"I think I played pretty well tonight in
the first and third games - I think I handled myself OK.
If I'd won the first game, it could have made a big
difference.
"I'm happy with my progress,"
responded Ghosal when asked how he felt about his Indian
breakthrough in the event. "But what I really want to do
is win matches like that today!"
Final:
[4] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA)
11-9, 11-9, 11-13, 7-11, 11-2 (111m)
PRE-QUARTERS:
[8] INDIA bt [10] HONG KONG CHINA 2/1
Saurav Ghosal bt Max Lee 11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6 (61m)
Ramit Tandon bt Yip Tsz Fung 11-9, 11-5, 11-9 (38m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu lost to Leo Au 9-11, 11-7, 4-11
INDIA’S SCORE IN Pool H: [8] INDIA bt [21/24] ARGENTINA 2/1 Harinder Pal Sandhu lost to Robertino Pezzota 9-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-13, 6-11 (99m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Hernan D'Arcangelo 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (44m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Leandro Romiglio 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 (51m)
[8] INDIA bt [9] FINLAND 3/0 Ramit Tandon bt Henrik Mustonen 11-4, 11-6, 11-13, 11-4 (31m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Matias Tuomi 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (28m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Olli Tuominen 11-7, 11-2, 7-11, 11-9 (51m)
[8] INDIA bt [25/28] VENEZUELA 3/0 Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Miguel Vallennilla 11-1, 11-2, 11-7 (16m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Gabriel Teran 11-3, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5 (23m)
Ramit Tandon bt Miguel Mendez 11-2, 11-2, 11-3 (17m)
Dipika Pallikal loses in Women’s
World Open squash championship
India’s Dipika Pallikal
squandered a one-game lead to go down against Egypt’s Raneem El Weleily in
the pre-quarters of the Women’s World Open Squash Championship in Grand
Cayman Island in the Caribbean.
Pallikal, world ranked 10th and 13th
seed in the tournament, lost to second seed Weleily 11—7 9—11 6—11 5—11 in
38 minutes at the South Sound squash club.
The match witnessed short
rallies, with the two going for their shots and scoring outright winners at
regular intervals, with a few errors from both sides thrown in for good
measure.
Pallikal’s shots held sway for the early part of the match
but Weleily slowly found her range, levelled in a close finish to the second
game and began to take control from the outset of the third.
“We have
very similar games and it’s always close between us. She had me all over the
court for a while so I’m pleased to be able to come through to win it like
that, it was far from an easy win,” said the Egyptian.
The Chennai
girl had defeated Malaysian qualifier Delia Arnold 3—0 in the first round of
the USD 188,000 WISPA event.
After last winning the title in 2004 - and finishing in 10th place two years
later - Australia re-established their authority in women's world squash by
beating England in today's final of the Women's World Team Championship in
Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Final:
[2] AUSTRALIA bt [1] ENGLAND 2/1 Sarah Fitz-Gerald bt Sarah Kippax 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)
Rachael Grinham lost to Jenny Duncalf 5-11, 6-11, 5-11 (35m)
Kasey Brown bt Laura Massaro 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8 (77m)
11th
place play-off:
[10]
INDIA bt [13] HONG KONG 2/0 Anaka Alankamony bt Carmen Lee 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-5 (38m)
Dipika Pallikal bt Liu Tsz-Ling 11-9, 4-11, 11-4, 11-3 (29m)
9th -
12th place play-offs:
[11] SOUTH AFRICA bt [10] INDIA 2/1 Milnay Louw bt Anaka Alankamony 11-3, 11-7, 11-8 (22m)
Tenille Swartz lost to Dipika Pallikal 11-8, 11-9, 7-11, 15-17, 8-11 (59m)
Siyoli Waters bt Joshna Chinappa 6-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9 (42m)
Final: [2] EGYPT bt [1] ENGLAND 2/1
Ramy Ashour bt Nick Matthew 11-7, 11-9, 14-12 (61m)
Hisham Mohamed Ashour lost to Peter Barker 6-11, 9-11, 7-11 (50m)
Karim Darwish bt James Willstrop 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 11-4 (65m)
Semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [4] AUSTRALIA 3/0
James Willstrop bt Cameron Pilley 11-7, 11-8, 11-2 (43m)
Nick Matthew bt David Palmer 11-5, 11-8, 11-5 (58m)
Peter Barker bt Stewart Boswell 12-10, 11-8 (29m)
[2] EGYPT bt [3] FRANCE 2/1
Karim Darwish lost to Thierry Lincou 7-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-4, 6-11 (70m)
Ramy Ashour bt Gregory Gaultier 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 (51m)
Mohamed El Shorbagy bt Mathieu Castagnet 14-12, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 (91m)
7th place play-off: [8] USA bt [6] INDIA 2/0
Julian Illingworth bt Saurav Ghosal 11-9, 2-11, 13-11, 11-7 (50m)
Todd Harrity bt Mahesh Mangaonkar 6-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2, 11-5 (51m)
Christopher Gordon v Harinder Pal Sandhu (Match withdrawn)
5th - 8th place play-offs: [9] ITALY bt [6] INDIA 2/1
Marcus Berrett bt Siddharth Suchde 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 11-0 (40m)
Davide Bianchetti lost to Saurav Ghosal 5-11, 11-6, 7-11, 3-11 (51m)
Amr Ramsy Swelim bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8 (72m)
Quarter-finals: [1] ENGLAND bt [9] ITALY 2/1
[4] AUSTRALIA bt [6] INDIA 2/0
David Palmer bt Saurav Ghosal 7-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 (51m)
Cameron Pilley bt Siddharth Suchde 11-9, 11-8, 11-4 (50m)
Stewart Boswell v Harinder Pal Sandhu (Match withdrawn)
[3] FRANCE bt [5] MALAYSIA 3/0
[2] EGYPT bt [8] USA 3/0
Pre Quarters round: [6] INDIA bt [17/24] DENMARK 2/0
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Morten W Sorensen 11-6, 11-1, 11-8 (29m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Kristian Frost Olesen 11-6, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 (66m)
Siddharth Suchde v Rasmus Nielsen (Match withdrawn)
Final Qualifying round: [6] INDIA bt [11] SOUTH AFRICA 3/0
Siddharth Suchde bt Shaun le Roux 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-1, 11-6 (80m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Clinton Leeuw 12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 (83m)
Saurav Ghosal bt Stephen Coppinger 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (28m)
2nd qualifying round: [6] INDIA bt [17/24] KUWAIT 3/0
Saurav Ghosal bt Abdullah Al Muzayen 7-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-6 (39m)
Siddharth Suchde bt Ammar Al-Tamimi 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (30m)
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Ali Bader Al-Ramzi 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 (24m)
21st ICL World
Men's Team Squash Championship 2007
At Chennai, India (12/12/2007)
The results:
Final:
England bt Australia 2-1 Nick Mathews lost to David Palmer 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 4-11;
James Willstrop bt Stewart Boswell 11-6, 11-7, 12-10;
Peter Barker bt Cameron Pilley 11-6, 11-4, 11-8).
Classification
matches:3-4: France bt Egypt 2-0 // 5-6:
Malaysia bt Canada 2-0 //
