{"id":7702,"date":"2012-06-22T06:26:18","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T06:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7702"},"modified":"2012-06-22T06:26:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-22T06:26:18","slug":"asian-junior-squash-championships-three-indians-in-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7702","title":{"rendered":"Asian Jr. Squash: Three Indians in finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-7659\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/squash.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Asian Junior squash: Ashitha leads Indians into semis\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/squash.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/squash-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Kish Island<\/strong>: Unseeded Dev Vazirani saved two match points to defeat higher ranked Nga Ching Cheng (Hong Kong) 3-2 to enter the boys Under-13 final in the 19th Asian Junior Squash Championships here Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Also entering the final in their respective categories were defending champion Anaka Alankamony (Girls Under-19) and Kush Kumar (Boys Under-17).<\/p>\n<p>Alankamony played with supreme confidence to defeat Ka Hei Chu from Hong Kong 3-0 to line up to become the first Indian to win back-to-back Asian titles.<\/p>\n<p>Kush Kumar scored an equally facile 3-0 win against Cheuk Hin Cris Lo (Hong Kong) to set up a title clash with Malaysia&#8217;s Gursharan Singh Saturday after Friday&#8217;s rest day.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mahesh Mangaonkar (Boys U19) and Ashita Bhengra (Girls U13) lost in marathon semi-final matches lasting over an hour. <\/p>\n<p>Mahesh clawed his way back from 1-2 but was unable to clinch the fifth game while Ashita squandered a 2-1 lead and lost in five games.<\/p>\n<p>The results (semi-finals, Indian matches):<\/p>\n<p>Girls &#8211; U13: Ashita Bhengra lost to Nur AliahAnis Mohammad (MAS) 2-3; Nikita Joshi lost to Nga Ching Cheng (HKG) 0-3, U15: Harshit Jawanda lost to Zoe Yuk Han Foo (MAS) 1-3, U19: Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt KaHei Chu (HKG) 3-0.<\/p>\n<p>Boys &#8211; U13: Dev Vazirani bt Tin Lok Lau (HKG) 3-2, U15: Robin Mann (IND) lost to Eain Yow Ng (MAS) 0-3, U17: Kush Kumar bt Cheuk Hin Cris Lo (HKG) 3-0. Vijay Meena Kumar lost to Gurshan Singh (MAS) 0-3, U19: Mahesh Mangaonkar lost to Syed Ali Bukhari (Pak) 2-3. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-7659\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/squash.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Asian Junior squash: Ashitha leads Indians into semis\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 6px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/squash.jpg 250w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/squash-150x94.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>Kish Island<\/strong>: Unseeded Dev Vazirani saved two match points to defeat higher ranked Nga Ching Cheng (Hong Kong) 3-2 to enter the boys Under-13 final in the 19th Asian Junior Squash Championships here Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Also entering the final in their respective categories were defending champion Anaka Alankamony (Girls Under-19) and Kush Kumar (Boys Under-17).<\/p>\n<p>Alankamony played with supreme confidence to defeat Ka Hei Chu from Hong Kong 3-0 to line up to become the first Indian to win back-to-back Asian titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sports-more-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Asian Jr. Squash: Three Indians in finals - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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