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Asian Games Squash 2018
23 Aug - 01 Sep, Jakarta
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Team Finals
Women’s :
[2] Hong Kong 2-0 [3] India
Ho Tze Lok 3-1 Sunaya Kuruvilla 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-3
Annie Au 3-0 Joshna Chinappa 11-3, 11-9, 11-5
Joey Chan v Dipika Pallikal Karthik
Men’s
[1] Hong Kong 1-2 [2] Malaysia
Tsz Fung Yip 3-1 Ivan Yuen 11-7, 18-20, 9-11, 11-8
Max Lee 0-3 Nafiizwan Adnan 9-11, 7-11, 7-11
Leo Au 0-3 Eain Yow Ng 7-11, 7-11, 4-11
Hong Kong denied double by Malaysia
Finals day in Jakarta started with a first ever team gold for Hong Kong as they beat India, Annie Au finishing off the win in the second match.
It wasn’t to be a double though, even though Tsz Fung Yip put Hong Kong’s men one up with both individual finalists still to play for the top seeds.
Malaysia struck back with wins from Nafiizwan Adnan and Eain Yow Ng to claim the Gold medals.
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Team Semifinals
Hong Kong through to both finals
as India’s women beat top seeds
MEN:
[1] Hong Kong 2-0 [2] India
Max Lee 3-0 Saurav Ghosal 11-7, 11-9, 13-11
Leo Au 3-1 Harinder Pal Sandhu 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3
[3] Malaysia 2-0 [4] Pakistan
Nafiizwan Adnan 3-0 Tayyab Aslam 11-8, 11-6, 11-6
Eain Yow Ng 3-1 Israr Ahmed 7-11, 11-8, 16.14, 11-6
WOMEN:
[3] India 2-0 [1] Malaysia
Joshna Chinappa 3-1 Nicol David 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9
Dipika Pallial karthik 3-0 Low Wee Wern 11-2, 11-9, 11-7
[2] Hong Kong 2-0 [4] Japan
Annie Au 3-1 Satomi Watanabe 11-6, 11-5, 12-14, 11-9
Joey Chan 3-1 Misaki Kobayashi 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 11-1
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Team Semifinals Report
After previously only having contested the women's final (in 2010), Hong Kong China will compete in both Asian Games Team Championships Squash finals for the first time on Saturday following 2/0 victories in both semi-finals at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.
In the men's semis, the favourites despatched second seeds India - top string Max Lee seeing off Indian number one Saurav Ghosal , the highest-ranked player in the tournament, 11-7, 11-9, 13-11 before the recently crowned Asian Games individual gold medallist Leo Au battled for four games to overcome Indian Harinder Pal Sandhu 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-3.
"Max and myself played a tough individual final," Au later said. "We're glad we managed to have been able to take turns to rest the last two days, which helped us recover. Hopefully, we'll both be at our best again tomorrow and go for another gold."
Hong Kong's opponents will be Malaysia, the No.3 seeds who reached the final for the third time in a row by beating fourth seeds Pakistan 2/0 - team number one Nafiizwan Adnan claiming his first win in the tournament with an 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 victory over Pakistani Tayyab Aslam before Eain Yow Ng sealed the place in the final after overcoming Israr Ahmed 7-11, 11-8, 16-14, 11-6.
Ng said later: "Really happy to have won that and close the tie out. He had nothing to lose and was firing everything in, but I just stuck to my game and made it tough for him. It was a tough one but really happy to get Malaysia through."
The day's biggest shock took place in the first women's semi-final when third seeds India beat favourites and defending champions Malaysia 2/0 - thereby ending the legendary Nicol David-led team's eight-year reign as Asian Games champions.
Indeed David, who came into the team event as women's individual gold medallist for a record fifth time, suffered her first defeat in Jakarta at the hands of Indian number one Joshna Chinappa. It was only in April that Chinappa was able to end a 14-match losing streak to the Malaysian superstar stretching back to the Asian Championships in 2002.
Clearly invigorated by this breakthrough win, Chinappa further reduced the head-to-head deficit, stemming a courageous comeback by David to beat the former world number one 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-9 in 66 minutes.
Team-mate Dipika Pallikal Karthik took full advantage of this unexpected lead, going on to beat Malaysian second string Low Wee Wern 11-2, 11-9, 11-7 to secure the unexpected place in the final.
The ever-magnanimous David, who will now add a bronze medal to her collection of seven Asian Games gold medals, said later: "The Indian team, they played very well today. We just lost to a stronger team today. We have a good team and it's just unfortunate that they were better today.
"Winning a medal here is still something to be proud of. We came and we fought hard. I don't think any of us would go into the court not giving our best and that's the main thing."
India now have to face Hong Kong in their second tie against the second seeds in 48 hours.
Led by world No.11 Annie Au, Hong Kong denied Japan a place in the final by beating the fourth seeds 2/0.
Japan were celebrating their first time in the medals and losing second string Misaki Kobayashi, the team's captain, said later: "This is my third Asian Games and it means a lot to me to go home with a bronze medal as this is one of my last tournaments as a full time professional player.
"Four years ago we lost out a semi-final place to Korea very closely, so we've waited for this moment for a long time. Realistically there's still a gap between us and the rest of the top three countries. So I think we've done our best for now."
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Teams Day Four
Malaysia’s men beat India in Pool B showdown as semis are decided
On the final day of pool matches the top four seeds in each draw confirmed their places in the semifinals, but it was Malaysia who topped Men’s Pool B as they beat defending champions India 2-1 in the deciding match.
That means India must face Hong Kong, winners of Pool A with both individual finalists, in the semis while Malaysia meet Pakistan, who beat Korea to confirm their place.
The women’s matches went to seeding, Hong Kong beating India 2-1 to confirm top spot in Pool B and Japan seeing off Korea 2-1 to qualify (Malaysia, having already won Pool A had a rest day).
Women’s Semis:
11.00 [1] Malaysia v [3] India
13.30 [2] Hong Kong v [4] Japan
Men’s Semis:
16.00 [1] Hong Kong v [2] India
18.30 [3] Malaysia v [4] Pakistan
Daily TS Match List | Detailed Team Results
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Hong Kong, India & Malaysia Certain of Medals
With a fourth day of qualification action still to go, Hong Kong China, India and Malaysia are already guaranteed medals in both the men's and women's Squash events in the Asian Games Team Championships at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Defending champions and top seeds Malaysia can look forward to a rest day in Pool A of the Women's event after claiming maximum points following a 3/0 win over Japan, the fourth seeds.
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. But the third seeds dropped the first match after Nafiizwan Adnan went down in straight games to the Qatari number one Abdulla Al-Tamimi the fourth highest-ranked player in the event who has yet to lose a match in the team event.
It was sweet revenge for the 23-year-old from Doha who was denied a place in the individual event semis after losing to Adnan.
Rested after sustaining an injury in the individual event, world No.12 Saurav Ghosal made a welcome return for India and led the country's second-seeded men's team to a 3/0 win over Thailand - and a place in the semi-finals.
Hong Kong, favourites to win the men's gold medal for the first time, beat key Pool A rivals Pakistan, the fourth seeds, 3/0 to ensure their place in the semis. Individual championship runner-up Max Lee beat Pakistani Asim Khan in four games to put Hong Kong ahead before singles gold medallist Leo Au clinched the tie win for the top seeds.
Meanwhile Pakistan join Japan and Republic of Korea as rivals for second place in the Pool.
But, despite no chance of a semi-final berth, hosts Indonesia continued to create waves in the women's event. The 10th seeds, making their debut in the event, claimed their second upset after beating seventh seeds Iran 2/1.
It was after team top string Catur Yuliana won the opening match that the home side's second string Yeni Siti Rohmah clinched victory after recovering from 2/1 down to beat Iranian Fereshteh Eghtedari 11-7, 10-12, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8.
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Teams Day Three
Daily TS Match List | Detailed Team Results
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Hosts Indonesia take the spotlight on Teams Day Two
Hosts Indonesia took centre stage on the second day of Squash action in the Asian Games Team Championships with an historic Pool upset over sixth seeds China in the Women's event at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta.
10th seeds Indonesia, without any ranked players in their squad, were making their debut in the Games. After the home side's number one Catur Yuliana lost to China's Li Dongjin, her team-mates thrilled the partisan crowd by taking the next two matches to win Indonesia's first ever tie in the event - second string Yeni Siti Rohmah beating Gu Jinyue 11-8, 15-13, 11-7 before third string Irma Maryani despatched Chinese opponent Duan Siyu11-5, 11-7, 12-10 to clinch victory.
Further action in Pool B saw the top two teams Hong Kong China and India both record a pair of wins - third seeds India defeating Thailand and Indonesia 3/0, and second seeds Hong Kong beating Iran and China, also 3/0
Hong Kong number one Annie Au, the left-hander making her third appearance in the team championships, was in action in both ties - first beating Iran's top player Ghazal Sharafpour 11-1, 11-2, 11-5, then taking out China No.1 Li Dongjin 11-2, 11-7, 12-10 .
Hong Kong were also in action today in the men's event. Favourites to win the title for the first time, Hong Kong beat Republic of Korea 3/0 in Pool A - second string Yip Tsz Fung clinching victory by beating Seung-Taek Lee 11-6, 11-2, 11-2 after top string Max Lee had put the top seeds ahead.
In Pool B, second seeds India maintained their winning streak in the event - but were taken the full distance by Qatar, the sixth seeds. Underdogs Qatar went ahead when world No.28 Abdulla Al-Tamimi beat Harinder Pal Sandhu in straight games.
But team-mates Ramit Tandon and Mahesh Mangaonkar restored order for the defending champions - Tandon beating Syed Azlan Amjad 11-3, 11-5, 11-3 before Mangaonkar made sure of the 2/1 win by overcoming Qatari Abdulrahman Al-Malki 11-9, 11-6, 11-2.
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Teams Day Two
Daily TS Match List | Detailed Team Results
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Teams Under Way - Day One
India and Malaysia, defending champions in the men's and women's events, respectively, both recorded two 3/0 wins in today's first qualifying rounds of the Squash Asian Games Team Championships at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in the Indonesia capital Jakarta.
Daily TS Match List | Detailed Team Results
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Sun 26th Day FOUR : Finals
Women’s Final:
[1] Nicol David (Mas) 3-2 [5/8] Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas) 11-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8 (52m)
Men’s Final :
[ ¾] Leo Au (Hkg) 3-1 [2] Max Lee (Hkg) 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4
Birthday Gold for Nicol as Leo hits Gold for Kong Kong
Nicol David, playing in her 6th consecutive Asian Games Final - on her 35th birthday - collected a fifth Gold medal as she overcame fellow Malaysian Sivasangari Subramanian in a five game thriller in Jakarta.
In the all-Hong Kong men’s final it was Leo Au who prevailed, beating second seed Max Lee in four games, giving HK their first ever men’s Gold and Silver medals.
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Birthday Girl Nicol makes it five
After a glittering squash career in which she has won every prize on offer, Malaysian superstar Nicol David could hardly have dreamed of a better way of celebrating her 35th birthday than by claiming a record fifth Asian Games gold medal - 20 years after winning her first.
The former world number one - a title David held for an unprecedented 109 months in a row - defended the title she last won in Incheon in 2014 after again surviving a final against a fellow countrywoman. This time, at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in the Indonesia capital Jakarta, David had to fight back from 2/1 down to overcome teenager Sivasangari Subramaniam - her undoubted successor - 11-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8 in 52 minutes .
While David was marking her sixth successive appearance in the event - the only player in Jakarta to have also competed in the inaugural event in Thailand in 1998 - Subramaniam was making her debut. The 19-year-old 5/8 seed from Kedah claimed two of the biggest scalps of her brief career to reach the final, seeing off second seed Annie Au in the quarter-finals, then world No.16 Joshna Chinappa in the semis to set up a meeting with her idol for the first time.
"It's always nice to win the gold for Malaysia," David, from Penang, said. "This win also means a lot to me too as this is likely my last Asian Games.
"Of course it was a really close battle too. Sivasangari came into the final having won the biggest matches in career and she had that momentum going. I knew it was always going to be tough and true enough it went to five. I'm really pleased with my performance in the end.
"But I'm also really proud of Sivasangari. She has trained hard and she showed that she can stand among the best too."
The impressive Subramaniam added:
"I'm satisfied with my individual showing. I had an amazing run and I got to play Nicol. It's certainly a dream come true for me but it's now on to the next one, which is the team event."
The men's final was also a one-nation affair in which second seed Max Lee, the Hong Kong No.1, faced domestic rival Leo Au, the 3/4 seed who upset Indian favourite Saurav Ghosal to reach the final against the odds.
Lee boasted a career 10-7 head-to-head advantage over Au going into the match - but only two months ago lost out to lower-ranked Au in the Hong Kong national championship final.
World No.21 Au carried on where he left off on home soil, and defeated Lee 11-8, 12-10, 6-11, 11-4 to become the first Hong Kong player to claim gold in the men's event.
"I think both Max and I played very well today," said the 28-year-old. "I'm very happy that we made it a 1-2 finish for Hong Kong.
"On a personal note, I feel that I've finally made it happen for myself. All my hard work and perseverance has finally paid off. I've proven to myself that I can actually do it!"
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Sat 25th Day THREE : Semis
Women’s Semis :
[1] Nicol David (Mas) 3-0 [¾] Dipika Pallikal Karthik (Ind) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 (32m)
[5/8] Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas) 3-1 [¾] Joshna Chinappa (Ind) 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (41m)
Men’s Semis :
[ ¾] Leo Au (Hkg) 3-2 [1] Saurav Ghosal (Ind) 10-12, 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (76m)
[2] Max Lee (Hkg) 3-2 [5/8] Nafiizwan Adnan (Mas) 5-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9
Malaysia and Hong Kong guaranteed Gold as India settle for Bronzes
Malaysia are guaranteed a women’s Gold medal after four-time champion Nicol David eased past Dipika Pallikal Karthik and teenager Sivasangari Subramanian pulled off another upset as she beat Joshna Chinappa in four games to reach the final in her first Asian Games.
India had to settle for three bronze medals after men’s top seed Saurav Ghosal saw a two game lead disappear against Hong Kong’s Leo Au. Second seed Max Lee guaranteed a first-ever Men’s Gold for Hong Kong as he too came from two-nil down to overcome Nafiizwan Adnan.
Results from TS | Games site results | Daily Results List
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Malaysia assured of Gold and Silver
After a dramatic Squash semi-finals day in the Asian Games in Indonesia, both Malaysia and Hong Kong are certain to strike gold in Sunday's finals at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta.
Malaysian teenager Sivasangari Subramaniam continued her giant-killing run in her maiden appearance in the Games by taking her second world top 20 scalp in 24 hours. After despatching top seed Annie Au in the quarter-finals, the 19-year-old world No.40 battled for 41 minutes to overcome Joshna Chinappa, the world No.16 from India, 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 to secure a surprise place in the women's final.
The 5/8 seed from Kedah will now face compatriot Nicol David, the illustrious former world number one who reached the final for the sixth time in a row after seeing off Indian rival Dipika Pallikal Karthik 11-7, 11-9, 11-6.
"I really can't believe it," said Subramaniam. "First beating Annie and then Joshna today - both of them are top players on the world tour. It feels really amazing to get into the final in my first Asian Games.
"I know I had nothing to lose today and even though Joshna came back really strongly to take the third, I just kept my focus and did what I needed for the win.
"But it's not the end yet. I have another big match against Nicol. It will be my first time playing her and it's really like a dream come true but I just have to stay focused and give it everything I have."
David, now one win away from a phenomenal fifth gold medal in 20 years, will contest the 2018 final on her 35th birthday.
"I'm pleased to win my match today and I felt good going up against Dipika who is a tough contender," said the favourite from Penang.
The first ever all-Hong Kong men's final was set up by outsider Leo Au, the 3/4 seed who denied Indian number one Saurav Ghosal, the top seed, a place in the final for the second successive time after fighting back from 2/0 down to upset the world No.12 10-12, 11-13, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 in 76 minutes.
Au, the reigning Hong Kong champion, will now line up against domestic rival Max Lee after the second seed was also made to fight back from two games down before beating Malaysian Nafiizwan Adnan 5-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-9.
"I think today, I was able to be more patient and stay focussed despite being two down right till the end. I'm happy that it's an all-Hong Kong final tomorrow.
"We will give our best as we've already achieved our team goal," added a delighted Au.
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