The Indian boys team reached the finals of the Asian Junior Team Squash championships being held in Colombo, Sri Lanka with a comprehensive victory against Malaysia in the semi finals.
Indian top seed Ramit Tandon led the way against his Malaysian counterpart Muhammad Zul Azri. Displaying his superior racket skills and finishing abilities Ramit made Azri run to all four corners of the court. Although very quick in movement, Azri was not able to retrieve all that was thrown at him. Ramit eventually cruised to victory.
Mahesh Mangaonkar completed the victory for India with a clinical display against Malaysian Sanjay Singh. Apart from the first game, Mahesh convincingly dropped the ball to great effect with no answer from Sanjay.
In the pool stages India defeated, Jordan, Hong Kong, Iran, Singapore and Japan.In the finals India will play archrivals and top seeded Pakistan.
Semi Final resultRamit Tandon bt Muhammad Zul Azri 11/5, 11/7, 11/2Mahesh Mangaonkar bt Sanjay Singh 11/8, 11/1, 11/4Abhishek Pradhan DNP Mohd Adeen Idrakie
The Indian girls lost in the semi finals to top seeded Hong Kong. In the pool stage the Indian girls defeated Sri Lanka and China but lost their all-important final pool match to Malaysia 1-2.
Semi final resultTong Tsz Wing bt Anaka Alankamony 11/5, 11/5, (11/8), 11/8Lee Ka Yi bt Aparajitha Balamurukan 11/5, (11/9), 11/6, (11/4), 11/5Ho Ka Po DNP Saumya Karki
The girls secured a bronze medal.
