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Mahesh Mangaonkar and Kush Kumar bowed out in straight games to higher ranked opponents in the semi finals of the British Junior Open boys under 19 and 17 respectively.
B19 [1] Mazen Hisham (Egy) bt [3/4] Mahesh Mangaonkar (Ind) 11/4, 11/9, 11/8 (41m) & B17 [2] [Mohamed El Gawarhy (Egy) bt [3/4] Kush Kumar (Ind) 11/7, 11/7, 11/3 (34m)
The Egyptians dominated from the start, while both Mahesh and Kush let go of a lead in the second game the Indian lads were unable to win a game in the match.
“Am certainly disappointed that no Indian made the final but both boys certainly gave it all they had. In my view, these 2 youngsters are the future of Indian squash. This culminates a good week of top class squash with 5 Indians reaching the quarterfinals – a record for us at the British Junior Open” said Cyrus Poncha, National Coach.
