Indians Excel In Early World Championship Encounters
1st round:
Paul Rodrigues (RSA) bt Jake Kelly (CAY) 9-1, 9-7, 9-0 (52m)
Nicholas Sisodia (USA) bt Claudio Merlo (SUI) 9-6, 5-9, 9-2, 9-5 (56m)
Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Durosimi Moses Adebola (NGR) w/o
Amar Gupta (CAN) bye
Simon Summers (AUS) bt Dario Bosch (SUI) 9-5, 9-0, 9-7 (51m)
Clay Blackiston (USA) bt Esetang Akpan Esetang (NGR) w/o
James Earles (ENG) bt Joe Chapman (IVB) 9-7, 9-3, 9-2 (46m)
Muhammad Yassim (MAS) bt Wang Jun Jie (CHN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (35m)
Karan Malik (IND) bt Luke Sims (AUS) 9-4, 9-4, 9-2 (41m)
Adam Perkiomaki (USA) bt Dominik Penkov (SUI) 9-3, 1-9, 9-3, 9-2 (49m)
Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) bt Ahmad Al-Randi (KUW) 10-8, 9-1, 9-4 (43m)
Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt Shen Jia Qi (CHN) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 (27m)
Tomas Toth (SVK) bt Christopher Hanson (USA) 9-0, 4-9, 9-0, 9-1 (60m)
Arjun Gupta (CAN) bye
Adel Mohamed El Zarka (EGY) bt Meng Xiaomin (CHN) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0 (35m)
Nasser Al-Rashid (KUW) bt Bradley Soutar (AUS) 10-8, 9-6, 4-9, 9-7 (66m)
Abhishek Pradhan (IND) bt Alain Osman Mudeen (CAY) w/o
Oliver Holland (ENG) bt Kale Wilson (TRI) 9-1, 9-4, 9-0 (35m)
Muhammad Zul Azri (MAS) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 9-3, 9-0, 9-1 (35m)
Daniel Hutchines (LUX) bt Yannick Bregnard (SUI) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 (22m)
Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) bt Ramit Tandon (IND) 9-6, 9-7, 9-1 (27m)
Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt Miroslav Celler (SVK) 9-1, 9-5, 9-5 (44m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Shedara Femi (NGR) w/o
Ryan McConvey (CAY) bye
2nd round:
Paul Rodrigues (RSA) bt Nicholas Sisodia (USA) 4-9, 9-7, 9-4, 9-5 (51m)
Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Amar Gupta (CAN) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0 (19m)
Clay Blackiston (USA) bt Simon Summers (AUS) 10-9, 9-5, 9-7 (52m)
James Earles (ENG) bt Muhammad Yassim (MAS) 9-1, 9-4, 9-3 (46m)
Karan Malik (IND) bt Adam Perkiomaki (USA) 9-5, 9-6, 9-5 (26m)
Nosherwan Khan (PAK) bt Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) 9-5, 9-3, 9-4 (36m)
Arjun Gupta (CAN) bt Tomas Toth (SVK) 9-7, 3-9, 9-4, 9-1 (61m)
Adel Mohamed El Zarka (EGY) bt Nasser Al-Rashid (KUW) 6-9, 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 (35m)
Abhishek Pradhan (IND) bt Oliver Holland (ENG) 9-5, 9-5, 9-5 (36m)
Muhammad Zul Azri (MAS) bt Daniel Hutchines (LUX) 3-9, 9-4, 9-2, 4-9, 9-0 (49m)
Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY) bt Charles Sharpes (ENG) 9-1, 9-0, 10-8 (22m)
Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt Ryan McConvey (CAY) 9-2, 9-4, 9-0 (17m)
Indians Excel In Early World Championship Encounters
Indian players triumphed on the opening day of action in the World Junior Men's Squash Championship as three promising prospects - all younger than 17 - battled through two rounds to take their place in the 128-man third round draw in the biennial World Squash Federation championship in Switzerland.
A record 163 players from 37 countries entered the individual championship which reaches its final in Zurich on 1 August. The event is followed by the World Junior Men's Team Championship, from 2-7 August.
Karan Malik, aged 16, from Chennai, beat USA's Adam Perkiomaki 9-5, 9-6, 9-5 to earn a third round place against England's 5/8 seed Joe Lee - while Abhishek Pradhan and Mahesh Mangaonkar, both only 14 years old and from Mumbai, despatched Oliver Holland (England) and Ryan McConvey (Cayman Islands), respectively, in straight games to join compatriots Ravi Dixit, Paramit Singh, Aditya Jagtap and Vikram Malhotra in the third round.
Pakistan's Aamir Atlas Khan, a semi-finalist in the individual championship in 2004 and 2006, is the event's top seed. The 17-year-old from Peshawar faces New Zealander Alex Grayson in his opening match today (Monday) in Zurich.
3rd round line-up:
[1] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) v Alex Grayson (NZL)
Hugo Varela Campo (ESP) v Philip Tran (DEN)
Gustav Runersjo (SWE) v Lucas Serme (FRA)
[17/32] Kelly Shannon (CAN) v Alejandro Suarez (VEN)
[17/32] Todd Harrity (USA) v Joonas Honkanen (FIN)
Thakabi Moholo (RSA) v Antonio de la Torre (GUA)
Felipe Bueno Almeida (ECU) v Ravi Dixit (IND)
[9/16] Wael Farag (EGY) v Sam Fenwick (WAL)
[9/16] Mohd Shoaib Hassan (PAK) v Raphael Kandra (GER)
Zbynek Standera (CZE) v Noah DaBell (BER)
Tom de Mulder (BEL) v Patrick Miescher (SUI)
[17/32] Jacob Alexander (AUS) v Alberto Matteazzi (ITA)
[17/32] Nelson Chan (HKG) v Kevin Davey (IRL)
Andrew Schnell (CAN) v Paul Rodrigues (RSA)
Michael Ernst (NED) v Clay Blackiston (USA)
[5/8] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) v Shamlan A Ali (KUW)
[5/8] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) v Nicholas Sachvie (CAN)
Daniel Mekbib (CZE) v Alex Domenick (USA)
Wian Louwrens (RSA) v Daniel Cueva Mosquera (ECU)
[17/32] Evan Williams (NZL) v Arjun Gupta (CAN)
[17/32] Alex Ingham (ENG) v Casper Grauballe (DEN)
David Haley (WAL) v Lukas Burkhart (SUI)
Paramit Singh (IND) v Fausto Gomez (ESP)
[9/16] Leo Au (HKG) v Sam van Brusselen (BEL)
[9/16] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) v Johan Detter (SWE)
Micah Franklin (BER) v Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA)
Nasser Al-Hussaini (KUW) v Tim van der Pluijm (NED)
Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS) v Dean Russell (RSA)
[17/32] Florian Silbernagl (GER) v Fung Ji Yang (HKG)
Mauricio Sedano (GUA) v Ahmed El Mehelmy (EGY)
Aaron Fyfe (AUS) v Alan Tighe (IRL)
[4] Gregoire Marche (FRA) v Daniel Prato (VEN)
[3] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v Ondrej Uherka (CZE)
Luis Pedro Flores (GUA) v Li Zhi Yuan (CHN)
Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) v Laurens Mostmans (BEL)
[17/32] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) v Ville Hiltunen (FIN)
[17/32] Matthew Hopkin (AUS) v James Earles (ENG)
Mohammed Al Tawari (KUW) v Kristian Nielsen de Silva (DEN)
Daniel Pascual Martinez (ESP) v Adel Mohamed El Zarka (EGY)
[9/16] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Wilfredo Arcia (VEN)
[9/16] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) v Francisco Alvaro Asimbaya (ECU)
Colm Dolan (IRL) v Robert Maycock (BER)
Fred Reid (CAN) v Matt Domenick (USA)
[17/32] Aditya Jagtap (IND) v Jo Wen Ng (MAS)
[17/32] Hywel Robinson (WAL) v Keegan Burkhart (NZL)
Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) v Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND)
Truls Olterman (SWE) v Rick Penders (NED)
[5/8] Adrian Waller (ENG) v Muhammad Zul Azri (MAS)
[5/8] Joe Lee (ENG) v Karan Malik (IND)
Alex Christensson (SWE) v Choy Kit Lun (HKG)
Marc ter Sluis (NED) v Nosherwan Khan (PAK)
[17/32] Farhan Zaman (PAK) v Lau Ulrik Kiehn (DEN)
[17/32] Mohd Sayed Mahmoud Aly (EGY) v Robin Schreurs (BEL)
Bryan Bonilla (GUA) v Thomas Mattsson (USA)
Marco d'Adam (ITA) v Norman Junge (GER)
[9/16] Ivan Yuen (MAS) v Danish Atlas Khan (PAK)
[9/16] Vikram Malhotra (IND) v Fahad Al-Ramezi (KUW)
Josh Larkin (AUS) v Abhishek Pradhan (IND)
Antoine Petrucci (FRA) v Orlando Rodriguez Ordonez (ECU)
[17/32] Cameron Jamieson (NZL) v Mikael Siren (FIN)
Adam Murrills (ENG) v Kah Wah Cheong (MAS)
Reinhold Hergeth (RSA) v Jonas Daehler (SUI)
Theodore Anderson (IRL) v Roman Svec (CZE)
[2] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) v Damian Arosa Rodriguez (ESP)