Indian boys and girls are just one win away from the semifinals in the Asian junior team squash championship being held in Kuala Lumpur.
It was a mixed day on Thursday with the boys cruising to an easy win over Chinese Taipei while the girls lost to the higher-ranked Hong Kong.
In the boys’ section, India topped pool C with three wins and now plays Iran on Friday for a semifinal berth.
In the girls’ section, India placed itself second in pool B behind Hong Kong.
A win against Sri Lanka next will see India through to the semifinals.
The results:
Boys: Pool C: India bt Chinese Taipei 3-0 (TaKush kumar bt Chu Ching Hsuan 11-1, 11-6, 11-2; Sandeep Ramachandran bt Wu Szu-Hsien 11-2, 11-1, 11-2; Yohan Pandole bt Cheng Yung-Tse 11-1, 11-2, 11-3).
Girls: Pool B: Hong Kong bt India 2-1 (Choi Uen Shan bt Harshit Kaur 11-8, 11-9, 11-2; Lui Hiu Lam bt Adya Advani 7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-9; Ho Ka Wing lost to Akanksha Salunkhe 6-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 8-11).
