World Junior Squash Championship | Indian girls team makes it to the quarterfinals
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India beat France 2-1 in their final group game thanks to some exceptional performances by Surbi Misra and Sunayna Kuruvilla to qualify for the quarterfinals of the World Junior Squash Championship. India will next face Hong Kong, the winners of pool D in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
India finished runner up in Pool C and thereby qualified for the quarterfinal stage in the girls' team event here on Wednesday in the WSF-World junior squash championship. India will play the Pool D winner Hong Kong in the quarterfinal on Thursday.
In its last pool league match, India defeated lower ranked France 2-1 to get the second place behind England. The margin could have been 3-0 but Akanksha Salunkhe playing the French girl Fanny Segers in the inconsequential third match of the tie had to retire midway with muscular pain in her legs. As Coach Surbi Misra said Akanksha had begun confidently and went two games up when suddenly she developed pain. “In great pain, she went down in the third game and at that
Earlier, Misra said Sunayna Kuruvilla had given a good start with a fluent win over Maelle Fuhrer in 17 minutes. Ashita Bhengra was the next to make
The results: India bt France 2-1 (Sunayna Kuruvilla
