World Junior Squash | Aishwarya Khubchandani loses in second round

ByPress Release, SportsCafe Editor

07/19/2018

Aishwarya Khubchandani was the last remaining woman player from India in the WSF-World junior squash championship, who ended her campaign against second seed Hania El Hammamy of Egypt. Pitted against tougher opponents, Indian players have struggled to get any result whatsoever in the tournament.

The last match reflected the predicament of the Indians after getting pitted against tough opponents, be it in the men's or women's sections. Still mention has to be made of the gritty Sanya Vats who plucked one game from her versatile Egyptian opponent Ingy Hammouda. Indeed that show gave her several rounds of cheers from the appreciative gathering. But Sanya could not keep the refreshing tempo going with the Egyptian playing with strong conviction. Yash Fadte too put up a fighting show against England boy James Wyatt, seeded 9/12. Yash lost over four games but till the end he held hopes of stretching the contest. The other Indians to go out were Ashita Bhengra in the junior women's section and Rahul Baitha and Veer Chotrani in the junior men's category.

Meanwhile, the Egytians kept marching ahead with confidence written all over the faces of their young men and women. The top seeds in both sections,all Egyptians, had smooth sailing but the day's biggest cheers were reserved for the unseeded Singapore girl Sneha Sivakumar who upset the 5/8 seed Elize Lazarus of England in four games for a place in the pre-quarterfinal.

The results:

Men: Round three:

Marwan Tarek (1), EGY, bt Muhammad Amir Amirul Azhar, MAS, 11-8 11-8 11-8; George Crowne, CAN, bt Curtis Malik (13/16), ENG, 4-11 13-11 11-4 11-6; Yehia Elnawasany (9/12), EGY, bt. Matthew Lucente, NZL, 11-5 11-5 12-14 11-5; Mostafa Montaser (5/8), EGY, bt Rahul Baitha, IND, 11-4 11-9 11-9; Nicholas Wall (5/8), ENG, bt Michael Creaven, IRL, 11-4 11-4 11-7; Matias Knudsen (9/12), COL, bt. Abbas Zeb, PAK, 4-11 11-9 11-4 11-3; Julien Gosset (13/16), CAN, bt Chung Yat Long, HKG, 11-5 11-4 11-4; Omar El Torkey (3/4), EGY, bt Nils Schwab, GER, 11-5 11-5 11-2; Mostafa El Serty (3/4), EGY, bt Ryan Picken, CAN, 11-9 11-8 11-9; Siow Yee Xian (13/16), MAS, bt Jared Carter, ENG, 14-12 11-5 11-4; James Wyatt (9/12), ENG, bt Yash Fadte, IND, 11-8 11-6 5-11 11-9; Darren Rahul Pragasam (5/8), MAS, bt Gabe Yam, NZL, 12-10 5-11 11-9 2-11 11-5; Leonel Cardenas (5/8), MEX, bt Haris Qasim, PAK, 11-5 11-6 11-1; James Flynn, CAN, bt. Daelum Mawji (9/12), USA, 11-9 11-7 11-9; Yannick Wilhelmi (13/16), SUI,bt Sam Todd, ENG, 8-11 8-11 11-8 12-10 11-6; Mostafa Asal (2), EGY, bt Veer Chotrani, IND, 11-9 11-8 11-6

Women: (Second round):

Rowan Reda Araby (1), EGY, bt Ashita Bhengra, IND, 11-4 11-8 11-2; Chan Yiwen (13/16), MAS, bt Halya Estili, IRI, 11-1 11-2 11-7; Alice Green (9/12), ENG, bt Cheng Nga Ching, HKG, 11-13 11-4 11-8 11-9; Hana Moataz (5/8), EGY, bt Karina Tyma, POL, 11-6 11-6 14-12; Jana Shiha (5/8), EGY, bt Elle Ruggiero, USA, 11-4 11-5 11-8; Wen Li Lai (9/12), MAS, bt Helena Coetzee, RSA, 11-4 11-6 11-5; Farida Mohamed (13/16), EGY, bt Georgia Robcke, NZL, 11-7 11-3 11-3; Aifa Azman (3/4), MAS, bt Fereshteh Eghtedari, IRI, 11-4 11-6 11-2; Lucy Turmel (3/4), ENG, bt Laila Sedky, USA, 12-10 11-3 11-6; Jessica Keng, MAS, bt Chan Sin Yuk (13/16), HKG, 11-9 12-10 4-11 10-12 11-9;Ingy Hammouda (9/12), EGY, bt Sanya Vats, IND, 11-7 8-11 11-4 11-9; Sneha Sivakumar, Sing, bt Elise Lazarus (5/8), ENG, 10-12 11-4 11-6 11-6; Marina Stefanoni (5/8), USA, def. Alexandra Haydon, AUS, 10-12 11-6 11-8 11-1; Georgia Adderley (9/12), SCO, bt Gigi Yeung, MAC, 11-5 11-3 11-6; Kah Yan Ooi (13/16), MAS, def. Emma Jinks, CAN, 11-7 9-11 12-10 11-7; Hania El Hammamy EGY (2) bt Aishwarya Khubchandani IND 11-6, 11-5, 11-9.

(first round); Ashita Bhengra, IND, bt Grace Pattison, AUS, 7-11 11-8 11-6 9-11 11-4; Halya Estili, IRI, bt Izane Louw, RSA, 12-10 13-11 3-11 8-11 12-10; Chan Yiwen (13/16), MAS, bt Elisabeth Ross, USA, 11-4 11-3 11-6; Cheng Nga Ching, HKG, bt Meghna Sreedhar, USA, 11-5 11-6 11-4; Karina Tyma, POL, bt Courtney Trail, NZL, 11-3 4-11 7-11 11-6 11-3; Elle Ruggiero, USA, bt. Yoshna Singh, IND, 11-8 11-7 11-7; Helena Coetzee, RSA, bt Courtney Mather, AUS, 9-11 10-12 11-6 11-5 11-9; Wen Li Lai (9/12), MAS, bt Diya Joukani, NZL, 11-5 11-6 11-2; Farida Mohamed (13/16), EGY, bt Jannia Singh, IND, 11-6 11-8 11-4; Georgia Robcke, NZL, bt Sarah Lüdin, SUI, 13-11 11-6 10-12 1-11 11-8; Fereshteh Eghtedari, IRI, bt Hannah Mannion, ZIM, 11-2 11-4 11-2; Laila Sedky, USA, bt Kaitlyn Watts, NZL, 12-10 12-10 8-11 11-4; Jessica Keng, MAS, bt Reese Bain, RSA, 11-1 11-5 11-1; Chan Sin Yuk (13/16), HKG, def. Ananya Dabke, IND, 11-9 11-8 11-2; Ingy Hammouda (9/12), EGY, bt Annaleise Faint, NZL, 11-2 11-0 11-4;

Sanya Vats, IND, bt Polite Mubure, ZIM, 11-7 11-6 11-3; Sneha Sivakumar, Sing, bt Aira Azman, MAS, 11-6 11-5 3-11 11-2; Alexandra Haydon, AUS, bt Niki Shemirani, IRI, 11-6 11-7 9-11 11-2; Gigi Yeung, MAC, bt. Pascale Louka, AUS, 11-6 11-2 11-7; Georgia Adderley (9/12), SCO, bt Simona Frevel, Swiss, 11-3 11-4 11-4; Kah Yan Ooi (13/16), MAS, bt Caroline Spahr, USA, 11-6 11-8 11-7; Emma Jinks, CAN, bt. Winona-Jo Joyce, NZL, 11-6 11-8 11-2; Aishwarya Khubchandani, IND, bt Teagan Roux, RSA, 11-6 11-5 11-6.