Asian Junior Team Squash Championships | Indian teams off to a winning start
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The men defeated Singapore and Chinese Taipei by scores of 3-0, while the women blanked Sri Lanka to get the Indian teams off to a strong start in the HCL 21st Asian Junior Team Squash Championship 2023.
Paarth Ambani, Shaurya Bawa, and Krishna Mishra all won easily in the men's competition, where India is seeded second, to help her team defeat Singapore 3-0. Later, the group easily blew through Chinese Taipei by a comparable margin. The third-seeded Indian team in the girls' division defeated Sri Lanka easily 3-0 to start their campaign, with Anahat Singh crushing Chanithma Sinaly 11-6 11-3 11-2.
The No. 1 seeded Pakistani men's squad got off to a 3-0 start over Sri Lanka and Kuwait. Korea beat Kuwait 3-0; Pakistan beat Sri Lanka 3-0 (Muhammad Hamza Khan beat Seniya Jayathilaka 11-1 11-8 11-6; Anas Ali Shah beat Sehath Perera 11-6 11-4 11-2; Noor Zaman beat Thinura Randina 11-6 11-5 11-5).
Pakistan beat Kuwait 3-0 (Muhammad Hamza Khan beat Abdulrahman Almaghrabi 11-8 11-6 11-5; Muhammad Ashab Irfan beat Abdullah Ali 11-6 11-7 11-4; Noor Zaman beat Abdulrahman Alhashem 11-7 11-7 6-11 7-11 11-6).
India beat Singapore 3-0 (Paarth Ambani beat Benjamin Koh Kai Foo 11-2 11-5 11-7; Shaurya Bawa beat Mark Lee Hong Yi 11-2 11-6 11-1; Krishna Mishra beat Ethan Chua Jie Fan 11-4 11-3 11-2).
India beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 (Paarth Ambani beat Pan Hong-Rui 11-3 11-1 11-3; Shaurya Bawa beat Li Zong-Han 11-2 11-5 11-4; Krishna Mishra beat Pan Yi-An 11-1 11-3 11-2).
Group A: Malaysia beat Korea 3-0. Group B: India beat Sri Lanka 3-0 (Pooja Arthi R beat Anargi Perera 11-0 12-10 11-5; Yuvna Gupta beat Ranliya Wood 11-8 11-4 11-2; Anahat Singh beat Chanithma Sinaly 11-6 11-3 11-2).