Chennai, July 18 (UNI) India's Sandeep Jangra and Parth Sharma were defeated in the 14th World Junior Men's Squash Championship in North Palmerston, New Zealand, today.
According to a message from Indian team coach Cyrus Poncha, Sandeep and Parth who won their matches in the morning, lost to higher ranked Tom Pashley (Eng) and Simon Rosner (Ger) in the third round.
Earlier in the second round matches, they moved ahead in contrasting fashion. Sandeep had an easy 3-0 victory while Parth edged out the rival in a strenuously fought five games.
Harinder and Naresh after losing their first games, played with a lot of grit and dertermination to take a 2-1 lead. But, they could not convert it into victory.
Naresh lost to David of Canada who was seeded 17/32 in the event.
Playing some delicate drops and forcing the length, Naresh was in control of the match. David put up a good fight utilising the chances and hit two perfect forehand kills, to win the game and match.
Harinder, losing the first, bounced back hitting winners at will. Leading in the fourth game, he was suddenly unable to convert any of his winners and made a series of errors.
The results Round 3 Sandeep Jangra lost to Ton Pashley (Eng) 5-9, 5-9, 1-9 Parth Sharma lost to Simon Rosner (Ger) 0-9, 2-9, 1-9.
Round 2 Parth Sharma bt Benjamin Fischer (Sui) 0-9, 9-8, 9-4, 6-9, 9-1 Sandeep Jangra bt Bastin M (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3 Naresh Kumar lost to David Letourneau (Can) 1-9, 10-8, 10-8, 3-9, 7-9 Harinderpal Singh Sandhu lost to Colin West (Can) 2-9, 9-2, 9-2, 3-9, 1-9 Vikram Malhotra lost to Ramy Ashour 0-9, 3-9, 2-9 Ramit Tandon lost to Joe Lee 5-9, 3-9, 1-9 Sandeep Jangra bt Alan Tsang (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3 UNI JJ VV DH KN1600 Cyrus
According to a message from Indian team coach Cyrus Poncha, Sandeep and Parth who won their matches in the morning, lost to higher ranked Tom Pashley (Eng) and Simon Rosner (Ger) in the third round.
Earlier in the second round matches, they moved ahead in contrasting fashion. Sandeep had an easy 3-0 victory while Parth edged out the rival in a strenuously fought five games.
Harinder and Naresh after losing their first games, played with a lot of grit and dertermination to take a 2-1 lead. But, they could not convert it into victory.
Naresh lost to David of Canada who was seeded 17/32 in the event.
Playing some delicate drops and forcing the length, Naresh was in control of the match. David put up a good fight utilising the chances and hit two perfect forehand kills, to win the game and match.
Harinder, losing the first, bounced back hitting winners at will. Leading in the fourth game, he was suddenly unable to convert any of his winners and made a series of errors.
The results Round 3 Sandeep Jangra lost to Ton Pashley (Eng) 5-9, 5-9, 1-9 Parth Sharma lost to Simon Rosner (Ger) 0-9, 2-9, 1-9.
Round 2 Parth Sharma bt Benjamin Fischer (Sui) 0-9, 9-8, 9-4, 6-9, 9-1 Sandeep Jangra bt Bastin M (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3 Naresh Kumar lost to David Letourneau (Can) 1-9, 10-8, 10-8, 3-9, 7-9 Harinderpal Singh Sandhu lost to Colin West (Can) 2-9, 9-2, 9-2, 3-9, 1-9 Vikram Malhotra lost to Ramy Ashour 0-9, 3-9, 2-9 Ramit Tandon lost to Joe Lee 5-9, 3-9, 1-9 Sandeep Jangra bt Alan Tsang (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3 UNI JJ VV DH KN1600 Cyrus
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