JOIN USIndia’s Velavan Senthilkumar entered the pre-quarterfinals in the 19th Asian Individual Squash Championship here on Wednesday.
Senthilkumar, who had reached two PSA World Tour event finals recently, breezed past Soheil Shameli of Iran 11-1, 11 -5, 11-5 in the first round and received a walk over from Farhan Zaman of Pakistan.
Pak complain
Meanwhile, blaming India for their pullout from the Asian Squash Championships, Pakistan have lodged a complaint with the World and Asian squash bodies, alleging that the hosts deliberately delayed visas to their team.
“After returning the passports to us, they (Indian High Commission) contacted us and asked us to submit the passports again for the issuance of visas but we have now decided not to apply again,” PSF secretary Sultan said.
Results: Men’s singles: Second round: Max Lee (1) (HK) b Navid Maleksabet (Iran) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Wong Chi Him (13) (HK) bt Samuel Kang (Sin) 11-4, 12-10, 11-7; Abdulla Al-Tamimi (6) (Qat) w.o. Waqar Mehboob (Pak); Yuen Chee Wern (7) (Mal) bt Ko Young-Jo (Kor) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Ahmad Alsaraj (Jor) w.o. Tayyab Aslam (12) (Pak).
Yip Tsz Fung (4) (HK) bt Yoo Jae-Jin (Kor) 11 -7, 11-4, 11-6; Ng Eain Yow (14) (Mal) bt Park Jong- Myoung (Kor) 11-3, 11-3, 11-4; Leo Au (5) (HK) bt Lee Geondong (Kor) 11-6, 11-3, 11-8; Muhammad Addeen Idrakie (Mal) w.o. Farhan Mehboob (8) (Pak); Mohammad Alsarraj (16) (Jor) w.o. Syed Azlan Amjad (Qat); Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu (15) (Ind) bt Reymark Begornia (Phil) 11-1, 11-5, 11-4; Velavan Senthilkumar (Ind) w.o. Farhan Zaman (9) (Pak); Mohd Nafiizwan (3) (Mal) bt Aditya Jagtap (Ind) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8.
Women’s singles: First round: Lee Jihyun (Korea) bt Taba Taghavi (14) (Iran) 9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-5; Rachel Mae Arnold (8) (Mal) bt Park Eunok (Kor) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6; Liu Tsz Ling (5) (HK) bt Au Yeong Wai Yhann (Sin) 11-9, 11-7, 11-5; Eum Hwayeong (Kor) bt Ailee Nayeri (15) (Iran) 4-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-6; Lee Andrea Jia Qi (10) (Mal) bt Fereshteh Eghtedari (Iran) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4.
Tong Tsz Wing (6) (HK) bt Ghazal Sharafpour (Iran) 11-4, 11-1, 11-4; Misaki Kobayashi (7) (Jap) bt Yvonne Alyssa Dalida (Ph) 12-10, 11-1, 11-2; Jemyca Aribado (13) (Ph) bt Sneha Sivakumar (Sin) 11-5, 11-2, 11-9; Satomi Watanabe (16) (Jap) bt Urwashi Joshi (Ind) 11-5, 12-10, 11-3; Foo Zoe Yuk Han (11) (Mal) bt R Lakshya (Ind) 9-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6; Sunayna Kuruvilla (Ind) bt Choe Yura (12) (Kor) 11-4, 11-8, 11-8; Aifa Zaman (Mal) bt Sachika Ingale (Ind) 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 11- 13, 13-11.