World Squash Championship 2023: begins at Chennai; India to face Hong Kong today
World Squash Championship 2023: In the World Squash Championship match which began on Tuesday at Chennai, Japan beat South Africa and took the score of 3-1. Japan’s Tomotaka Endo beat South Africa’s Jean Pierre Brits 7-4,1-7.2-7,7-3,7-5, Japan’s Satomi Watanabe beat South Africa’s Lizelle Muller 7-2,7-1,7-2 Japan’s Ryunosuke Tesukue beat South Africa’s Dewald Van Niekerk 4-7.7-5.7-5.7-3 Japan’s Akari Midorikawa lost to South Africa’s Hayley Ward 7-5,5-7,1-7,2-7in the first game.
In the pool A games in the afternoon, World Champion’s Egypt beat Australia and took the score of 4-nil. Australian player Jessica Turnbull said that the Egyptian team posed a tough challenge.
Egypt’s Karim el Hammamy beat Australia’s Nicholas Calvert 5-7,7-3,7,0-7-3, Fayrouz Abo Uelkheir Abouelkheir beat Jessica Turnbull,5-7,7-4,7-4,7-4 Aly Abou El Einen beat Australia’s Joseph white 7-1,7-6,7-2, Egypt’s Kenzy Ayman beat Alex Haydon 7-5,7-3,7-4. Egypt Coach Mohammed said that the team was keen to retain the world cup championship title.
India will be taking on Hong Kong and China in the match later in the day.