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.

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India will be taking on Hong Kong and China in the match later in the day.