Tauranga (New Zealand): India began well in Pool C with a 3-0 win over South Africa but later in the day went down to higher ranked England 0-3 for mixed fortune on the opening day of the girls’ team event competition in the WSF-World junior squash championship here on Tuesday.
This is a four-team Pool with France being the fourth team. India at the end of two matches is placed two in the Pool with a match against lower ranked France to go. Two teams from this Pool qualify for the knock-out phase.
The results: Pool C: India bt South Africa 3-0 (Akanksha Salunkhe bt Faith Panashe Sithole 11-6, 15-13, 11-4; Aishwarya Bhattacharya bt Helena Coetzee 11-7, 11-5, 11-7; Sunayna Kuruvilla bt Jenifer Preece 11-5, 11-5, 11-5); India lost to England 0-3 (Akanksha Salunkhe lost to Lucy Turmel 1-11, 5-11, 5-11; Aishwarya Bhattacharya lost to Jasmine Hutton 4-11, 5-11, 4-11; Sunayna Kuruvilla lost to Elise Lazarus 9-11, 8-11, 12-10, 8-11)
