India finish 18th in World squash
By IANSSaturday, October 3, 2009
ODENSE - India finished 18th after going down 1-2 to Hong Kong in the World men’s team championship squash.
Gaurav Nandrajog, who started off well for India by winning the first game, eventually lost to Leo Au here Friday night. The Hong Kong star stepped up the tempo from the second game and had Nandrajog running in circles. Au won the 42-minute duel 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2.
In the second singles, Ritwik Bhattacharya, playing in place of the injured No.1 Saurav Ghosal, took the first two games against Dick Lau and looked certain to win the match.
However, Lau fought back and came through in 57 minutes with scores of 5-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-5, 11-6.
Harinderpal Singh, playing the dead rubber, defeated Max Lee 11-6, 9-11, 11-8.
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