Chennai, August 03: India were off to a flying start in the preliminary league of the junior women’s World team squash championship with a 3-0 win against Germany here Monday.
Pitted in Pool B, India, led by Dipika Pallikal, came through without dropping a game to launch their campaign on a winning note.
Meanwhile, top seed Egypt, overflowing with talent, raced past Sweden 3-0 in a Pool A league match.
The results:
POOL ‘A’ : 1-Egypt beat 16-Sweden 3-0 (Heba El Torky beat Matilda Ravn-Holm 11-3 11-3 11-3 (12m); Nouran El Torky beat Eira Mooney 11-2 11-3 11-3 (15m); (2) Nour El Sherbini beat (2) Jennie Lindstrom 14-12 11-6 11-2 (18m).
8-New Zealand beat 9-Australia 3-0 (Lana Harrison beat Sarah Cardwell 11-9 11-8 11-9 (34m); Emma Millar beat Christine Nunn 11-7 11-5 11-9 (20m); (2) Amanda Landers Murphy beat (2) Tamika Saxby 7-11 11-8 11-6 11-4 (27m).
POOL ‘B’ : 2-India beat 13-Germany 3-0 (Dipika Pallikal beat Lisa Marie Sedlmeier 11-4 11-3 11-5 (17m); Surbhi Misra beat Stefanie Rosner 11-6 11-1 11-7 (17m); Anwesha Reddy beat Caroline Sayegh 11-9 11-7 11-5 (21m).
7-England beat 10-France 2-1 (Millie Tomlinson beat Emilie Lamilango 11-7 11-6 8-11 10-12 11-7 (42m); Rachael Chadwick lost to Julianne Lecoq 12-10 6-11 4-11 6-11 (33m); Kimberley Hay beat Cyrielle Peltier 11-3 11-8 12-10 (28m).
POOL ‘C’ : 3-Malaysia beat 14-Denmark 3-0 (Low Wee Nee beat Anna Sophia Jensen 11-2 11-7 11-2 (17m); Rachael Goh beat Nanna Frederiksen 11-1 11-5 11-4 (17m); Nessrine Ariffin beat Millie Jensen 11-7 11-5 11-5 (17m).
6-Hong Kong China beat 11-The Netherlands 3-0 (Tsz Ling Liu beat Milou Van der Heijden 11-5 7-11 6-11 11-2 11-1 (36m); Ka Man Lee beat Tessa ter Sluis 11-5 11-3 11-6 (18m); Tsz Wing Tong beat Ilona Lagerweg 11-6 11-7 11-6 (26m).
POOL ‘D’: 5-USA beat 12-South Africa 3-0 (Oliva Blatchford beat Cheyna Tucker 11-8 11-9 11-9 (25m); Yarden Odinak beat Alexandra Fuller 11-7 11-9 12-10 (23m); Amanda Sobhy beat Robyn Baptiste 11-5 11-2 11-6 (16m).
4-Canada beat 15-Spain 3-0 (Samantha Cornett beat Ana Arosa 11-3 11-7 9-11 11-8 (25m); Danielle Letourneau beat Maria Da Fonte 11-4 11-5 11-8 (15m); Jennifer Pelletier beat Sarah Esperon 11-1 11-4 11-3 (13m).
–IANS–