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India stuns France

CHENNAI: India has assured itself of a historic finish in the World junior men’s squash championship, being held in Zurich, by making its maiden entry into the semifinals on Tuesday.

India’s previous best was the fifth position achieved in 2002 with Saurav Ghosal, Siddharth Suchde, Gaurav Nandrajog and Sahil Vora in the side.

At the Vitis Squash Club, the fifth-seeded Indian team stunned fourth seed France 2-1 to set up a meeting with a second-seeded strong Pakistan team.

It was a match that went down to the wire as the trio of Vikram Malhotra, Aditya Jagtap and Ravi Dixit battled it out to snatch a fine win.

Ramachandran’s praise

The Secretary-General of SRFI, N. Ramachandran has congratulated the team for its fine show. “It is truly exciting to reach the top four in a World Championship and is definitely praiseworthy.

“I congratulate the team and the coaches for having performed extremely well. The boys have given an excellent tribute to the ICL Squash Academy.”

The results: Quarterfinals: India bt France 2-1 (Vikram Malhotra lost to Gregoire Marche 9-1, 4-9, 0-9, 1-9; Aditya Jagtap bt Lucas Vauzelle 9-6, 9-2, 9-5; Ravi Dixit bt Petrucci Antoine Camille 8-10, 2-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-2).

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