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SDAT WSF Teams World Cup 2023 |
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World Cup Teams 2023
13 - 17 Jun
Chennai, India |
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3rd Pool round:
[5] AUSTRALIA v [8] COLOMBIA
[1] EGYPT v [4] MALAYSIA
[6] HONG KONG v [7] SOUTH AFRICA
[2] INDIA v [3] JAPAN
2nd Pool round:
[1] EGYPT v [8] COLOMBIA
[4] MALAYSIA v [5] AUSTRALIA
[3] JAPAN v [6] HONG KONG
[2] INDIA v [7] SOUTH AFRICA
Results: SDAT WSF Squash World Cup - Pool A
[1] Egypt 4-0 [5] Australia
Karim El Hammamy beat Nicholas Calvert 3-1: 5-7, 7-3, 7-0, 7-3 (29m)
Fayrouz Aboelkheir beat Jessica Turnbull 3-1: 5-7, 7-4, 7-4, 7-4 (23m)
Aly Abou Eleinen beat Joseph White 3-0: 7-1, 7-6, 7-2 (21m)
Kenzy Ayman beat Alexandra Haydon 3-0: 7-5, 7-3, 7-4 (20m)
[4] Malaysia 3-1 [8] Colombia
Sai Hung Ong beat Alfonso Marroquin 3-0: 7-2, 7-3, 7-4 (16m)
Aira Azman beat Laura Tovar 3-1: 5-7, 7-0, 7-3, 7-1 (19m)
Darren Pragasam beat Felipe Tovar 3-0: 7-2, 7-2, 7-2 (14m)
Xin Ying Yee lost to Catalina Pelaez 1-3: 6-7, 6-7, 7-2, 5-7 (21m)
Results: SDAT WSF Squash World Cup - Pool B
[2] India 4-0 [6] Hong Kong, China
Abhay Singh beat Chung Yat Long 3-0: 7-2, 7-3, 7-6 (24m)
Joshna Chinappa beat Heylie Fung 3-0: 7-1, 7-5, 7-5 (20m)
Saurav Ghosal beat Andes Ling 3-1: 5-7, 7-2, 7-5, 7-1 (25m)
Tanvi Khanna beat Toby Tse 3-2: 5-7, 6-7, 7-1, 7-4, 7-3 (26m)
[3] Japan 3-1 [7] South Africa
Tomotaka Endo beat Jean-Pierre Brits 3-2: 7-4, 1-7, 2-7, 7-3, 7-5 (45m)
Satomi Watanabe beat Lizelle Muller 3-0: 7-2, 7-1, 7-2 (17m)
Ryunosuke Tsukue beat Dewald van Niekerk 3-1: 4-7, 7-5, 7-5, 7-3 (33m)
Akari Midorikawa lost to Hayley Ward 3-1: 7-5 5-7 1-7 2-7 (24m)
Schedule: SDAT WSF Squash World Cup - Pool A: To be played 14 June
13:00 [1] Egypt v [8] Colombia
15:30 [4] Malaysia v [5] Australia
Schedule: SDAT WSF Squash World Cup - Pool B: To be played 14 June
10:30 [3] Japan v [6] Hong Kong, China
18:00 [2] India v [7] South Africa
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Day 1
Hosts India and top seeds Egypt make perfect starts to
World Cup
Hosts India and top seeds Egypt enjoyed perfect starts as the Squash
World Cup returned after a 12-year absence, while there were 3-1 wins
for Japan and Malaysia.
The SDAT WSF Squash World Cup, which was last played in 2011, has
returned with a number of rule changes, including gender balanced teams
of two men and two women and increasing the pace of matches by playing
to seven points per game rather than 11.
No.2 seeds India, backed by a boisterous crowd inside Chennai’s Express
Avenue Mall, made the ideal start to their Pool B campaign with four
wins out of four against Hong Kong, China.
Joshna Chinappa
Chennai natives Abhay Singh and Joshna Chinappa began well for the hosts
with a pair of 3-0 wins against Chung Yat Long and Heylie Fung.
Andes Ling and Toby Tse threatened to spoil the party when they took 1-0
and 2-0 leads against Saurav Ghosal and Tanvi Khan, but both were able
to fight back, with Ghosal claiming a 3-1 win and Khanna impressing to
rescue the match and win 3-2.
Speaking afterwards, Chinappa said: “In India, we’ve got so many women
doing so well in different sports and it’s nice to be one of them in a
small capacity. Since I was nine years old this is all I’ve done, all
I’ve known and it’s very special to be playing for India at the highest
level still!”
India face South Africa tomorrow in Pool B, with the No.7 seeds going
down 3-1 to No.3 seeds Japan in the opening tie of the day.
In Pool A, pre-tournament favourites and defending champions Egypt
showed their class with a shut out of Australia.
Karim El Hammamy
Up first for Egypt, Karim El Hammamy bounced back from a troubled start
to beat Nicholas Calvert 3-1, with Fayrouz Aboelkheir then repeating the
trick as she came back from a game down to beat Jessica Turnbull by the
same scoreline.
Egypt saw out the rest of the contest more comfortably, with Aly Abou
Eleinen and Kenzy Ayman beating Joseph White and Alexandra Haydon in
straight games.
Egypt will face Colombia tomorrow, with the No.8 seeds losing to No.4
seeds Malaysia 3-1.
The SDAT WSF Squash World Cup resumes tomorrow (14 June), with play
beginning at 10:30 (GMT+5:30) at Express Avenue Mall, Chennai.
All the action is being streamed live on the Olympic Channel and
worldsquash.tv (worldwide) and JioCinema (India only).
To find out more on the latest in world squash, follow the World
Squash Federation on
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Watch live and on-demand squash for free at WORLDSQUASH.TV.
Official Site
Chennai Squash World Cup
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Preview
Teams announced for Chennai Squash World Cup
Saurav Ghosal
Nine teams from five continents will contest the relaunched Squash
World Cup in June following the final confirmation of places.
From Asia, hosts India will be joined by Japan, Malaysia and Hong
Kong, China, with Africa represented by Egypt and South Africa,
Europe by England, Oceania by Australia and South America by
Colombia.
The Chennai Squash World Cup is an international tournament in which
national team squads represented by two men and two women play ties
of four matches against each other. The relaunched event will be
played in Chennai between 13-17 June 2023, with quarters, semis and
final action to be played on a stunning all glass show court inside
the Express Avenue Mall.
The 2023 World Cup will be the fourth edition of the tournament, the
rules of which have been revamped since the last edition, played in
2011 in Chennai, when an Egypt team comprised of Ramy Ashour, Raneem
El Welily and Karim Darwish beat England’s James Willstrop, Jenny
Duncalf and Tom Richards in the final.
Further details about the 2023 Chennai Squash World Cup, including
squads and streaming information, will be released in due course.
2023 Chennai Squash World Cup: Teams
Australia
Colombia
Egypt
England
Hong Kong, China
India
Japan
Malaysia
South Africa2023 Chennai Squash World Cup: Rules
- Competition Format: The World Cup will consist of a round
robin Pool Stage, followed by a Knockout Stage
- Team Composition: Ties shall be contested by teams of two
men and two women.
- Playing Order: Woman #2, Man #1, Woman #1, Man #2 OR Man #2,
Woman #1, Man #1, Woman #2 by coin toss.
- Match Scoring: All matches will be played to a best of 5
games to 7 points. At 6-6, the game will still be played to 7
points.
- Tie Scoring: A team will be awarded points for winning a
match as follows: Women #1 & Man #1 – 2 points; Woman #2 & Man
#2 – 1 point. In the knockout stage, in the event of a draw the
winning team will be decided by the greater positive difference
between games won and lost in a Tie.
To find out more on the latest in world squash, follow the World
Squash Federation on
Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Watch live and on-demand squash for free at WORLDSQUASH.TV.
Official Site
Chennai Squash World Cup
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