Indian racqueters in squash quarterfinals of Asian Games

Guangzhou, Nov 18 (PTI) The Indian racqueters got off to
a good start at the 16th Asian Games with both men's and
women's team progressing to the quarterfinals of the squash
singles event on the opening day at the Town Gymnasium, here
Thursday.
The duo of Saurav Ghosal and Siddharth Suchde won their
respective second round matches in the men's event, while
Chennai girls Dipika Pallikal and Joshna Chinappa thrashed
their rivals with identical 3-0 scorelines to make it to the
last-eight stage of the individual events.
Doha Asian Games bronze medallist and world ranked 25th
Ghosal made short work of Ammar Altemimi from Kuwait,
registering a facile 11-4 11-4 11-5 victory over his
lesser-known opponent in just 32 minutes.
In the second game, world ranked 73rd Siddharth Suchde
came back from a game down to script a morale-boosting win
over Hong Kong's Wai Siu Lau 9-11 11-4 11-6 11-4 in more than
an hour long contest to move into the next round.
Suchde will now be preparing himself for a sterner test
ahead as the USA-based Indian will be up against countrymate
Ghosal in the quarters tomorrow.
In the women's event, Pallikal, the 19-year-old world
number 36, scored a comfortable 3-0 (11-4 12-10 11-1) victory
over Gu Jinyue of China in just 23 minutes, while national
champion Joshana blew away Aribado Jemyca of Philippines 11-6
11-7 11-4 in 19 minutes.
Pallikal runs into world number one Malaysian Nicol David
in the quarterfinals tomorrow. Nicol, who is eyeing her third
Asian Games title, drubbed Park Eun Ok of Korea 3-0 in another
first round match.
Joshana, on the other hand, play Malaysian Low Wee Wern,
who thrashed Matsui Chinatsu of Japan 3-0 in her opening round
match