JOIN USHosts India defeated Germany 3-0 in the inaugural Chennai Open World Cup Under-21 Squash team championship here on Wednesday.
Seeded fourth and led by top ranked Dipika Pallikal, India won all its three matches in straight games against the eighth seeded team in in a total of 98 minutes.
Ramit Tandon defeated German Rudi Rohrmuller 11-2, 11-5, 12-10 in 45 minutes, while Dipika took just 20 minutes to thrash Franziska Hennes 11-2, 11-4, 11-7. With India 2-0 up in the match, India’s consultant coach and manager of the team, S Maniam decided to rest Ravi Dixit, who is ranked 193 in the world, and fielded Karan Malik in his place.
Results: Qualifying rounds: Pool A: 1-Egypt bt 5-Australia 3-0 (Marwan El Shorbagy bt Jamie McErvale 11-8, 11-3, 11-3; Nour El Tayeb bt Tamika Saxby 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Mohamed Abouelghar bt Walter Koteka 11-8, 11-7, 11-4); 4-India bt 8-Germany 3-0 (Ramit Tandon bt Rudi Rohrmuller 11-2, 11-5, 12-10; Dipika Pallikal bt Franziska Hennes 11-2, 11-4, 11-7; Karan Malik bt Valentin Rapp 11-8, 11-6, 11-4). Pool B: 2-England bt 6-Hong Kong 3-0 (Charles Sharpes bt Cheuk Yan Tang 11-1, 11-2, 11-8; Emily Whitlock bt Karman Siu 11-2, 11-9, 9-11 11-7; Declan James bt Wong Chi-Him 11-6, 11-8, 12-10); 3-France bt 7-Malaysia 2-1 (Lucas Serme bt Affeeq Abedeen Ismail 11-5, 11-9, 11-9; Cyrielle Peltier lt to Tan Yan Xin 6-11, 11-13, 13-11, 2-11; Geoffrey Demont bt Sanjay Singh 11-5, 11-7, 11-6).