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Guangzhou, Nov 24 (PTI) Both Indian men''s and women''s squash teams settled for bronze after losing their respective semifinal ties in the Asian Games, here today. While, men lost to arch-rivals Pakistan 0-2, Indian eves also slumped to defeat at the hands of favourites Malaysia by an identical margin.
Although, both Siddharth Suchde and Saurav Ghosal put up some resistance but they could not overcome the challenge posed by the Pakistanis to lose 1-3 each and settle for a bronze medal along with Hong Kong. Hong Kong in turn lost to Malaysia 0-2.
Suchde, after losing the first set, though came back strongly to bag the second but eventually went on to lose 14-16 12-10 9-11 5-11 in 83 minutes. It was almost the similar story for Ghosal as well, who also managed to bag the second set just like his compatriot Suchde, but failed to come good in the other three sets to get beaten 13-15 11-5 5-11 6-11 in a clash that lasted 52 minutes.
After the loss of these two boys, the third and final tie between Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu and Danish Atlas Khan became inconsequential. In the women''s category, the Indians were no match for the higher-ranked Malaysians as Anaka Alankamony was drubbed 0-3 by Wee Wern Low in the first tie before world number one Nicol Ann David defeated Joshna Chinappa by the same margin.
The Indian quartet of Joshna, Anaka, Dipika Pallikal and Anwesha Reddy had to be contend with the bronze medal along with the Korean girls, who too suffered a 0-2 loss at the hands of Hong Kong in the other semifinal. In the lop-sided semifinal, both the Indians failed to put up any threat before their fancied opponents as Anaka was humiliated 2-11 4-11 6-11 by Low in 22 minutes.
The script was no different for Joshna as Nicol, the gold medallist in the individual event, ended the Indian''s challenge in just 18 minutes with a 11-4 11-2 11-3 victory, which rendered the third and final tie between Anwesha and Delia Odette Arnold inconsequential.
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