India claim, Pakistan retain ...

Just as Pakistan retained their men’s title with a pair of nailbiting victories by Farhan’s Zaman and Mehboob over their higher-seeded Indian opponents, India’s Joshna Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal did the same in beating their higher-ranked Hong Kong opponents to claim the women’s title for the first time.

Sat 5th, Finals

Women:
India 2-0 Hong Kong     

Joshna Chinappa 3-1 Joey Chan
       11-3, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8
Dipika Pallikal 3-0 Annie Au  
       11-8, 12-10, 11-8

Men:   
Pakistan 2-0 India

Farhan Mehboob 3-2 Saurav Ghosal
        10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (3-2)
Farhan Zaman 3-2 Siddarth Suchde
           11/6, 11/7, 11/13, 7/11, 11/9

The Indian girls we absolutely outstanding today, reports Indian National Coach Cyrus Poncha, against all odds, they beat the favored no. 1 seeds Hong Kong and defending champions to win their maiden Asian Senior Squash title here in Kuwait.

Joshana Chinappa went on first against Joey Chan who is ranked over 30 places above her. Joshana was unperturbed by this and stamped her class right from the beginning to take advantage of the fact that the evening before her opponent had to endure five hard games against her Malaysian counter part Delia Arnold.

Joshana aggressive play laced with delicate drops and deception was simply too much for Joey to handle as she dropped the first game in less than 10 min 11-2.

The second game was equally impressive as Joshana pushed on aggressively to win 11-8. Joey seemed to be warming up in the third game and her shots were more effective as he had Joshana scurrying around the court.

Unaffected by the third game loss Joshana game back with a vengeance and wrapped up the fourth game and match to give India the much needed first point.

Dipika Pallikal went on next against Annie Au who is world ranked 7. Dipika has never beaten Annie in a tournament before but this does not matter, in a team event anything can happen.

Dipika's aggression seemed effective against Annie who is renowned for a steady lob and drop game. Dipika kept the pressure on throughout the match with her aggressive play and Annie did not have any answer for that style of play.

Annie made a gallant fight back in the third but Dipika held her nerves to claw back from 4-7 winning 6 straight points to help India collect their first ever Asian Senior Women’s title, which has eluded them, all this while.

Overall, it was a class act from Dipika.

On the contrary the Indian men failed to lift the title as Pakistan won both matches 3-2 to retain the title.

A charged up Farhan Zaman cheered on by dozens of local enthusiasts pushed Siddharth Suchde to the point of almost being beaten 3-0.

The fighter he is, Siddharth clung on to save 3 match balls in the third, to take the third and fourth games.

It was nip and tuck all the way to 9-9 where Siddharth slipped and gave Zaman match ball. Zaman grabbed the opportunity and finished the match with an outright cross-court winner.

Saurav Ghosal was up against no1 Pakistani Farhan Mehboob who is know for his shot making abilities.

Today this did not fail him as he clawed his way back from a 0-2 deficit to clinch the match in 5 games.

“Lost 2-0 to Pakistan in the final with both Sidd & I losing 11-9 in the 5th. Absolutely devastated!!” tweeted Ghosal.

Men's 5th – 6th Placing:
Hong Kong bt Japan (2-0)
Max Lee bt Shinnosuke Tsukue 11-4, 5-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-3
Leo Au bt Yuta Fukui 11-8, 11-6, 11-7

7th – 8th Placing:
Jordan bt Korea (2-0)
Ahmad Al Zabidi bt Lee Seung Joon 11-9, 11-4, 11-8
Ahmad Al Saraj bt Lee Se Hyun 13-11, 9-11, 6-11, 11-0, 11-8

9th – 10th Placing:
Iran bt Singapore (2-1)
Reza Sadeghpour lost to Vivian Rhamanan 11-9, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 10-12
Navid Maleksabet bt Samuel Kang 11-6, 12-14, 11-8, 11-7
Sayed Hossein Sanaee bt Marcus Phua 13-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9

11th – 12th Placing:
Iraq bt China (2-0)
Hasan Hashim Abdullah bt Wang Jun Jie 4-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-7
Rasool Hashim Abdullah bt Shen Jia Qi 8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-3

Women's 5th – 6th Placing:
Japan bt China (2-0)
Misaki Kobayashi bt Li Dong Jin 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
Chinatsu Matsui bt Gu Jin Yue 11-4, 11-3, 11-4

Women's 7th – 8th Placing:
Sri Lanka bt Iran (2-0)
Mihiliya Methsarani bt Arezoo Moosavizadeh 11-4, 11-4, 11-5
Sharya Guruge bt Sogol Samoodi 11-4, 13-11, 11-4

Men's final positions:
1. Pakistan, 2. India, 3. Kuwait / Malaysia
5. Hong Kong, China, 6. Japan, 7. Jordan, 8. Korea
9. Iran, 10. Singapore, 11. Iraq, 12. China, 13. Sri Lanka
14. Chinese Taipei, 15. Palestine

Women's Final positions:
1. India, 2. Hong Kong, China, 3. Korea / Malaysia
5. Japan, 6. China, 7. Sri Lanka, 8. Iran

Fri 4th, Semi-Finals:

Men's Semi-Finals

India bt Kuwait (2-0)
Saurav Ghosal bt Abdullah Al Muzayen   12-10, 12-14, 11-9, 11-7
Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Fayez Mohammed        12-10, 11-9, 11-7

Pakistan bt Malaysia (2-0)
Farhan Mehboob 3-1 Nafizwan Adnan      9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9
Nasir Iqbal 3-2 Ivan Yuen          12-10, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4

Women's Semi-Finals

Hong Kong bt Malaysia (2-1)
Annie Au 3-0 Low Wee Wern                      11-4, 14-12, 11-5
Joey Chan 3-2 Delia Arnold       8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 16-14
Liu Tsz Ling 0-3 Siti Munirah Jusoh              15-17, 3-11, 9-11

India bt Korea (2-0)
Dipika Pallikal 3-0 Song Sun Mi                    11-7, 11-8, 11-2
Anaka Alankmony 3-1 Yang Yeon Soo  11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-2

Indians double up as Malaysia crash out

The semi-finals of the Asian Team Championships in Kuwait saw India reach both finals for the first time as Malaysia, seeded two in the men's and women's events, lost out in both.

India's men were tested by hosts Kuwait, but Saurav Ghosal and Harinderpal Sandhu both won tough encounters to put the top seeds through.

Sandhu came through a fast-paced, hard-hitting and often physical encounter against Fayez Mohammed, narrowly winning each of the three games to put India ahead, and Ghosal stuck to his gameplan of a slow pace and keeping play mainly on Abdullah Al Mezayen's  backhand to edge past the talented Kuwaiti in four games to put India into the final.

The Indian women also needed just two matches as Dipika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony both won with a little more to spare than their male team-mates.

Coach Cyrus Poncha was delighted: "It's the first time our men have made the final since they did so in the first tournament in 1981, so to have them back in the final along with the women is a tremendous achievement.

"This is without a doubt the best team, men and women, that we've ever been able to field. The players have all made great progress over the last few years, with most of them playing full time on the PSA and WSA tours which has really made a big difference."

Malaysia suffered double defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the men's event as Farhan Mehboob and Nasir Iqbal continued their winning run, while Hong Kong reached the final with a nail-biting win over the Malaysian women.

Malaysia's Siti Munirah Jusoh, playing her best squash of the tournament, and Hong Kong's Annie Au and  won the first two matches to set up a decider between Joey Chan and Delia Arnold.

The Malaysian led twice, but Chan levelled at one-all and then two-all, and the decider went point for point to 9-all. Chan earned her first match ball at 10-9, but had to save two match balls for Arnold as the game went into extended extra points.

Eventually Chan took it on her fifth match ball, 16-14 after 76 minutes to set up a repeat of the final of two years ago.

"Hong Kong's women are all ranked higher than ours, whereas in the men our players are higher ranked," said Poncha of tomorrow's finals which sees both Indian teams take on the title holders.

"But it doesn't always work out according to rankings, all I know is that we'll be going into the finals confident of our players' ability, putting our best foot forward, and giving it all."

Friday Playoff results

Men's 5th – 12th Placing

Japan bt Korea (2-0)
Shinnosuke Tsukue bt Lee Seung Joon 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6 (3-2)
Ryosei Kobayashi bt Lee Seung Taek 12-10, 5-11, 15-13, 8-11, 11-9 (3-2)

Hong Kongbt Jordan (2-1)
Lee Ho Yin bt Ahmad Al Zabidi 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 (3-0)
Au Chun Ming lost to Ahmad Al Saraj (0-2, walk-over)
Lau Siu Wai Dick bt Saif Al Braikat 11-5, 11-3, 11-7 (3-0)

Singapore bt China (3-0)
Vivian Rhamanan bt Wang Jun Jie 11-9, 11-1, 11-7 (3-0)
Samuel Kang bt Shen Jia Qi 11-5, 11-3 (2-0)
Marcus Phua bt Li Zhi Yuan 11-3, 11-3, 11-6 (3-0)

Iran bt Iraq (2-1)
Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour bt Hasan hashim Abdullah 16-14, 11-6, 11-8 (3-0)
Navid Maleksabet lost to Rasool Hashim Abdullah 11-7, 6-11, 6-11 (1-2)
S. Mohd Hossein Sanaee bt Husham Abdul Kareem Sabeh 12-10, 11-3, 11-2 (3-0)

Men's 13th – 15th Placing (Pool)
Sri Lanka bt Chinese Taipei (2-1)
Saman Thilakarathne lost to Huang Cheng Yao 6-11, 6-11, 11-7, 5-11 (1-3)
Gihan Suwaris bt Chen Shu Kai 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4 (3-2)
Dilshan Gunawardana bt Chen Ching Han 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (3-0)

Women's 5th – 8th Placing

Japan bt Sri Lanka (3-0)
Chinatsu Matsui bt Mihiliya Methsarani 11-1, 11-5, 11-2 (3-0)
Miwa Maekawa bt Sharya Guruge 11-7, 11-6 (2-0)
Kozue Onizawa bt Damindhi Udangawe 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 (3-0)

China bt Iran (3-0)
Li Dong Jin bt Arezoo Sadat Moosavizadeh 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 (3-0)
Gu Jin Yue bt Elham Ramezani 11-5, 11-7 (2-0)
Xiu Chen bt Taba Taghavi 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 12-10 (3-2)
 

Thu 3rd, Day Three:
Pakistan take out HK to reach semis

Having suffered an upset defeat at the hands of hosts Kuwait yesterday, fourth seeds Pakistan faced the prospect of missing out on the semi-finals for the first time ever as they took on third seeded Hong Kong in the quarter-finals.

But 3/1 wins for Farhan Mehboob and Nasir Iqbal gave Pakistan an unassailable lead as they avoided that fate.

In the semi-finals they'll meet second seeds Malaysia who certainly didn't have it all their own way despite beating Jordan 3-0.

Top seeds India made short work of Japan, and they'll meet Kuwait, who took advantage of yesterday's upset as they beat Korea 3-0 to advance to the semis for, probably, the first time.

India give Malaysia a tough task

The women's pool stage concluded with the top four seeds going through to the semis, but India's upset win over second seeds Malaysia means that the Malaysians must face top seeds Hong Kong while India take on fifth seeds Korea who capitalised on their first day upset win over Japan.

Cyrus Poncha reports on Indian success

Men's Quarter-Finals:
 
      [1] India 3-0 [7] Japan
      [5] Kuwait 3-0t [6] Korea

      [4] Pakistan 2-0 [3] Hong Kong
      [2] Malaysia 3-0 [8] Jordan

Women's final pool matches:
   A: Hong Kong 3-0 Japan        Korea 3-0 Iran
   B: Malaysia 0-2 India            China 3-0 Sri Lanka 

Semi-Finals:  Hong Kong v Malaysia, India v Korea

Men's Quarter-Finals:

India bt Japan (3-0)
   Saurav Ghosal bt Shinnosuke Tsukue 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 (3-0)
   Siddharth Suchde bt Yuta Fukui 11-4, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3 (3-1)
   Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu bt Ryosei Kobayashi 11-1, 11-6 (2-0)

Kuwait bt Korea (3-0)
   Abdullah Al Muzayen bt Lee Se Hyun 11-1, 11-4, 11-6 (3-0)
   Ammar Al Tamimi bt Lee Seung Taek 11-2, 11-5, 15-13 (3-0)
   Sallem Fayez Mohammed bt Lee Nyeon Ho 11-4, 11-3 (2-0)

Pakistan bt Hong Kong, (2-0)
   Farhan Mehboob bt Max Lee Ho Yin 11-3, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9 (3-1)
   Nasir Iqbal bt Leo Au Chun Ming 11-7, 3-11, 11-6, 11-8 (3-1)

Malaysia bt Jordan (3-0)
   Nafizwan Adnan bt Ahmad Al Zabidi 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-8 (3-1)
   Ivan Yuen  bt Ahmad Al Saraj 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 (3-2)
   Kamran Khan bt Mohammad Al Sarraj 11-7, 11-5 (2-0)
 
Women's fnal pool matches:

Pool A
Hong Kong, China bt Japan (3-0)
   Annie Au bt Misaki Kobayashi 11-4, 11-3, 11-4 (3-0)
   Joey Chan bt Chinatsu Matsui 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 (3-0)
   Tong Tsz Wing bt Miwa Maekawa 11-9, 11-2, 11-9 (3-0)

Korea bt Iran (3-0)
   Song Sun Mi bt Elham Ramezani 11-0, 11-5 (2-0)
   Park Eun Ok bt Sogol Samoodi 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 (3-0)
   Yang Yeon Soo bt Taba Taghavi 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (3-0)

Pool B
India bt Malaysia (2-0)
   Joshna Chinappa bt Delia Arnold 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 12-10 (3-1)
   Anaka Alankmony bt Siti Munirah Josoh 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (3-0)

China bt Sri Lanka (3-0)
   Li Dong Jin bt Mihiliya Methsarani 11-5, 11-5 (2-0)
   Gu Jin Yue bt Sharya Guruge 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (3-0)
 

Seeds assert on Day Two

Day two saw the seeded teams assert themselves, as the men's quarter-final lineup was decided and the women's seeds advanced towards the semis.

Result of the day was host Kuwait's upset 2-1 win over Pakistan which sees them take on Korea in the quarters while Pakistan face a tough match against Hong Kong.

Day TWO, Wed 2nd:

Men:
A:  India 3-0 Singapore          India 3-0 Jordan
B:  Malaysia 3-0 Iran             Japan 3-0 Palestine
     Iran 3-0 Palestine              Malaysia 3-0 Japan
C:  Hong Kong 3-0 Taipai       Korea 3-0 Iraq
      Hong Kong 3-0 Korea       Iraq 2-1 Taipei
D:  Pakistan 3-0 Sri Lanka     Kuwait 3-0 China
      Kuwait 2-1 Pakistan         China 2-1 Sri Lanka

Women:
A:  Hong Kong 3-0 Korea        Japan 3-0 Iran
B:  Malaysia 3-0 China           India 3-0 Sri Lanka

Korea upset Japan on Day One

Day one saw all the men's teams except favourites India in action, with no upsets although Singapore pushed Jordan close and Taipei made Korea sweat a little.

It the women's pools the top three seeds Hong Kong, Malaysia and India all won comfortably enough but Korea took a big stride towards the semi-finals with a 2-1 win over fourth seeds Japan.

Day ONE, Tue 1st:

Men:
A: [8] Jordan 2-1 [9] Singapore
B: [7] Japan 3-0 [14] Iran,    [2] Malaysia 3-0 [15]Palestine
C: [6] Korea 2-1 [11] Taipei, [3] Hong Kong 3-0 [14] Iraq
D: [5] Kuwait 3-0 [12] Sri Lanka, [4] Pakistan 3-0 [13] China

Women:
A:  [1] Hong Kong 3-0 [8] Iran,      [5] Korea 2-1 [4] Japan
B:  [2]  Malaysia 3-0 [7] Sri Lanka, [3]  India 3-0 [6] China 

Results for Day Two (02 May)

Men's Pool A
 India bt Singapore (3-0 )
  Siddharth Suchde bt Samuel Kang 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (3-0)
  Harinder Sandhu bt Marcus Phua 11-2, 11-7, 11-7 (3-0)
  Mahesh Mangoankar bt Pang Ka Hoe 11-8, 11-2, 11-7 (3-0)

India bt Jordan (3-0)
  Saurav Ghosal bt Ahmad Al Zabidi 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6 (3-1)
  Harinder Sandhu bt Ahmad Al Saraj 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (3-0)
  Mahesh Mangoankar bt Saif Al Braikat 11-2, 11-4, 11-2 (3-0)

Men's Pool B
Malaysia bt Iran (3-0)
  Muhd Asyraf Azan bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour 11-9, 11-9, 13-11 (3-0)
  Ivan Yuen Chee Wern bt David Maleksabet 11-8, 11-3, 11-3 (3-0)
  Kamran Khan bt Sayed Mohammad hossein Sanaee 11-7 14-12, 11-6 (3-0)

Japan bt Palestine (3-0 )
 Shinnosuke Tsukue bt Khaled Ulyan 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9 (3-1)
  Ryosei Kobayashi bt Samer Abu Daga 11-6, 11-2, 11-1 (3-0)
  Takanori Shimizu bt Waleed Farhat 11-2, 11-1, 11-2 (3-0)

Iran bt Palestine ( 3-0)
  Navid Maleksabet bt Khaled UlYan 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (3-0)
  Sayed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee bt Samer Abu Daga 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 (3-0)
  Mohammad Hossein Jafari bt Akram Ismail 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (3-0)

Malaysia bt Japan ( 3-0)
  Muhd Asyraf Azan bt Shinnosuke Tsukue 11-6, 11-1, 11-8 (3-0)
  Ivan Yuen Chee Wern bt Yuta Fukui 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 (3-0)
  Kamran Khan bt Ryosei Kobayashi 11-8, 11-7, 13-11 (3-0)

Men's Pool C
Hong Kong, China bt Chinese Taipei (3-0 )
  Lee Ho Yin bt Huang Cheng Yao 11-2, 11-5, 12-10 (3-0)
  Lau Siu Wai Dick bt Chen Shu Kai 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (3-0)
  Ma Tsz Hei bt Chen Ching Han 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (3-0)

Korea bt Iraq (3-0 )
  Lee Seung Joon bt Hasan Hashim Abdullah 11-1, 11-2, 12-10 (3-0)
  Lee Se Hyun bt Rasool Hashim Abdullah 10-12, 11-7, 13-11, 11-9 (3-1)
  Lee Seung Taek bt Husham Abdul Kareem Sabeh 11-3, 11-4, 11-9 (3-0)

Hong Kong, China bt Korea (3-0 )
  Lee Ho Yin bt Lee Seung Joon 11-7, 11-4, 14-12 (3-0)
  Au Chun Ming bt Lee Se Hyun 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (3-0)
  Lau Siu Wai Dick bt Lee Seung Taek 11-2, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8 (3-1)

Iraq bt Chinese Taipei (2-1 )
  Hasan Hashim Abdullah lost to Huang Cheng Yao 4-11, 4-11, 4-11 (0-3)
  Rasool Hashim Abdullah bt Chen Shu Kai 11-0, 11-4, 11-9 (3-0)
  Husham Abdul Kareem Sabeh bt Chen Ching Han 8-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 (3-1)

Men's Pool D
Pakistan bt Sri Lanka ( 3-0)
  Farhan Zaman bt Saman Thilakarathne 11-1, 11-7, 11-8 (3-0)
  Nasir Iqbal bt Gihan Suwaris 14-12, 11-5, 11-5 (3-0)
  Saqib Yousuf bt Dilshan Gunawardana 11-1, 11-6, 11-6 (3-0)

Kuwait bt China (3-0 )
  Abdullah Al Muzayen bt Wang Jun Jie 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 (3-0)
  Ammar Al Tamimi bt Shen Jia Qi 11-4, 11-5, 11-2 (3-0)
  Yousef Nizar bt Li Zhi Yuan 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 (3-0)

Kuwait bt Pakistan (2-1 )
  Abdullah Al Muzayen bt Farhan Mehboob 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 (3-0)
  Ammar Al Tamimi bt Farhan Zaman 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 (3-1)
  Sallem Fayez Mohammed lost to Nasir Iqbal 8-11, 8-11, 4-11 (0-3)

China bt Sri Lanka (2-1 )
  Wang Jun Jie bt Saman thilakarathne 11-6, 11-13, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8 (3-2)
  Shen Jia Qi lost to Gihan Suwaris 11-13, 11-7, 10-12, 9-11 (1-3)
  Li Zhi Yuan bt dilshan Gunawardana 11-8, 7-11, 11-2, 11-4 (3-1)

Women's Pool A
Hong Kong, China bt Korea (3-0 )
  Au Wing Chi Annie bt Song Sun Mi 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (3-0)
  Chan Ho Ling bt Park Eun Ok 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 (3-0)
  Liu Tsz Ling bt Yang Yeon Soo 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-2 (3-1)

 Japan bt Iran (3-0 )
  Misaki Kobayashi bt Elham Ramezani 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 (3-0)
  Chinatsu Matsui bt Sogol Samoodi 11-4, 11-1, 11-4 (3-0)
  Kozue Onizawa bt Taba Taghavi 11-7, 11-5, 11-5 (3-0)

Women's Pool B
Malaysia bt China (3-0 )
  Low Wee Wern bt Li Dong Jin 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (3-0)
  Delia Arnold bt Gu Jin Yue 11-2, 11-9, 11-4 (3-0)
  Siti Munirah Jusoh bt Xiu Chen 11-6, 11-6, 11-3 (3-0)

India bt Sri Lanka (3-0 )
  Dipika Pallikal bt Mihiliya Methsarani 11-4, 11-2, 11-5 (3-0)
  Joshna Chinappa bt Damindhi Udangawe 11-5, 11-4, 11-3 (3-0)
  Anaka Alankmony bt Naduni Gunawardane 11-0, 11-8, 11-2 (3-0)
 

Results for Day One:

Men's Pool A
Jordan bt Singapore (2-1)
  Ahmed Al Zabaidi bt Vivian Rhamanan 11-9, 14-12, 14-12 (3-0)
  Ahmed Al Sarraj bt Samuel Kang 12-10, 11-8, 11-8 (3-0)
  Mohamed Al Sarraj lost to Marcus Phua 3-11, 8-11, 6-11 (0-3)

Men's Pool B
Malaysia bt Palestine (3-0)
  Mohamed Nafizwan bt Khaled Ulyan 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 (3-0)
  Mohamed Asyraf Azan bt Samer Abu Daga 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 (3-0)
  Ivan Yuen Chee Wern bt Akram Ismail 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 (3-0)
Japan bt Iran (3-0)
  Yuta Fukui bt Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 (3-0)
  Ryosei Kobayashi bt Sayed Mohammad Hossein Sanaee 15-13, 11-4, 11-5 (3-0)
  Takanori Shimizu bt Mohammad Hossein Jafari 6-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7 (3-1)

Men's Pool C
Hong Kong, China bt Iraq (3-0)
  Lee Ho Yin bt Hassan Hashim 11-4, 11-3, 11-2 (3-0)
  Au Chun Ming bt Rasool Hashim 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 (3-0)
  Ma Tsz Hei bt Hesham A Kareem 12-10, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6 (3-1)
Korea bt Chinese Taipei (2-1)
  Lee Seung Joon lost to Huang Cheng Yao 9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 6-11 (1-3)
  Lee Se Hyun bt Chen Shu Kai 11-1, 11-6, 11-4 (3-0)
  Lee Seung Taek bt Chen Ching Han 11-2, 11-2, 11-1 (3-0)

Men's Pool D
Pakistan bt China (3-0)
  Farhan Mehboob bt Wang Jun Jie 11-1, 11-3, 11-4 (3-0)
  Farhan Zaman bt Shen Jai Qi 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 (3-0)
  Saqib Yousuf bt Li Zhi Yuan 11-3, 11-3, 11-2 (3-0)
Kuwait bt Sri Lanka (3-0)
  Abdullah Al Muzayen bt Saman Thilakarathne 11-4, 11-3, 11-0 (3-0)
  Ammar Al Tamimi bt Gihan Suwaris 11-3, 11-6, 11-2 (3-0)
  Sallem Fayez Mohammed bt Dilshan Gunawardana 11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (3-0)

Women's Pool A
Korea bt Japan (2-1)
  Song Sun Mi lost to Misaki Kobayashi 9-11, 11-13, 2-11 (0-3)
  Park Eun Ok bt Chinatsu Matsui 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8 (3-1)
  Yang Yoon Soo bt Miwa Maekawa 11-8, 12-10, 11-5 (3-0)
Hong Kong, China bt Iran (3-0)
  Joey Chan bt Arezoo Sadat Moosavizadeh 11-1, 11-2, 11-1 (3-0)
  Liu Tsz Ling bt Elham Ramezani 11-3, 11-2, 11-1 (3-0)
  Tong Tsz Wing bt Sogol Samoodi 11-8, 11-2, 11-2 (3-0)

Women's Pool B
Malaysia bt Sri Lanka (3-0) 
  Low Wee Wern bt Mihiliya Methsarani 11-2, 11-4, 11-3 (3-0)
  Delia Arnold bt Sharya Guruge 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 (3-0)
  Zulhijah Azan bt Damindhi Udangawe 11-1, 11-2, 11-0 (3-0)
India bt China (3-0)
  Dipika Pallikal bt Li Dong Jin 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 (3-0)
  Joshna Chinappa bt Gu Jin Yue 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 (3-0)
  Anaka Alankmony bt Xiu Chen 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (3-0)
  

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