Date : 01/05/2012
KUWAIT, May 1 (KUNA) -- Kuwait squash team Tuesday defeated Sri Lanka 3-0
at the start of the 16th Asian championship, which features participation of
15 male and eight female teams.
Kuwaitis Abdullah Al-Muzayyen, Ammar Al-Tamimi and Salem Al-Fayez made a
good start which would encourage them for future matches.
Al-Jahra governor Sheikh Mubarak Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, at the inauguration of
the championship on behalf of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber
Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, hoped the tournament would show top-of-class
matches that reflected the level of squash in Asia.
Board Chairman and Director General of the Public Authority for Youth and
Sports (PAYS) Faisal Al-Jazzaf said squash in Kuwait has made larges trides in
recent years.
In other matches in men category, Pakistan beat China 3-0, South Korea
defeated Taipei 2-1, Jordan over Singapore 2-1, while Hong Kong and Malaysia
easily defeated Iraq and Palestine each with three clean sets.
In women matches, South Korea beat Japan 2-1, Malaysia beat Sri Lanka 3-0,
Hong Kong defeated Iran 3-0 and India beat China 3-0. (end)
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