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MORE THAN BUILDING FOUR WALLS EXPERIENCE QUALITY PASSION ENGINEERING DISRUPTION 1976 The first ASB SquashCourt 1978 ASB Pro GlassBackWall 1979 ASB movable wall 1979 ASB rotary GlassBackWall 1981 The healthy ASB SportsFloor 1990 ASB GameCourt 1991 ASB SquashCourt System 100 1995 ASB RainbowCourts 1998 ASB ShowGlassCourt 2000 ASB SensitiveTin 2001 ASB TopSquash 2006 ASB GlassFloor 2007 First Glass Court on a cruise ship 2009 ASB ShowGlassCourt (upgrade: glass fins replace metal poles) 2011 ASB RefereeSystem and ASB TopSquash (screens) 2011 ASB ShowGlassCourt/upgrade: bigger panels, TV visibility 2012 ASB TVO Floor (TV optimised) 2013 ASB ShowGlassCourt / upgrade: LED (out, service and tin) lines 2014 ASB System 100/L (floor runs under wall) 2014 ASB Permanent GlassCourt 2015 ASB EventGameCourt 2015 ASB PublicSquashCourt 2016 ASB LumiFlex (full LED video sports floor) 2017 ASB TPoint (the revolutionary squash hub) WWW.AS B S Q U A S H .C O M
MALAYSIA DENY HONG KONG HISTORIC ASIAN GAMES TEAM DOUBLE MALAYSIADENYHONGKONG HISTORIC ASIAN GAMES TEAM DOUBLE After Hong Kong China despatched India to clinch the Women’s Asian Games Team Championship Squash title for the first time, Malaysia denied the highest-ranked team in the event a historic double by coming from behind to beat the favourites in a dramatic Men’s final at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex in Jakarta, Indonesia. Images courtesy of Aulia Dyan The women’s final was a repeat of a qualifying tie 48 hours earlier in which Hong Kong, the second seeds, overcame third seeds India 2/1 to claim pole position in Pool B. But India earned the re-match in the final after creating the event’s biggest upset by ousting defending Champions Malaysia, the team led by Nicol David who were seeded to take Gold for the third successive time. The third seeds were unable to reverse the outcome, however, as third string Sunayna Kuruvilla went down in four games to Ho Tze-Lok, before talented left-hander Annie Au secured Gold for Hong Kong after beating Indian top string Joshna Chinappa 11-3 11-9 11-5 in 28 minutes. “I think they played very well especially under pressure,” Hong Kong Team Manager and 2002 Asian Games Individual Gold Medallist Rebecca Chiu said. “I’m very happy for them and they certainly deserved this success.” Malaysia and Hong Kong both reached the Jakarta Men’s Final unbeaten with both looking for first-time title success. Hong’s Kong’s elusive double looked possible in the opening clash between the teams’ third strings with Yip Tsz Fung putting Hong Kong ahead with a four-game win over Malaysian Ivan Yuen - after surviving a marathon 20-18 second game. With the crowd on the edge of their seats, Malaysia drew level when team number one Nafiizwan Adnan defeated higherranked Max Lee 11-9 11-7 11-7. Having not played in the earlier individual event, Malaysia’s 20-year-old second string Eain Yow Ng, the youngest player in the squad, had no Games history against his Hong Kong opponent Leo Au, the 2018 Men’s Individual Gold Medallist. But in the biggest match of his burgeoning career, the young Malaysian truly came of age with a 36-minute 11-7 11-7 11-4 victory over Au to bring the Gold Medal to Malaysia. “As a team we bonded well,” said the jubilant Ng after his seventh straight win in the championship. “We came into the tournament knowing that we could win, and we certainly did it. I always believed that Nafiizwan would deliver a point for us and I was really just focused on my own game. But I also did my homework well. I did a lot of video analysis and the fact that I didn’t play in the individual but managed to beat the individual champion, certainly worked out well in the end.” Malaysian No.1 Adnan added: “I did not want to bow out of my third Asian without a fight. I was on the losing team twice already, so I really gave it everything I had. Of course, there was pressure when Ivan lost. But pressure is like a dessert and I love dessert.” Asian Games Team Squash Championships, Jakarta, Indonesia Men’s Final: [3] MALAYSIA bt [1] HONG KONG CHINA 2/1 Ivan Yuen lost to Yip Tsz Fung 7-11, 18-20, 11-9, 8-11 Nafiizwan Adnan bt Max Lee 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 Eain Yow Ng bt Leo Au 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 Bronze Medallists: [2] INDIA & [4] PAKISTAN INTERNATIONALSQUASHMAGAZINE September 2018 | 15 www.isportgroup.com/InternationalSquashMagazine
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