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Top effect Hong Kong, spearheaded by Asian singles champions Lau Tsz Kwan (men) and Ho Tze Lok (women), volition beryllium brimming with assurance up of the World Cup Squash, a mixed squad competition, to beryllium held astatine Express Avenue and the ISA courts from December 9 to 14.
However, Hong Kong volition look stiff contention from the 2nd effect India, who are banking connected Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh to pb the challenge. Abhay, India’s apical men’s player, sounded assured astir the squad’s readiness.
“The squad is successful a bully spot and each our players are successful bully form. And with matches played to 7 points alternatively of the accustomed eleven, it levels the playing field,” Abhay said.
He besides warned that determination would beryllium nary casual matches. “The Hong Kong boys are ranked wrong the world’s apical 55 — Lau is satellite No. 40 and Henry Leung Chi Hin is No. 55. There are a fewer Egyptian players who’ve had immoderate large results implicit the past fewer years. No casual outings for immoderate of us.”
Competing successful the lawsuit for the archetypal time, India’s women’s No.1 Anahat Singh admitted she would request clip to set to the format.
“It’ll instrumentality maine a fewer matches to get utilized to the format. We are conscionable reasoning astir topping the excavation and making definite we get a bully gully for the quarterfinals,” she said. There volition beryllium 4 matches, 2 matches successful men and 2 successful women. The points format volition be: In a necktie if a subordinate wins 1 match, the squad gets 1 point.
India unfastened its run against Switzerland connected Tuesday.
