Women's squash delivers third gold medal
Bernama
September 28, 2014 09:09 MYT
September 28, 2014 09:09 MYT
Womens squash team (from left) Datuk Nicol David, Delia Arnold, Low Wee Wern and Vanisha Raj celebrate their win after beating India 2-0 in Incheon on Saturday. Bernama pic
As expected, the women's squash team delivered Malaysia's third gold medal by winning the team event.
Malaysia beat India 2-0 in the final at Yeorumul Squash Courts on Saturday.
Delia Arnold set the mood by beating Anaka Alankamony in three sets, 11-9, 12-10 and 11-2.
Squash queen Datuk Nicol David then beat Dipika Rebecca Pallikal 11-7, 11-6 and 11-3 to put the gold medal in the bag.
It was the reverse in the men's team event as Malaysia lost 0-2 to India in the final.
Mohd Azlan Iskandar got off on the wrong foot losing to Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu, 8-11, 5-11, 11-8 and 4-11.
In the second game, Ong Beng Hee put up a tough fight before losing to Saurav Ghosal, 11-6, 7-1, 6-11, 14-12 and 9-11.
Malaysia's medals hope lies with several events in diving, karate and archery.
The men's recurve team is in line for the gold medal as they line up against China in the final on Sunday.
Khairul Anuar Mohamad, Atiq Bazil Bakri and Haziq Kamaruddin will be come up against Gu Xuesong, Qi Kaiyao and Yong Zhiwei.
Malaysia's quest for the badminton gold medal rest on Datuk Lee Chong Wei who reached the men's singles semi-final.
Waiting for world number one Chong Wei is none other than nemesis Lin Dan of China.
Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Keong won the bronze medal beating Lee Yongdae/Yoo Yeonseong of South Korea, 6-21 and 15-21.
The men's hockey team reached the semi-final after beating Japan 4-1.