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Iran squash team clinches victories at Asian junior championships

Iran's and Singapore’s junior national squash teams pose for a photograph before a match at the Bright Smart Securities 18th Asian Junior Squash Team Championships 2017 in Hong Kong, China, on February 4, 2017.

Iran's junior national squash team has featured outstanding performances at the Bright Smart Securities 18th Asian Junior Squash Team Championships 2017 in Hong Kong, and managed to notch up four wins at the major continental sporting event.  

On Saturday and the fourth day of the tournament at Hong Kong Squash Center, the Iranian team, comprising Alireza Shameli, Mojtaba Vafili Vijouyeh, Amir Hossein Feizpour and Mohammadreza Ja’farzadeh Kenarsari, subdued the Singaporean squad 2-0.

The achievement came a day after Iranian squash players sustained a 0-3 defeat from their Pakistani counterparts.

Earlier, the Iran's junior national squash team had managed to roll past Japan 3-0 on Thursday afternoon, but had lost out 0-3 to the Indian side.

Iranian squash players started their campaign at the Asian junior championships in a dominant fashion on Wednesday, thrashing Macau and South Korea 3-0 in their first two fixtures of the competition.

Bright Smart Securities 18th Asian Junior Squash Team Championships 2017 started in Hong Kong on February 1 and will finish on February 5.


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