Indian men enter final, women exit in semis

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The top-seeded Indian men booked a spot in the final of the 20th Asian squash Team Championship with a 2-0 win over Hong Kong in the semi-finals here on Friday. However, the women's team, seeded third, went down 1-2 to Hong Kong in the semi-finals.

In the men's match, Saurav Ghosal beat Yip Tsz Fung after Ramit Tandon had given India the lead with a defeat of Henry Leung to set up a summit clash on Saturday against Malaysia.

In the women's semifinal, Joshna Chinappa gave India the lead with a hard-fought win in four games over Liu Tsz Ling. However, Sunayna Kuruvilla and Urwashi Joshi proved no match for their opponents, going down in straight games to hand victory to Hong Kong.

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