15 Feb 2007
Favourites Pakistan and hosts Hong Kong won the men's and women's titles, respectively, in the Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment Asian Junior Team Championships in Hong Kong - in both cases beating Malaysia in the finals.
Four days after winning the individual title, Farhan Mehboob led Pakistan to a successful defence of the men's team crown. The 18-year-old beat Malaysia's top string Muhd Asyraf Azan 9-1, 9-1, 9-4 - but, in a dramatic second string encounter, Elvinn Keo fought back for the second seeds to beat Pakistan's Waqar Mehboob 9-4, 4-9, 0-9, 9-7, 10-9 to level the tie.
In the decider, however, Pakistan's Farzan Rasheed dashed Malaysia's title hopes with a 9-2, 9-4, 9-2 defeat of Choong Kam Hing to record a 2/1 tie win.
After sensationally winning the Women's World Junior Team Championship title in 2005, Hong Kong successfully claimed the regional title with their 2/0 defeat of Malaysia in the Asian final - despite losing the services of the newly-crowned individual champion Annie Au through injury.
Joey Chan led the hosts' attack, beating 16-year-old Wee Wern Low 7-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2. In the next rubber, it was Wee Wern's younger sister Wee Nee Low that faced the Hong Kong second string Shin Nga Leung - but, to the local crowd's joy, Leung prevailed 9-3, 9-0, 7-9, 9-6 to give the hosts their anticipated victory.
Men's Final:
[1] PAKISTAN bt [2] MALAYSIA 2-1
Farhan Mehboob bt Muhd Asyraf Azan 9-1, 9-1, 9-4
Waqar Mehboob lost to Elvinn Keo 4-9, 9-4, 9-0, 7-9, 9-10
Farzan Rasheed bt Choong Kam Hing 9-2, 9-4, 9-2
3rd place play-off:
[3] INDIA bt [4] HONG KONG 2-1
Sandeep Jangra lost to Leo Au 3-9, 0-9, 9-5, 9-6, 0-9
Parth Sharma bt Fung Ji Yang 9-5, 9-0, 9-4
Naresh Kumar bt Chan Kai Chi 9-3, 9-5, 10-8
5th place play-off:
KUWAIT bt SOUTH KOREA 2-1
Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Tawari lost to Lee Jin Tong 7-9, 9-0, 6-9, 3-9
Ammar Al-Tamimi bt Lee Nyeon-Ho 9-5, 0-9, 9-7, 9-7
Ahmad Al-Randi bt Se Hyun Lee 9-4, 3-9, 4-9, 10-8, 9-1
7th place play-off:
SINGAPORE bt SRI LANKA 2-0
Marcus Phua bt Eranga Alwis 10-8, 9-1, 9-0
Kenneth Chan bt Chakkranga Rajapakse 9-2, 9-7, 9-0
Nigel Koh v Nilruk Soysa (dead rubber - match not played)
9th place play-off:
JORDAN bt JAPAN 2-1
Mohammad Harb lost to Shinnosuke Tsukue 8-10, 10-8, 7-9, 8-10
Ahmad Al Zabidi bt Syo Miyakawa 9-3, 9-0, 9-1
Saif Kamal bt Kikoyu Itagaki 9-1, 9-4, 9-3
11th place play-off:
IRAN bt MACAU 2-0
Navid Malek Sabet bt Lao Chin Hang 9-3, 9-0, 9-2
Mohamad Hassan Jafari bt Fong Tai Kei 9-1, 9-0, 9-2
Mohammad Reza Sadeghpour v Leong Wai Hon (dead rubber - match not played)
13th place play-off:
CHINESE TAIPEI bye
Women's Final:
[1] HONG KONG bt [2] MALAYSIA 2-0
Joey Chan bt Wee Wern Low 7-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-2
Shin Nga Leung bt Wee Nee Low 9-3, 9-0, 7-9, 9-6
Ka Kei Chiu v Nabilla Ariffin (dead rubber - match not played)
3rd place play-off:
[4] JAPAN bt PAKISTAN 2-0
Misaki Kobayashi bt Maria Toor Pakay 9-6, 6-9, 9-3, 9-7
Yuki Sakai bt Zoya Khalid 9-2, 9-3, 9-0
Midori Saji v Aliya Sarfraz (dead rubber - match not played)
5th place play-off:
SINGAPORE bt SOUTH KOREA 2-0
Pamela Chua bt Sun-Mi Song 6-9, 8-10, 9-6, 10-8, 9-3
Nicole Chua bt Chan-Mi Bae 9-1, 9-0, 9-2
Mao Shi Hui v Kwon Sung-Eun (dead rubber - match not played)
7th place play-off:
SRI LANKA bt PHILIPPINES 2-0
Nirasha Guruge bt Jamyca Aribado 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Randima Ranaweera bt Yvonne Alyssa Dalida 9-6, 9-5, 9-1
Daminda Udangawa v Jenny Aribado (dead rubber - match not played)
