India go down to Malaysia in World University Squash

Hosts India's campaign in the World University Squash Championship ended here today when they lost 0-2 to Malaysia in the opening round of the mixed-team event.
Having made their debut in the Championship, India could not sign off on a memorable note with Ravi Dixit and Aparajitha Balamurukan falling to Sanjay Singh Chal and Zulhijjah Azan respectively in the first two singles.
The semi-finals, Egypt versus Malaysia and Britain versus South Africa), take place on Saturday.
The results: I round (quarterfinal: Egypt [1] bt Pakistan [5/8] 2-0 (men singles 1: Mazen Sabri bt Saqib Yousaf 11-5 11-8 11-7; women's singles: Farah Abdelmeguid bt Sammer Anjum 11-2 11-4 11-7; MS2: Zahed Salem - Ullah Rizwan Gul - not held); India [5/8] lost to Malaysia [3/4] 0-2 (MS1: Ravi Dixit lost to Sanjay Singh Chal 6-11 8-11 11-6 7-11; WS: Aparajitha Balamurugan lost to Zulhijjah Azan 7-11 9-11 7-11 ; MS2: Maninder Pal Singh Sandhu - Addeen Bahtiar -not held); South Africa[3/4] bt Canada [5/8] 2-0 (MS1: Andrew Martin bt Cameron James Seth 10-12 12-10 11-2 11-9 ; WS: Alexandra Fuller bt Alex Kelly Younger 14-12 6-11 11-8 11-6; MS2: Ruan Oliver - James Richard Van Staveren - not held; France [5/8] lost to Britain [2] 0-2 (MS1: Antoine Cami Petrucci lost to Edward David Charlton 5-11 11-13 8-11; WS: Chloe Mesic lost to Nada Mohamed Elkalaawy 9-11 11-13 11-9 5-11.