Indian challenge at World jr squash ends

India's challenge at the 14th World Junior men's squash championship in North Palmerston, New Zealand, came to an end on Tuesday, with the third round exit of Sandeep Jangra and Parth Sharma.

Sandeep lost to Tom Pashley of England 5-9, 5-9, 1-9 while Parth went down to Simon Rosner of Germany 0-9, 2-9, 1-9.

Earlier in the day, in their second round matches, both Sandeep and Parth moved ahead in contrasting fashion.

Sandeep scored a 3-0 victory while Parth fought hard to win the match in five games.

Other four Indians in fray bowed out in the second round of the tournament.

Results (Indians only):

Round 3: Sandeep Jangra lost to Ton Pashley (Eng) 5-9, 5-9, 1-9; Parth Sharma  lost to Simon Rosner (Ger) 0-9, 2-9, 1-9.

Round 2: Parth Sharma bt Benjamin Fischer (Sui) 0-9, 9-8, 9-4, 6-9, 9-1; Sandeep Jangra bt Bastin M (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3; Naresh Kumar lost to David Letourneau  (Can) 1-9, 10-8, 10-8, 3-9, 7-9; Harinderpal Singh Sandhu lost to Colin West (Can) 2-9, 9-2, 9-2, 3-9, 1-9; Vikram Malhotra lost to Ramy Ashour 0-9, 3-9, 2-9; Ramit Tandon lost to Joe Lee 5-9, 3-9, 1-9; Sandeep Jangra bt Alan Tsang (HK) 9-2, 9-0, 9-3.