England’s unseeded Tom Walsh caused the first upset in an opening day of intense action in the VDC Dental-Care WSF World Junior Squash Championships by claiming an unexpected place in the men’s third round of the World Squash Federation event being held in the Polish city of Bielsko-Bia\u0142a for the first time.<\/p>\n
It took exactly 100 matches at the nine-court Enjoy Squash club – two rounds in the men’s event and one in the women’s – to provide the last 32 rounds in both events.<\/p>\n
Walsh, a 17-year-old from Brighton making his championship debut, eased past Argentina’s Rodrigo Bonzo in the first round before recovering from a game down against Egyptian Ziad Sakr to take out the 9\/16 seed 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 in the second round<\/p>\n
The unheralded Englishman will now face fellow non-seed In Woo Lee for a place in the last 16. The 17-year-old from Bucheon despatched German Tobias Weggen in his second round clash to become the first Korean to reach the world championship’s 3rd round.<\/p>\n
Whilst Egypt will be represented by five players in the men’s third round, Iran is celebrating an historic sole first appearance in the event’s last 32 after Sajad Zareian, a 9\/16 seed from Tehran, overcame New Zealander Scott Galloway 11-4, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9.<\/p>\n
All sixteen seeds safely survived their early encounters in the women’s competition. One standout match saw Fereshteh Eghtedari fight back from 2\/1 down to beat Australian Alexandra Haydon 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6 to become only the second Iranian girl to make the event’s second round.<\/p>\n
History was also made when Lynette Vai beat Swiss opponent Ambre Allinckx 11-3, 11-8, 12-10 to become the first player from Papua New Guinea to reach the event’s 2nd round. The 18-year-old from Port Moresby will now line up against Japan’s 9\/16 seed Satomi Watanabe for a place in the last 16.<\/p>\n
Men’s 3rd round line-up:
[1] Saadeldin Abouaish (EGY) v Ng Ka Yiu (HKG)
[9\/16] Sajad Zareian (IRI) v Alex Eustace (AUS)
[9\/16] Kyle Finch (ENG) v Adithya Raghavan (IND)
[5\/8] Benjamin Aubert (FRA) v Ahsan Ayaz (PAK)
[5\/8] Mohammad Al Sarraj (JOR) v Matthew Henderson (CAN)
[9\/16] Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid (EGY) v Spencer Lovejoy (USA)
[9\/16] Samuel Scherl (USA) v Abbas Shoukat (PAK)
[3\/4] Israr Ahmed (PAK) v Abdalah El Masry (EGY)
[3\/4] Youssef Ibrahim Abdallah (EGY) v Andrew Douglas (USA)
[9\/16] Victor Crouin (FRA) v Ong Sai Hung (MAS)
[9\/16] Charlie Lee (ENG) v Gabriel Morgan (USA)
[5\/8] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) v Jamie Oakley (NZL)
[5\/8] Karim Magdy (EGY) v Kashif Asif (PAK)
[9\/16] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) v Michael Mehl (CAN)
Tom Walsh (ENG) v In Woo Lee (KOR)
[2] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) v Abhay Singh (IND)<\/p>\n
Women’s 2nd round line-up:
[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v Chan Sin Yuk (HKG)
[9\/16] Lucy Turmel (ENG) v Zeina Mickawy (EGY)
[9\/16] Zoe Foo Yuk Han (MAS) v Jessica Graham (AUS)
[5\/8] Eleanor Epke (NZL) v Maria Tovar Perez (COL)
[5\/8] Amina Yousry (EGY) v Elise Lazarus (ENG)
[9\/16] Casey Wong (USA) v Kristýna Fialová (CZE)
[9\/16] Céline Walser (SUI) v Sadia Gul (PAK)
[3\/4] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) v Saskia Beinhard (GER)
[3\/4] Rowan Reda Araby (EGY) v Fereshteh Eghtedari (IRI)
[9\/16] Marina Stefanoni (USA) v Jasmine Hutton (ENG)
[9\/16] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) v Lynette Vai (PNG)
[5\/8] Andrea Lee (MAS) v Nikola V??íšová (CZE)
[5\/8] Amelia Henley (ENG) v Chae Won Song (KOR)
[9\/16] Tinne Gilis (BEL) v Grace Pattison (AUS)
[9\/16] Hiu Lam Lui (HKG) v Aifa Azman (MAS)
[2] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) v Marija Shpakova (SUI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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