The might of Egyptian squash was evident after day three of the VDC Dental-Care WSF World Junior Squash Championships in Poland where three of the country’s young men battled through to the quarter-finals of the World Squash Federation event in the city of Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, while compatriots claimed slots in all four of the women’s quarter-finals.<\/p>\n
16-year-old Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid, a 9\/16 seed from Cairo (pictured celebrating above), produced the day’s only significant upset at the nine-court Enjoy Squash club when he downed Jordanian Mohammad Al Sarraj, a 5\/8 seed, 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 to claim an unexpected last eight place.<\/p>\n
The youngest quarter-finalist will now face lone Pakistani Israr Ahmed for a place in the men’s semi-finals. The 3\/4 seed from Lahore ended the run of unseeded compatriot Abbas Shoukat when he beat his Peshawar opponent 11-6, 12-10, 11-4.<\/p>\n
Egyptian favourite Saadeldin Abouaish survived a tough test to earn his anticipated place in the last eight – twice coming from behind to see off Iranian Sajad Zareian 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 in 64 minutes.<\/p>\n
Abouaish (seen celebrating above), bidding to win his first major junior title, moves ahead to meet Benjamin Aubert, the 5\/8 seed who carries French hopes single-handedly into the final stages after defeating Indian Adithya Raghavan 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 in just 28 minutes.<\/p>\n
Hopes of Indian success now rest with Velavan Senthilkumar, also a 9\/16 seed. The 18-year-old from Chennai stopped Pakistan’s surprise last 16 survivor Kashif Asif, winning 5-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-3.<\/p>\n
Senthilkumar next takes on Malaysian hope Eain Yow Ng, the No.2 seed who took a step nearer to a second successive semi-final berth after beating unseeded Tom Walsh 13-11, 11-5, 11-3, thereby ending English interest in the event.<\/p>\n
All top eight seeds came through the third round of the women’s championship – with firm favourite Nouran Gohar, the defending champion and world No.5 from Egypt, leading the way by beating unseeded compatriot Zeina Mickawy 11-6, 11-5, 11-3.<\/p>\n
Gohar lines up in the quarter-finals alongside fellow countrywomen Hania El Hammamy, Rowan Reda Araby and Amina Yousry, all of whom had comfortable straight games’ victories.<\/p>\n
England’s Amelia Henley became the only European to make the last eight after surviving a 56-minute battle with Belgian Tinne Gilis (both pictured above), winning 12-10, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9 in a repeat of the 2016 European Junior Championship final.<\/p>\n
Malaysian hopes rest with two players, Andrea Lee and Sivasangari Subramaniam. Lee, a 5\/8 seed from Kuala Lumpur, also needed 56 minutes to overcome Japan’s Satomi Watanabe 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3.<\/p>\n
Subramaniam, a 3\/4 seed from Kedah, survived a tough opener against Céline Walser before seeing off the 9\/16 seed from Switzerland 17-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-7.
RESULTS: VDC Dental-Care WSF World Junior Championships, Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, Poland<\/p>\n
Men’s quarter-final line-up:
[1] Saadeldin Abouaish (EGY) v [5\/8] Benjamin Aubert (FRA)
[3\/4] Israr Ahmed (PAK) v [9\/16] Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid (EGY)
[3\/4] Youssef Ibrahim Abdallah (EGY) v [5\/8] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN)
[2] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) v [9\/16] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND)<\/p>\n
Women’s quarter-final line-up:
[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v [5\/8] Eleanor Epke (NZL)
[3\/4] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) v [5\/8] Amina Yousry (EGY)
[3\/4] Rowan Reda Araby (EGY) v [5\/8] Andrea Lee (MAS)
[2] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) v [5\/8] Amelia Henley (ENG)<\/p>\n
Men’s 4th round:
[1] Saadeldin Abouaish (EGY) bt [9\/16] Sajad Zareian (IRI) 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-7, 11-7 (64m)
[5\/8] Benjamin Aubert (FRA) bt Adithya Raghavan (IND) 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 (28m)
[9\/16] Marwan Tarek Abdelhamid (EGY) bt [5\/8] Mohammad Al Sarraj (JOR) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9 (49m)
[3\/4] Israr Ahmed (PAK) bt Abbas Shoukat (PAK) 11-6, 12-10, 11-4 (33m)
[3\/4] Youssef Ibrahim Abdallah (EGY) bt [9\/16] Victor Crouin (FRA) 11-4, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7 (48m)
[5\/8] Ryunosuke Tsukue (JPN) bt [9\/16] Charlie Lee (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (30m)
[9\/16] Velavan Senthilkumar (IND) bt Kashif Asif (PAK) 5-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (35m)
[2] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bt Tom Walsh (ENG) 13-11, 11-5, 11-3 (31m)<\/p>\n
Women’s 3rd round:
[1] Nouran Gohar (EGY) bt Zeina Mickawy (EGY) 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)
[5\/8] Eleanor Epke (NZL) bt [9\/16] Zoe Foo Yuk Han (MAS) 11-6, 11-4, 11-3 (19m)
[5\/8] Amina Yousry (EGY) bt [9\/16] Casey Wong (USA) 11-9, 11-7, 11-3 (23m)
[3\/4] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) bt [9\/16] Céline Walser (SUI) 17-15, 3-11, 11-7, 11-7 (38m)
[3\/4] Rowan Reda Araby (EGY) bt [9\/16] Marina Stefanoni (USA) 11-9, 11-4, 11-0 (23m)
[5\/8] Andrea Lee (MAS) bt [9\/16] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) 4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 7-11, 11-3 (56m)
[5\/8] Amelia Henley (ENG) bt [9\/16] Tinne Gilis (BEL) 12-10, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9 (56m)
[2] Hania El Hammamy (EGY) bt [9\/16] Hiu Lam Lui (HKG) 11-6, 11-2, 11-2 (21m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The might of Egyptian squash was evident after day three of the VDC Dental-Care WSF World Junior Squash Championships in Poland where three of the country’s young men battled through to the quarter-finals of the World Squash Federation event in the city of Bielsko-Bia\u0142a, while compatriots claimed slots in all four of the women’s quarter-finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[17411,466,13269,17383,612],"class_list":["post-28229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-squash","tag-egyptian-squash","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-squash-news","tag-vdc-dental-care-wsf-world-junior-squash-championships","tag-world-squash-federation"],"yoast_head":"\n