WSF World Junior Team Championship

RESULTS: Doha WSF World Junior Team Championship, Doha, Qatar

Semi-finals:

[1] EGYPT bt [4] INDIA 3/0

Marwan El Shorbagy bt Mahesh Mangaonkar 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5 (72m)

Mohamed Abouelghar bt Abhishek Pradhan 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (33m)

Mazen Hesham Ga Sabry bt Vrishab Kotian 11-9, 11-4 (21m)

[2] PAKISTAN bt [3] ENGLAND 3/0

Nasir Iqbal bt Ollie Holland 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 (37m)

Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari bt Thomas Ford 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 (53m)

Syed Ali Shah Bokhari bt Richie Fallows 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 (27m)

5th – 8th place play-offs:

[5] HONG KONG CHINA bt [10] CANADA 3/0

Yip Tsz Fung bt Cameron Seth 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (43m)

Yeung Ho Wai bt Tyler Olson 11-9, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7 (64m)

Ho Tze Ho bt Tyler Lee 11-8, 11-6 (14m)

[13/18] JAPAN bt [6] USA 2/1

Ryosei Kobayashi bt Peter Dylan Murray 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7 (47m)

Taiki Kaido lost to Edward Columbia 8-11, 7-11, 5-11 (27m)

Tomotaka Endo bt Thomas Dembinski 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (63m)

9th – 12th place play-offs:

[11] NEW ZEALAND bt [13/18] BRAZIL 2/1

Jonathan Barnett lost to Josimar Silva 7-11, 2-11, 6-11 (25m)

Zachary Millar bt Pedro Veiga 8-11, 11-8, 11-2, 11-5 (43m)

Ben Grindrod bt Cassiano de Jesus Silva 11-7, 11-3, 11-5 (23m)

[12] KUWAIT bt [13/18] GERMANY 2/1

Yousif Nizar Saleh bt Andre Ergenz 11-4, 11-4, 11-3 (24m)

Yousif Ali bt Lucas Wirths 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11 (61m)

Athbi Khalid Hamad lost to Niklas Becher 6-11, 10-12 (14m)

13th – 16th place play-offs:

[7] FRANCE bt ARGENTINA 2/1

Damien Volland bt Federico Cioffi 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 (26m)

Alexandre Cogno bt Rodrigo Obregon 11-6, 11-6, 2-11, 9-11, 11-8 (53m)

Baptiste Masotti lost to Francisco Obregon 11-8, 2-11, 6-11 (17m)

[8] COLOMBIA bt [13/18] SOUTH AFRICA 2/0

Juan Camilo Vargas bt Ruan Olivier 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (23m)

Andres Felipe de Frutos bt Nell van der Merwe 8-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (37m)

17th – 20th place play-offs:

[9] AUSTRALIA bt ZIMBABWE 3/0

Rhys Dowling bt Faisal Hassan 11-9, 14-12, 11-8 (23m)

T J Rarere bt Alex Roscoe 11-5, 11-5, 11-2 (25m)

Thomas Calvert bt Blessing Muhwate 11-5, 11-6 (12m)

[13/18] BELGIUM bt QATAR 2/1

Jan van den Herrewegen lost to Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi 15-13, 12-10, 11-13, 9-11, 4-11 (65m)

Jordy Camps bt Faisal Al-Marri 11-5, 11-1, 11-4 (21m)

Vincent Hitchins bt Abdulwahab Al-Ishaq 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 (27m)

21st – 23rd place play-off:

IRAQ bt GUATEMALA 3/0

Mohammed Ferman Hasan bt Josue Enriquez 11-3, 11-3, 11-5 (19m)

Saifuldeen Ahmed Salman bt Jose Rodriguez 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7 (33m)

Hasanain Obaid Dakheel bt Ricardo Toscano 11-3, 11-6 (9m)

Egypt & Pakistan To Contest World Junior Final

Top seeds Egypt and Pakistan will meet in the final of the Doha WSF Men’s World Junior Team Squash Championship at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha to contest the climax of the prestigious biennial World Squash Federation event for the fifth time in a row.

Firm favourites Egypt reached their ninth final since 1994 after beating India 3/0 – but top string Marwan El Shorbagy, who only days ago became world junior individual champion for the second time, suffered his toughest test in Doha against Indian rival Mahesh Mangaonkar.

The Indian number one from Mumbai took the first game, and almost the second too – and not until the latter part of the fifth game did El Shorbagy start to look completely at ease as he completed a 9-11, 12-10, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5 victory after 72 minutes.

In the second match, Egypt had the luxury of being able to play Mohamed Abouelghar, the world’s number two junior, who contested the last two world finals with fellow countryman El Shorbagy.

Again it was the Indian camp who were happier at the start as Abhishek Pradhan took the first game, and also made the second a tough one for his Egyptian opponent to win.

Abouelghar then took control and clinched Egypt’s place in the final with a 10-12, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 win in 33 minutes.

“We are so happy to be in the final,” Egyptian coach Amir Wagih told the event website www.wsfworldjuniors.com later. “India played a really good match, they woke up my players who didn’t have much fight up to then!”

Indian coach Cyrus Poncha was delighted with his team’s performance: “Great heart from our players. They went out there and showed we are nearly there. Mahesh was outstanding, and played to the game plan, but unfortunately, in the fifth he couldn’t keep the consistency. But he did play very well, and we are very proud of him.

“And the same for Abhishek, he gave Abouelghar a good run, and played some outstanding winners, very proud of him too.”

Second seeds Pakistan made a great start to the second semi-final against England, the No3 seeds, as Nasir Iqbal established a 7-0 first game lead against Ollie Holland.

The 18-year-old from Nottingham recovered, but Iqbal – who reached the quarter-finals of the individual event – proved too fast and accurate, going on to win 11-5, 11-4, 11-6 in 37 minutes.

The second match was closer, with Thomas Ford pushing the Pakistani number two Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari, the older of two brothers on the Pakistani team.

Bukhari led throughout the first, and Ford had a mid-game lead in the second, but was unable to capitalise as Bukhari ran out the winner 11-7, 12-10, 11-7 in 53 minutes.

The win takes former champions Pakistan through to their sixth successive final – and fifth in a row with Egypt, with whom they have shared the title with two wins apiece since 2004.

The standout performance of the day, however, came from Japan, who beat sixth seeds USA 2/1 in a thrilling climax to a 5/8 place play-off. Competing in the event for only the third time – and never having previously progressed beyond 16th place – the determined Japanese squad has already far exceeded expectations, and now face fifth seeds Hong Kong China in the play-off for fifth place.

Final:

[1] EGYPT v [2] PAKISTAN

3rd place play-off:

[3] ENGLAND v [4] INDIA

5th place play-off:

[5] HONG KONG CHINA v [13/18] JAPAN

7th place play-off:

[6] USA v [10] CANADA

9th place play-off:

[11] NEW ZEALAND v [12] KUWAIT

11th place play-off:

[13/18] GERMANY v [13/18] BRAZIL

13th place play-off:

[7] FRANCE v [8] COLOMBIA

15th place play-off:

ARGENTINA v [13/18] SOUTH AFRICA

17th place play-off:

[9] AUSTRALIA v [13/18] BELGIUM

19th place play-off:

QATAR v ZIMBABWE

21st place play-off:

[13/18] SWITZERLAND v IRAQ. —– WSF