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Finals

Egypt 2-0 Korea

Mohamed Zakaria 3-0 Joo Young Na 11-8, 11-9, 11-4 (34m)
Marwan Assal 3-1 Kun Kim  11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-6 (38m)

Egypt 2-0 USA

Amina Orfi 3-0 Caroline Fouts 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 (40m)
Fayrouz Aboelkheir 3-0 Riya Navani 11-4, 11-7, 11-5 (26m)

Double delight for Egypt as women and men win historic WSF World Junior Team Championships

Egypt’s women win ninth consecutive WSF World Junior Team Championship title

SEMIS

[1] Egypt 2-0 [4] Canada

Amina Orfi 3-0 Ocean Ma 11-9, 11-0, 11-2 (24m)
Janna Galal 3-0 Maria Min 11-5, 11-4, 11-8 (16m)

[1] Egypt 2-0 [3] Colombia

Mohamed Zakaria 3-0 Juan Jose Torres  11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (42m)
Marwan Abdelsalam 3-0 Jose Santamaria  17-15, 11-8, 11-5 (42m)

QUARTERS

GIRLS

[1] Egypt 2-0 [8] New Zealand

Fayrouz Aboelkheir 3-0 Ella Lash  11-4, 11-3, 11-5 (12m)
Nadien Elhammamy 3-0 Anabel Romero Gemmell 11-6, 11-1, 11-0 (23m)
Janna Galal v Ella Hill

BOYS

[1] Egypt 2-0 [10] England

Abdallah Eissa 0-3 Muhamed Zakaria 8-11, 8-11, 8-11 (51m)
Yusuf Sheikh 1-3 Marwan Assal 11-13, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11 (42m)
Bailey Malik np Marwan Abdelsalam

LAST SIXTEEN

[1] Egypt 2-0 [2] Malaysia

Mohamed Zakaria 3-0 Harith Danial Jefri  11-5, 11-4, 11-4 (34m)
Marwan Assal v Low Wa-Sern
Marwan Abdelsalam 3-0 Nickhileswar Moganasundharam  11-7, 11-2, 11-5 (14m)

Egypt silence critics with crushing win over No.2 seeds Malaysia

Top seeds Egypt recovered from a painful defeat to South Africa with a barnstorming win over No.2 seeds Malaysia to book their place in the quarter-finals of the men’s event of the WSF World Junior Team Squash Championships.

The pre-tournament favourites, who yesterday went down 2-1 to [13/16] seeds South Africa after defaulting one match due to an administrative issue and a defeat for Omar Azzam to Luhann Groenewald, made a real statement of intent today with two straight-game victories in a tie that many had earmarked as a potential final ahead of yesterday’s shock result.

First, Marwan Abdelsalam blitzed past Nickhileswar Moganasundharam before individual World Junior Champion Mohamad Zakaria eased to an 11-5, 11-4, 11-4 win over Harith Danial, a bronze medal winner in the individual event.

Andrew Shoukry, Egypt coach, said: “There was so much pressure on us [after yesterday]. After the result, on social media and other platforms a lot of people were going very hard, criticising us and the players. I want to thank the Egyptian Squash Federation who supported us. They said not to listen to it and keep focusing on what you’re doing.
“I’m not surprised with the performance of the boys today, not even a one percent doubt that we’d make it. I’m really happy with the performance of every one of the players.”

Shoukry added his praise for the consistency of the women’s team, coached by Omneya Abdel Kawy, with the defending champions easing into the last eight of the women’s draw with a 3-0 victory over England to top Pool A.

Egypt’s men’s side will face England in the next round after the defending champions beat rivals France, while the women’s team will play Pool B runners up New Zealand.

 

DAY TWO

BOYS: South Africa beats Egypt

[13/16] South Africa 2-1 Egypt [1] Connor Earl 0-3 Marwan Assal  5-11, 10-12, 4-11
Luhann Groenewald 3-2 Omar Azzam  10-12, 11-7, 11-13, 11-8, 11-9

South Africa sent shockwaves through the 2024 WSF World Junior Team Championships after recording a 2-1 victory over top seeds Egypt to give the [13/16] seeds the opportunity to finish top of Pool A, should they overcome Switzerland tomorrow.

South Africa went into the tie knowing that they would only need to win one match to secure a shock result over Egypt. This was due to the top seeds’ teamsheet not being submitted to tournament organisers, meaning that the default lineup of Egypt’s first three players had to be played. This put first string Mohamad Zakaria in the lineup. Team Egypt opted to default Zakaria’s match and promote Omar Azzam to first string and Marwan Assal to second string.

After being severely tested in spells by Connor Earl, Assal was able to level the tie for Egypt with an 11-5, 12-10, 11-4 win in the first match. This meant that the match between South Africa’s Luhann Groenewald and Egypt’s Omar Azzam would be winner-takes-all..

Azzam gave his side the lead with a hard-fought 12-10 win in the opener, before being pegged back 11-7 in game two. The 18-year-old regained the lead once more with another tie-break win but was unable to close out, with Groenewald – whose unorthodox two-handed technique and relentless running caused no end of trouble for Azzam – taking the decider into a fifth game with an 11-8 victory.

After the brutal action of the opening games, the decisive clash was a stop-start affair. To the delight of the South African bench, Groenewald was best able to deal with the intense pressure, with the 17-year-old clinching the match with a stroke decision, prompting wild celebrations from his teammates.

 

DAY ONE

 

Men’s Pools : top two through to last 16 draw
A :  Egypt, South Africa, Switzerland
B :  Malaysia, Hong Kong, Spain
C :  Pakistan, New Zealand, Germany
D :  Korea, Australia, Philippines
E :  Colombia, Canada, Guyana
F :  India, Brazil, Kuwait
G :  USA, France, Ireland
H :  England, Japan, Macau, Taipei

Women’s Pools :   top two through to quarter-finals
A :  Egypt, England, France, Germany
B :  USA, Japan, New Zealand, Colombia
C :  Malaysia, Canada, Scotland, South Africa
D :  Hong Kong, India, Australia, Brazil, Taipei

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