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Championship
 

Teams Event 23-28 July 2006


FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Results
Pools Stage One
Day 1
Pools Stage One Day 2

Final qualifying round
Q/F Results
S/F Results
Final results
Reports
Day One
Day Two
Q/F Report
S/F Report
Final Report
Aaron Smale Reports
Semi Final
 
     
     
   

New Zealand 
 

Egypt make it a double
Egypt defeated Pakistan to secure their 2nd teams world title today in the final of the PRINCE 2006 World Junior Men’s Squash Championship in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

The first match between Ramy Ashour and Aamir Atlas Khan went to 5 sets, in a tight battle which ended somewhat controversially when Irish referee Jack Allen called Kahn for time-wasting with the score at 9-8, handing the match to Ashour. Khan was suffering from cramp from the point before and requested time to recover, this was denied by the official.

The second match between
Tarek Momen (EGY) and Farhan Mehboob (PAK) was again a see-saw battle between two evenly matched players. The advantage swung back and forth several times during the match which eventually saw Mehboob wear down his opponent to win. Now with the tie level it was up to Yasir Butt (PAK) and Omar Mosaad (EGY) to decide the match and the world champions. Butt gave his all, however it wasn’t enough to defeat the in-form Mosaad in a match that again went to five sets.

Egyptian coach Aamir Wagih thanked Allah immediately after the final as emotions overflowed following the winning point. Omar Mosaad, accepting the trophy on behalf of the Egypt team thanked his coach and team-mates for their support and the people of Palmerston North for their welcoming hospitality over the last 2 weeks.

Malaysia beat England earlier in the day in the 3rd and 4th play-off.



Final results

Ramy Ashour [1] (EGY) beat Aamir Atlas Khan [2] (PAK)    9-2 9-7 5-9 10-8 [56mins]
Farhan Mehboob [5-8] (PAK) beat Tarek Momen [5-8] (EGY)    9-6 4-9 9-6 9-5 [65mins]
Omar Mosaad [3] (EGY) beat Yasir Butt [5-8] (PAK)    9-4 0-9 4-9 9-5 10-8 4-9 9-0 9-4 5-9 [70min]

Tom Pashley [17-32] (ENG) beat Elvinn Keo(MAS)    9-1 9-4 9-3 [30mins]
Ivan Yuen(MAS) beat Joe Lee [9-16] (ENG)    9-5 9-5 3-9 9-4 [62mins]
Muhd Asyraf Azan [9-16] (MAS) beat James Snell [17-32] (ENG)    2-9 9-6 5-9 9-4 9-6 [67mins]

Simon Rösner [4] (GER) beat Sandeep Jangra [9-16] (IND)    9-2 9-0 9-0 [19mins]
Norman Junge(GER) vs Harinder Pal Sandhu [17-32] (IND)    Match Withdrawn
Florian Silbernagl(GER) beat Naresh Kumar(IND)    7-9 1-9 9-2 9-4 10-8 [69mins]

Max Lee [9-16] (HKG) beat Keith Pritchard [9-16] (CAN)    7-9 9-6 10-9 9-6 [52mins]
Leo Au(HKG) beat David Letourneau [17-32] (CAN)    9-1 9-7 10-8 [36mins]
Andrew McDougall [17-32] (CAN) beat Fung Ji Yang(HKG)    9-5 9-3 9-0 [22mins]

Richard Colburn(RSA) beat Tom Hoevenaars [17-32] (NED)    9-3 10-9 9-7 [45mins]
Bastiaan Meulenbelt(NED) beat Jason Cole Niven(RSA)    7-9 9-5 9-7 9-7 [54mins]
Sander Kock [17-32] (NED) beat Richard Dodd(RSA)    5-9 9-7 9-6 9-0 [50mins]

Nicolas Mueller [9-16] (SUI) beat Zac Alexander(AUS)    9-3 9-3 9-3 [26mins]
Nathan Stevenson [17-32] (AUS) beat Benjamin Fischer(SUI)    9-1 10-8 9-0 [32mins]
Rex Hedrick(AUS) beat Livio Catenazzi(SUI)    1-9 9-4 9-1 9-0 [37mins]

Evan Williams [9-16] (NZL) beat Yuuta Fukui(JPN)    9-6 9-4 9-4 [31mins]
Josh Thom(NZL) beat Bumpei Kawano(JPN)    10-8 9-2 7-9 9-4 [47mins]
Shinnosuke Tsukue(JPN) beat Lui Syder(NZL)    9-3 10-9 9-5 [37mins]

Trevor McGuinness [17-32] (USA) beat Rory Byrne [17-32] (IRL)    9-0 9-7 9-0 [18mins]
Reed Endresen(USA) beat Conor O'Hare(IRL)    9-6 9-0 9-1 [17mins]
Todd Harrity(USA) beat Chris O'Kane(IRL)    9-2 9-1 9-6 [36mins]

Pyry Poikolainen [17-32] (FIN) beat Deepesh Patel(ZIM)    9-5 9-3 9-7 [37mins]
Ahmed Hassan(ZIM) beat Petteri Siren(FIN)    9-1 9-3 10-8 [23mins]
Aatos Mannroos(FIN) beat Ainsley Gannaway(ZIM)    9-4 10-8 9-3 [25mins]


 


Egypt & Pakistan Contest World Junior Final Again

Favourites Egypt and second seeds Pakistan will meet in the final of the Prince Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship for the second successive time after both teams achieved straight forward wins in today's (Thursday) semi-finals in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

 

Egypt crushed third seeded England 3-0, with re-crowned world individual champion Ramy Ashour setting the standard with a 9-4 9-0 9-2 defeat of Tom Pashley.

 

Ashour was in high spirits after the match saying that he felt fully fit and comfortable despite 11 days of competition - and was looking forward to tomorrow's final.  “The team is very close and we are all trying to stay focused for tomorrow and support each other," said the world No20.

 

Pakistan also won 3-0 against fourth seeds Malaysia, with all three matches secured in straight games.  Malaysian number one Elvinn Keo came close to taking a game from Aamir Atlas Khan – the second seed in the individual event - but was ultimately beaten 9-4 10-8 9-1.

 

Egypt will be looking to avenge their defeat by Pakistan in the 2004 final – hoping to win the title for the first time since their maiden success the last time the event was held in New Zealand, in 1994.

 

Meanwhile, India and Germany will do battle in the play-off for fifth place after contrasting wins today.  India, the seventh seeds, squeezed past fifth seeds Canada 2-1, with Harinder Pal Sandhu scoring the crucial victory in a five-game marathon against David Letourneau.  Sixth seeds Germany made much lighter work in its clash against Hong Kong, strolling to a 3-0 victory.

 

Semi-finals:

[1] Egypt bt [3] England 3/0 (Ramy Ashour bt Tom Pashley 9-4 9-0 9-2; Omar Mosaad bt Joe Lee 9-1 9-2 (best of three); Tarek Momen bt James Snell 9-6 9-0 9-4)

[2] Pakistan bt [4] Malaysia 3/0 (Aamir Atlas Khan bt Elvinn Keo 9-4 10-8 9-1; Yasir Butt bt Choong Kam Hing 9-3 9-0 (best of tree); Farhan Mehboob bt Mohd Asyraf Azan 9-2 9-0 9-3)

     5th -8th place play-offs

[7] India bt [5] Canada 2/1 (Sandeep Jangra lost to Keith Pritchard 2-9, 6-9, 9-6, 8-10; Harinder Pal Sandhu bt David Letourneau 2-9 7-9 9-5 9-2 9-4; Naresh Kumar bt Dave Glass 9-3 1-9 9-3 9-2)

[6] Germany bt [9] Hong Kong 3/0 (Simon Rosner bt Max Lee 9-0 9-4 9-5; Norman Junge bt Leo Au 9-5 5-9 9-3; Carsten Schoor bt Alan Tsang 9-1 9-0 9-5)

 


Hong Kong Go Down Fighting In World Junior Quarter-Finals

The last quarter-final today (Wednesday) between Hong Kong and Malaysia in the Prince Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship went right down to the wire in a tie in Palmerston North, New Zealand, that stretched to over three hours.

 

Malaysia, the fourth seeds, were victorious but ninth seeds Hong Kong - the surprise quarter-finalists led by tournament stand-out Leo Au - were close to securing the upset of the tournament.  Au’s match with Ivan Yuen went for 97 minutes and finished at 3-9 9-2 5-9 9-3 10-8 to Yuen.  With the tie standing at one-all, Mohd Asyraf Azan beat Hong Kong's Fungji Yang 9-2 9-6 9-7 to ensure Malaysia a place in the semi-finals.

 

In other upsets, Germany’s Simon Rosner beat the individual event's No2 seed Aamir Atlas Khan, of Pakistan , in straight games.  But the European Junior Champion's team-mates could not repeat his success as Pakistan went on to win the 2/1, after wins by Yasir Butt and Farhan Mehboob over Florian Silbernagl and Carsten Schoor, respectively.

 

Event favourites Egypt coasted to a 3/0 victory over Canada , the fifth seeds, while England , the third seeds, also kept a clean sheet in their 3/0 win over seventh seeds India.

 


Quarter-finals:

[1] Egypt bt [5] Canada 3/0 (Omar Mosaad bt David Letourneau 9-0 9-0 9-4; Tarek Momen bt Andrew McDougall 9-5 9-1 9-2; Mohd Ali Anwar Reda bt Dave Glass 9-4 9-2 (best of three))

[3] England bt [7] India 3/0 (Tom Pashley bt Sandeep Jangra 10-8 9-2 9-6; Joe Lee bt Harinder Pal Sandhu 9-2 9-2 8-10 9-5; James Snell bt Naresh Kumar 9-3 9-2 (best of three))

[4] Malaysia bt [9] Hong Kong 2/1 (Elvinn Keo bt Max Lee 9-6 6-9 10-9 9-0; Ivan Yuen lost Leo Au 9-3 2-9 9-5 3-9 8-10; Mohd Asyraf Azan bt Fungji Yang 9-2 9-6 9-7)

[2] Pakistan bt [6] Germany 2/1 (Aamir Atlas Khan lost to Simon Rosner 5-9 4-9 8-10; Yasir Butt bt Florian Silbernagl 9-4 9-4 9-2; Farhan Mehboob bt Carsten Schoor 9-2 9-1 9-6)

 

Quarter finalists decided in teams championship

The top eight teams have been decided for the quarter finals in the teams competition of the World Junior Men’s Squash Championships. Egypt, Pakistan, England and Malaysia all finished top of their pools with straight sets wins today, they will be joined in the quarters by India, Canada, Germany and England. New Zealand had pulses running hot earlier in the day when it looked like they might topple their higher seeded rivals Australia. New Zealand’s No1 Evan Williams defeated Australia’s Nathan Stevenson in 4 sets to begin the tie but Australia rallied and took the final two matches to clinch the tie.

In other action Hong Kong upset the Netherlands's to secure the final quarters birth. Max Lee of Hong Kong fought back from two sets down in the pivotal match against dutchman Tom Hoevenaars to secure the tie. The Netherlands will go on to play either Malaysia or Canada when the draw is announced overnight.

Play in the quarter finals for Championship, Plate and Consolation Plate begin tomorrow morning.

Top seeds in driving seat

The top four seeds dominated play in the teams competition of the World Junior Men’s Squash Championships in Palmerston North, New Zealand today with Egypt, Pakistan, England and Malaysia all comfortably winning their matches in day two of pool play.
 
India and Canada were also dominant in pool play and will match up against Pakistan and Malaysia in their final respective pool matches tomorrow.

New Zealand went down again today 3-0 to Malaysia but will be hoping for a strong performance against Australia tomorrow. Australia who are seeded one place above New Zealand at 12th are favourites for the match but a large home crowd could swing it the Kiwis way.

 

Final qualifying round:

    Pool A

[1] Egypt bt [8] Netherlands 3/0 (Ramy Ashour bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt 9-0 9-0 9-2; Omar Mosaad bt Sander Kock 9-1 9-4 10-8; Mohd Ali Anwar Reda bt Frank Hartkoren 9-4 9-1 9-1)

[9] Hong Kong bt [16] Finland 3/0 (Max Lee bt Pyry Poikolainen 9-7 9-4 9-0; Leo Au bt Karri Salonen 9-0 9-1 9-0; Fung Ji Yang bt Aatos Mannroos 9-1 9-1 9-1)

[9] Hong Kong bt [8] Netherlands 2/1 (Max Lee bt Tom Hoevenaars 4-9 4-9 9-3 9-5 9-2; Leo Au bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt 9-3 9-6 10-8; Alan Tsang lost to Sander Kock 3-9 2-9 1-9)

[17] Japan bt [16] Finland 3/0 (Yuuta Fukui bt Pyry Poikolainen 5-9 9-1 9-1 9-5; Bumpei Kawano bt Petteri Siren 9-0 9-0 9-1; Shinnosuke Tsukue bt Aatos Mannroos 9-3 9-4 9-7)

   Final placings: 1 Egypt ; 2 Hong Kong; 3 Netherlands ; 4 Japan ; 5 Finland


Pool B:

[7] India bt [10] South Africa 2/1 (Sandeep Jangra bt Richard Colburn 9-7 9-5 9-2; Harinder Pal Sandhu bt Jason Cole Niven 9-3 7-9 9-5 9-7; Naresh Kumar lost to Rudi Willemse 9-5 1-9 5-9 4-9)

[15] Ireland bt [18] Zimbabwe 3/0 (Rory Byrne bt Deepesh Patel 9-4 9-5 9-6; Conor O'Hare bt Ahmed Hassan 9-2 9-6 7-9 9-2; Chris O'Kane bt Ainsley Gannaway 9-1 9-0 9-2)

[2] Pakistan bt [7] India 3/0 (Aamir Atlas Khan bt Sandeep Jangra 9-0 9-0 9-4; Yasir Butt bt Naresh Kumar 9-2 9-0 9-0; Bilal Zaman bt Vikram Malhotra 9-6 9-0 9-8)

[10] South Africa bt [15] Ireland 2/1 (Richard Colburn lost to Rory Byrne 9-7 7-9 9-1 3-9 1-9; Richard Dodd bt Chris O'Kane 9-1 7-9 9-5 9-5; Rudi Willemse bt Conor O'Hare 7-9 9-0 9-3 9-3)

   Final placings: 1 Pakistan ; 2 India ; 3 South Africa ; 4 Ireland ; 5 Zimbabwe


Pool C:

[3] England bt [14] USA 3/0 (Joe Lee bt Trevor McGuinness 9-3 9-5 9-0; James Snell bt Reed Endresen 9-3 9-1 9-4; Adrian Waller bt Todd Harrity 9-1 9-3 9-2)

[6] Germany bt [11] Switzerland 3/0 (Simon Rosner bt Nicolas Mueller 9-6 9-5 9-5; Norman Junge bt Benjamin Fischer 9-10 2-9 10-8 9-6 9-0; Florian Silbernagl bt Reiko Peter 9-0 9-7 9-0)

   Final placings: 1 England ; 2 Germany ; 3 Switzerland ; 4 USA


Pool D:

[4] Malaysia bt [5] Canada 2/1 (Choong Kam Hing lost to Keith Pritchard 4-9 5-9 6-9; Ivan Yuen bt David Letourneau 10-8 9-4 9-1; Mohd Asyraf Azan bt Andrew McDougall 9-2 10-8 9-0)

[12] Australia bt [13] New Zealand 2/1 (Nathan Stevenson lost to Evan Williams 9-3 3-9 5-9 6-9; Matt Reece bt Josh Thom 5-9 9-6 9-1 9-2; Rex Hedrick bt Christopher Lloyd 1-9 10-8 9-5 6-9 9-1)

   Final placings: 1 Malaysia ; 2 Canada ; 3 Australia ; 4 New Zealand
 

Pools stage 1 (day 2)

 
RESULTS - MONDAY 24 JULY
(Team seedings in brackets)

POOL A
(1) Egypt 3       (16) Finland 0
Omar Mosaad(EGY) beat Pyry Poikolainen(FIN)    9-2 9-4 9-0 [19mins]
Tarek Momen(EGY) beat Karri Salonen(FIN)    9-0 9-4 9-0 [15mins]
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda(EGY) beat Petteri Siren(FIN)    9-0 9-0 9-1 [13mins]

(9) Hong Kong 2       (17) Japan 1
Max Lee(HKG) beat Yuuta Fukui(JPN)    9-7 9-4 4-9 9-7 [48mins]
Leo Au(HKG) beat Bumpei Kawano(JPN)    9-6 9-1 3-9 9-1 [49mins]
Shinnosuke Tsukue(JPN) beat Alan Tsang(HKG)    9-4 9-3 6-9 9-5 [44mins]

(8) Netherlands 3       (16) Finland 0
Tom Hoevenaars(NED) beat Pyry Poikolainen(FIN)    9-2 9-3 9-2 [17mins]
Sander Kock(NED) beat Petteri Siren(FIN)    9-0 9-0 9-1 [15mins]
Frank Hartkoren(NED) beat Aatos Mannroos(FIN)    9-0 9-1 9-0 [13mins]
 
(1) Egypt 3         (17) Japan 0
Omar Mosaad(EGY) beat Yuuta Fukui(JPN)    9-0 9-4 9-3 [19mins]
Tarek Momen(EGY) beat Bumpei Kawano(JPN)    9-0 9-0 9-0 [11mins]
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda(EGY) beat Tatsuya Shinkubo(JPN)    9-0 9-0 9-0 [9mins]

POOL B
(2) Pakistan 3        (15) Ireland 0
Aamir Atlas Khan(PAK) beat Rory Byrne(IRL)    9-5 9-0 9-0 [18mins]
Yasir Butt(PAK) beat Conor O'Hare(IRL)    9-0 9-1 9-0 [14mins]
Farhan Mehboob(PAK) beat Chris O'Kane(IRL)    9-1 9-0 9-2 [20mins]

(10) South Africa 3              (18) Zimbabwe 0
Jason Cole Niven(RSA) beat Deepesh Patel(ZIM)    9-3 9-1 9-0 [18mins]
Rudi Willemse(RSA) beat Ahmed Hassan(ZIM)    9-3 9-5 9-6 [32mins]
Richard Dodd(RSA) beat Zardeen Wazir(ZIM)    9-0 9-1 9-0 [18mins]

(7) India 3           (15) Ireland 0
Harinder Pal Sandhu(IND) beat Rory Byrne(IRL)    9-4 4-9 9-1 9-3 [52mins]
Naresh Kumar(IND) beat Conor O'Hare(IRL)    9-1 9-5 9-4 [26mins]
Vikram Malhotra(IND) beat Chris O'Kane(IRL)    9-1 6-9 9-2 9-3 [42mins]
 
(2) Pakistan 3               (18) Zimbabwe 0
Yasir Butt(PAK) beat Deepesh Patel(ZIM)    9-0 9-2 9-6 [19mins]
Farhan Mehboob(PAK) beat Ahmed Hassan(ZIM)    9-1 9-6 9-0 [20mins]
Bilal Zaman(PAK) beat Ainsley Gannaway(ZIM)    9 -4 9-0 9-0 [15mins]
 
POOL C
(3) England 2         (6) Germany 1
Simon Rösner(GER) beat Tom Pashley(ENG)    9-2 1-0 Retired [13mins]
Joe Lee(ENG) beat Norman Junge(GER)    9-7 6-9 9-7 9-0 [74mins]
James Snell(ENG) beat Florian Silbernagl(GER)    9-1 9-6 9-4 [35mins]

(11) Switzerland 2                 (14) United States 1
Nicolas Mueller(SUI) beat Trevor McGuinness(USA)    9-0 9-0 9-7 [27mins]
Benjamin Fischer(SUI) beat Mark Froot(USA)    6-9 9-0 9-5 10-8 [43mins]
Todd Harrity(USA) beat Livio Catenazzi(SUI)    9-3 9-3 10-8 [35mins]

POOL D
(4) Malaysia 2             (12) Australia 1
Zac Alexander(AUS) beat Elvinn Keo(MAS)    3-9 9-3 9-7 9-10 9-4 [61mins]
Ivan Yuen(MAS) beat Nathan Stevenson(AUS)    5-9 9-1 10-8 9-6 [49mins]
Muhd Asyraf Azan(MAS) beat Matt Reece(AUS)    9-7 9-5 9-10 4-9 9-4 [97mins]
 
(5) Canada 3               (13) New Zealand 0
Keith Pritchard(CAN) beat Josh Thom(NZL)    2-9 9-6 9-2 9-2 [44mins]
Andrew McDougall(CAN) beat Christopher Lloyd(NZL)    9-5 9-4 6-9 9-4 [52mins]
Dave Glass(CAN) beat Lui Syder(NZL)    9-5 9-0 10-8 [39mins]
 
Pools stage 1
 
RESULTS - SUNDAY 23 JULY
(Team seedings in brackets)

POOL A
(1) Egypt 3      (9) Hong Kong 0
Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Max Lee (HKG) 9-5 9-1 9-3
Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Leo Au (HKG) 9-1 9-3 9-6
Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Alan Tsang (HKG) 9-1 9-0 9-0

(8)  Netherlands 2       (17) Japan 1
Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt Yuuta Fukui (JAP) 9-3 9-1 9-2
Bastiaan Meulen (NED) bt Bumpei Kawano (JAP) 9-1 9-3 9-1
Shinnosuke Tsukue (JAP) bt Frank Hartkoon (NED) 9-10 5-9 9-5 9-6 9-7
 
POOL B
(2) Pakistan  3         (10) South Africa 0
Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Richard Colburn (RSA) 9-2 9-2 9-1
Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Rudi Willemse (RSA) 9-1 9-0 9-0
Farhan Nehboob (PAK) bt Richard Dodd (RSA) 9-6 9-0 9-2
 
(7)  India 3                  (18) Zimbabwe 0
Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Deepesh Patel (ZIM) 9-6 9-1 9-5
Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Ahmed Hassan (ZIM) 9-2 9-5 9-6
Naresh Kumr (IND) bt Zardeen Wazir (ZIM) 9-4 9-1 9-0
 
POOL C
(3) England 3      (11) Switzerland 0
Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Reiko Peter (SUI) 9-0 9-7 9-1
Joe Lee (ENG) bt Benjamin Fischer (SUI) 9-1 9-5 9-2
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 9-6 9-5 9-4
 
(6) Germany 3      (14) United States 0
Simon Rosner (GER) bt Trevor McGuinness (USA) 9-3 9-0 9-0
Norman Junge (GER) bt Mark Froot (USA) 8-10 10-9 9-6 3-9 9-6
Florian Sibernagl (GER) bt Reed Endresen (USA) 9-3 1-9 7-9 9-3 9-5

POOL D
(4)  Malaysia 3     (13) New Zealand 0
Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt Josh Thom (NZL) 9-2 9-0 9-3
Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Evan Williams (NZL) 9-10 9-5 9-3 5-9 9-4
Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Christopher Lloyd (NZL) 9-0 8-10 9-0 9-3

(5) Canada 2        (12) Australia 1
Keith Pritchard (CAN) bt Zac Alexander (AUS) 9-6 9-2 9-4
Nathan Steveson (AUS) bt David Letourneau (CAN) 9-3 9-5 4-9 8-10 9-1
Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt Matt Reece (AUS) 9-6 9-5 9-3
 

England's Adrian Waller

 

 

 


Ashour Ramy


Final team standings

1. Egypt
2. Pakistan
3. Malaysia
4. England
5. Germany
6. India
7. Hong Kong
8. Canada
9. Netherlands
10. Australia
11. South Africa
12. Switzerland
13. USA
14. Ireland
15. New Zealand
16. Japan
17. Finland
18. Zimbabwe

 

By Aaron Smale on the Team Semi Final

Egypt continued its inevitable march to the finals in the teams event at the World Junior Men’s Championship in New Zealand.

Ramy Ashour and his team-mates swept aside the English team and will meet Pakistan in the final, the only team that can prevent a clean sweep by the Egyptians.

The Pakistanis beat Malaysia easily in their semifinal, although Elvinn Keo was competitive in his second set against Aamir Atlas Khan.  Khan eventually took the game 10-8 and then won the final set convincingly with some masterful shots.  While the pair didn’t have the power of some of the Egyptian big hitters, they put on an exhibition of skill that was a pleasure to watch.

Ramy Ashour’s game against Tom Pashley was another example of clinical ruthlessness and may be the champion’s final match of the tournament. He was unsure after the match if he was going to be playing in the final.

By Aaron Smale 
on Individual Final

Ramy Ashour blasted his name into squash history when he took out his second consecutive World Junior Men’s Championship in New Zealand on Saturday. 

The reigning junior champion defended his title against fellow Egyptian Omar Mossad and Ashour took out the match convincingly in three sets.

 Where Mossad had shown ruthless efficiency in his previous matches to get to the final, he was no match for Ashour’s tough-minded game.

A major portion of the match was spent at the back of the court as the two powerful hitters tried to assert their dominance.  The bouncy confidence that Ashour had shown throughout the tournament only grew as the match progressed.  He would silently punch the air when he won a critical point, knowing that the inevitable victory was one step closer.

Mossad didn’t capitulate – he just couldn’t put the ball out of Ashour’s reach enough times to get ahead.  Ashour on the other hand constantly found ways to kill the ball and pile on the points.  His experience in the big event was also evident and the lure of being the first to take the title twice added more steel to his determination.

Ashour won 9-1, 9-3, 9-1.