LAHORE, Dec 12: Pakistan removed last hurdle, The Netherlands, in their way for moving to the quarterfinals of the team event of World Junior squash championship beating them 3-0 at Chennai, said a messege received here Thursday from Inida.

With their latest win, Pakistan remained unbeaten at the end of their B group matches and will face Mexico for a place in the semifinals.

Results: Pakistan bt The Netherlands 3-0:

Khayal Muhammad bt Piedro Schweertman 9/1,9/3,9/1; Majid Khan bt Maarten Van Bavel 9/3, 10/8,9/4; Safeerullah Khan bt Tom Hoevenaars 9/0,9/3,9/0.

Eight teams have qualified for the quarterfinals round from the our groups. They are,

(Group A): England and Canada

(Group B): Pakistan and USA

(Group C): Australia and Mexico

(Group D): Egypt and India

The quarterfinals and the semifinals will be played tomorrow (Friday).The quarterfinal draws are as under Pakistan vs Mexico, USA vs Australia, Egypt vs Canada, England vs India.

Earlier Pakistan trounced Zimbabwe with the identical margin of 3-0 to brighten their chances to remain in front in their group.

Following are the results of the matches

Khayal Muhammad bt Shaun Johnstone 9/1,9/1,9/4; Majid Khan bt Patrick Stevens 9/0,9/0,9/0; Safeer Ullah Khan bt Daniel McElvaine 9/0,9/0,9/0 (disqualified).

In the earlier matches Pakistan has already beaten USA and Hong Kong.

Pakistan squash coach Rehmat Khan has expressed his satisfaction with the so far performance of the team and believes that Pakistan has a bright chance of winning the team event title after losing semifinals of the individul event.—APP