LAHORE, Dec 5: All four Pakistani players have moved to the last 16 of the 12th World Junior Men’s squash championship in Chennai, India, according to a message received Thursday.
Khayal Mohammad, Majid Khan, Khalid Atlas and Safeerullah Khan won their matches.
Unfortunately, Arshad Iqbal Burki one of the top players has withdrawn from the championship and returned home to attend to a family emergency. His position in the team has been taken over by Khalid Atlas for the team event.
Khayal beat Josh Greenfield (New Zealand) 9-2, 9-6, 9-4.
Majid outplayed Rohan Lyall (Kenya) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.
Khalid proved to good against Nasser Al Rammezi (Kuwait) 9- 6, 9-2, 9-3.
Shahnawaz strecthed to five games by host player, Guarav Nandaraj, the second seed of India won with scoreline 0-9, 9-5, 9-2, 7-9, 9 -7.