Top Seeds Advance in the Quarterfinals
Aug 26, 2004, By Howard Harding; SquashTalk Independent News Service © 2004;

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Kuwait Celebrate World Semi-finals Debut
Kuwait celebrated their first appearance in the semi-finals of a World Team Championship when they upset fourth seeds Germany 3-0 in the quarter-finals of the PIA Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship at the Mushaf Squash Complex in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The young squad - all of whom are 17 or younger - will meet favourites and defending champions Pakistan in one semi-final, whilst the other will feature second seeds Egypt and third seeds England.

In the first tie of the day, hosts Pakistan cruised to a 3-0 victory over seventh seeds Canada in front of a large and wildly cheering crowd of school-uniformed kids!

No2 seeds Egypt also did not hang around long against New Zealand, the eighth seeds. Campbell Grayson did not look as though the experience of playing Ramy Ashour was one to be treasured and quickly succumbed to the skills of the newly-crowned champion. The giant Egyptian Ahmed El Swaify completed the 3-0 win by defeating Michael Bill.

England, as expected, lost at No1 to India's Saurav Ghosal - Chris Simpson going down 0-3. They then fielded No4 player Joel Hinds against the talented but lackadaisical Sandeep Jangra and the workmanlike Joel soon evened the match. In the decider, the strength and consistency of James Wright triumphed over the flair of Vikas Jangra - as former champions England claimed a 2-1 win to put them into the last four.

The final match was Germany against sixth seeds Kuwait, a much-fancied team of young players (all eligible again in the next championship in two years) showing the benefits of national coach Amir Wagih. It was a tough tie: Simon Rosner at No1 was expected to win for Germany, but the two weeks in Islamabad are taking their toll and he did not have enough left in the tank against the fast and deceptive little left-hander Abdul Khalid Mazayin.

German No3 Matthias Maierhofer then played Kuwait No4 Sulaiman Al Khamees. This was a well- contested marathon which the Kuwaiti won 10-9 9-3 6-9 9-6 to clinch the historic win for his country.

PIA 13th World Junior Men’s Championship Islamabad 2004

Results 26th August 2004 Quarterfinals:

Pakistan beat Canada (3 – 0)
1. Khalid Atlas beat Robin Clarke 9/0, 9/5, 9/5 (33)
2. Yasir Butt beat Daniel Sibley 9/3, 9/1, 9/1 (28)
3. Farhan Mehboob beat Michael Auer 9/0, 9/3 (11)

Egypt beat New Zealand (3 – 0)
1. Ramy Ashour beat Campbell Grayson 9/0, 9/1, 9/5 (31)
2. Mahmoud Adel beat Whairoa Moeke 9/4, 9/0 (17)
3. Ahmed Al Swaify beat Michael Bill 9/0, 9/5, 9/3 (31)

England beat India (2 – 1)
1. Joel Hinds beat Sandeep Jangra 9/2, 9/0, 9/5 (31)
2. James Wright beat Vikas Jangra 9/3, 9/4, 9/0 (34)
3. Chris Simpson lost Saurav Ghosal 2/9, 3/9, 4/9 (28)

Kuwait beat Germany (3 – 0)
1. Abdullah Mezayin beat Simon Rosner 5/9, 9/1, 9/6, 9/5 (62)
2. Sulaiman Khamees beat Matthias Maierhofer 10/9, 9/3, 6/9, 9/6 (83)
3. Ali B Al Ramzi beat Jens Schoor 9/10, 9/6, 9/7 (59)

13 – 22 Playoff
Switzerland beat Ireland (3 – 0)
1. Nicolas Muller beat Niall Caheny 9/1, 5/9, 9/3 (19)
2. Benjamin Fischer beat Fearghal Field 9/2, 9/1, 9/4 (23)
3. Kevin Brechbhul beat Samuel Olwill 9/7, 9/5, 9/7 (25)

USA beat Singapore (2 – 1)
1. Chritopher Gordon beat Vivian Rhamanan 9/7, 9/4, 10/8 (59)
2. Garnett Booth beat Kenneth Chan 7/9, 9/5, 6/9, 9/6, 9/3 (65)
3. Joseph Raho lost Richard Hill 3/9, 1/9, 3/9 (24)

Netherlands beat Zimbabwe (3 – 0)
1. Martjin Kock beat Craig Heath 9/2, 9/10, 9/7, 9/4 (49)
2. Marc Te Witt beat Mark Assaraf 3/9, 9/6, 9/0, 9/0 (29)
3. Bastiaan Muelenbelt beat Casper Coetzee 7/9, 9/3, 9/4 (29)

Hong Kong beat Scotland (3 – 0)
1. Ho Fai Chiu beat Jamie Macaulay 9/3, 9/4, 9/7 (37)
2. Dick Lau beat Alan Clyne 8,10, 9/2, 9/1, 9/0 (37)
3. Anson Kwong beat Graham Melvin 9/5, 9/1 (20)

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