Egyptians Surge Into Last Sixteen In Hong Kong
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Thursday morning turned out to be the swan song for USA individual hopes, as all remaining US players exited the main draw of the 2007 Women's Junior Worlds today in Hong Kong.

As expected, Egypt, with five representative amongst the last 32, England and Hong Kong, with four each, and Malaysia with three, had the strongest showings, numbers-wise.

The favorites had no difficulty in advancing.

While 3/4 seed Annie Au leads a sole local challenge into the last sixteen of the Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championships, four Egyptians survived today's (Thursday) third round of the biennial World Squash Federation event in Hong Kong.

Annie Au, the 18-year-old Asian Junior Champion from Hong Kong, beat South Korea's Sun-Mi Song 9-2, 9-3, 9-6 and will now face Japan's 17/32 seed Misaki Kobayashi for a place in the quarter-finals.

Egypt's top seed Raneem El Weleily successfully began her defence of the title with two wins today, the second of which saw her beat Hong Kong's 17/32 seed Tsz Ling Liu 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 in 17 minutes.

The 18-year-old from Alexandria - who is expected to become only the second girl in history to win the world junior crown twice - now faces unseeded Malaysian Nessrine Ariffin.

El Weleily will be joined by three Egyptian team-mates in the last sixteen - 9/16 seeds Nour Bahgat and Alia Balbaa, together with 5/8 seed Heba El Torky.

England's Kimberley Hay became the second unseeded player to reach the last sixteen when she beat France's Faustine Gilles 9-5, 8-10, 9-3, 9-0. The 15-year-old from Newcastle-upon-Tyne will be joined by compatriots Victoria Lust and Sarah-Jane Perry after a good day for England on the second day of the championships.

RESULTS: Hoe Hin White Flower Ointment World Junior Women's Squash Championships, Hong Kong

2nd round:
[1] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Dorothy Ko (HKG) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1 (16m)
[17/32] Tsz Ling Liu (HKG) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 10-9, 6-9, 9-5, 10-9 (43m)
Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) bt Robyn Baptiste (RSA) 9-5, 9-2, 9-6 (24m)
[9/16] Melody Francis (AUS) bt Stacey Plenderleith (ZIM) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1 (9m)
[9/16] Nour Bahgat (EGY) bt Anne Madeira (USA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (15m)
[17/32] Victoria Bell (ENG) bt Siu Ka Man (HKG) 9-1, 9-3, 9-0 (17m)
[17/32] Nouran El Torky (EGY) bt Jackie Moss (CAN) 10-8, 10-8, 9-7 (35m)
[5/8] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Emma Miller (NZL) 9-2, 9-0, 9-1 (18m)
[5/8] Heba El Torky (EGY) bt Cheyna Tucker (RSA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 (18m)
Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) bt Lisa Aitken (SCO) 2-9, 9-1, 9-2, 9-7 (34m)
Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt [17/32] Kimberley Bessell (AUS) 9-3, 9-2, 7-9, 6-9, 10-9 (37m)
Faustine Gilles (FRA) bt [9/16] Logan Greer (USA) 10-8, 9-0, 9-10, 7-9, 9-6 (55m)
[9/16] Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt Nicole Chua (SIN) 9-1, 9-4, 9-0 (16m)
Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) bt Catherine McTaggart (ZIM) 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (16m)
[17/32] Milnay Louw (RSA) bt Sarah Toomey (USA) 10-8, 9-1, 9-6 (23m)
[3/4] Joelle King (NZL) bt Salma Hany (EGY) 9-3, 9-1, 9-6 (24m)
[3/4] Annie Au (HKG) bt Farah Momen (EGY) 6-9, 9-4, 9-2, 9-4 (40m)
[17/32] Sun-Mi Song (KOR) bt Chan Wing Hei (HKG) 9-2, 9-1, 9-6 (27m)
[17/32] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Sarah Cardwell (AUS) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (16m)
[9/16] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Lana Harrison (NZL) 9-4, 9-5, 10-9 (31m)
[9/16] Alia Balbaa (EGY) bt Coline Aumard (FRA) 9-3, 9-2, 7-9, 9-7 (41m)
[17/32] Astrid Kern (GER) bt Natasha Kingshott (USA) 9-3, 9-5, 9-2 (26m)
[17/32] Low Wee Nee (MAS) bt Amanda Cranston (NZL) 9-5, 9-10, 5-9, 9-6, 9-3 (51m)
[5/8] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt Carmen Lee (HKG) 9-4, 9-7, 9-2 (27m)
[5/8] Sina Wall (GER) bt Pushppa Devi (MAS) 9-1, 9-2, 9-5 (24m)
Alana Sincock (NZL) bt [17/32] Jasmin Ballman (SUI) 1-9, 1-9, 9-7, 9-7, 9-5 (48m)
[17/32] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 4-9, 6-9, 9-6, 9-1, 9-5 (55m)
[9/16] Shin Nga Leung (HKG) bt Olivia Blatchford (USA) 3-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-6 (36m)
[9/16] Kerry Wickett (NZL) bt Cheri-Ann Parris (BAR) 9-1, 9-0, 9-6 (17m)
[17/32] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) bt Alushca Botha (RSA) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (31m)
Maggy Marshall (AUS) bt [17/32] Emily Park (USA) 9-6, 4-9, 5-9, 9-4, 9-4 (61m)
[2] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Salma Nassar (EGY) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3 (23m)

3rd round:
[1] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [17/32] Tsz Ling Liu (HKG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 (17m)
Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) bt [9/16] Melody Francis (AUS) 10-8, 5-9, 4-9, 9-5, 9-3 (41m)
[9/16] Nour Bahgat (EGY) bt [17/32] Victoria Bell (ENG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-0 (39m)
[5/8] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [17/32] Nouran El Torky (EGY) 9-4, 9-0, 9-6 (36m)
[5/8] Heba El Torky (EGY) bt Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) 9-7, 9-5, 9-1 (28m)
Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt Faustine Gilles (FRA) 9-5, 8-10, 9-3, 9-0 (29m)
[9/16] Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) 9-4, 8-10, 3-9, 9-4, 9-0 (80m)
[3/4] Joelle King (NZL) bt [17/32] Milnay Louw (RSA) 9-2, 9-2, 9-1 (20m)
[3/4] Annie Au (HKG) bt [17/32] Sun-Mi Song (KOR) 9-2, 9-3, 9-6 (32m)
[17/32] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt [9/16] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 3-9, 9-7 (46m)
[9/16] Alia Balbaa (EGY) bt [17/32] Astrid Kern (GER) 9-1, 9-7, 5-9, 9-7 (48m)
[5/8] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [17/32] Low Wee Nee (MAS) 7-9, 9-1, 9-1, 9-3 (26m)
[5/8] Sina Wall (GER) bt Alana Sincock (NZL) 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (18m)
[17/32] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt [9/16] Shin Nga Leung (HKG) 9-3, 6-9, 10-8, 9-10, 9-6 (68m)
[9/16] Kerry Wickett (NZL) bt [17/32] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) 9-4, 9-5, 9-0 (25m)
[2] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Maggy Marshall (AUS) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1 (21m)

4th round line-up:
[1] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) v Nessrine Ariffin (MAS)
[5/8] Low Wee Wern (MAS) v [9/16] Nour Bahgat (EGY)
[5/8] Heba El Torky (EGY) v Kimberley Hay (ENG)
[3/4] Joelle King (NZL) v [9/16] Laura Gemmell (CAN)
[3/4] Annie Au (HKG) v [17/32] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN)
[5/8] Victoria Lust (ENG) v [9/16] Alia Balbaa (EGY)
[5/8] Sina Wall (GER) v [17/32] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)
[2] Camille Serme (FRA) v [9/16] Kerry Wickett (NZL)