Pakistanis Crowd Quarterfinals with Four of Eight Positions

With four players through to the quarter-finals - three of whom against the
seeding - Pakistan is continuing to dominate the Men's World Junior
Individual Squash Championship in India. Further progress in the event,
which moved today (Friday) onto the ASB all-glass court in the Tamil Nadu
Squash Academy in Chennai, could result in an all-Pakistani semi-final
line-up!

England's top two seeds both survived their fourth round matches relatively
untroubled - favourite James Willstrop started slowly against Shah Nawaz, but
once he had secured the first game 9-6 he stepped up into full attack mode
and swept through the next two with ease to win 9-6 9-3 9-0 in 27 minutes and
cause the only Pakistani demise of the day.

At the other end of the draw, No2 seed Peter Barker was last on court against
the only remaining home player. India's talented Siddarth Suchde was not to
be intimidated by his experienced opponent and, with great encouragement from the home crowd, made Barker concentrate and work hard to achieve his 9-4 9-4 9-1 victory in 49 minutes.

Pakistan's Khayal Muhammad took on the USA No1 Julian Illingworth - the third
round conqueror of third-seeded Moustafa Essam - and, although the match
lasted nearly an hour, the American's brave run was brought to an end in 53
minutes in a 9-3 9-3 9-5 scoreline.

Safeerullah Khan pulled off the first Pakistani seeding upset when he dismissed Dutchman Dylan Bennett in straight games. Seeded to reach the last eight, Bennett arrived in Chennai with three European Junior Circuit titles under his belt, but was no match for the Pakistan No2 junior who won 9-6 9-7 9-3 in 39 minutes.

Fourth seed Majid Khan claimed Pakistan's only expected fourth round win, but
the victory over unseeded Jon Harford was achieved when the Englishman, who
took the opening game, conceded the match after the third 7-9 9-1 9-0 having
injured his hamstring.

Mexico's Eric Galvez showed himself to be a promising talent when he comprehensively demolished Australia's No1 Aaron Frankcomb 9-1 9-2 9-0 in
just 34 minutes. "Full of flair and imagination, Galvez is fast around the court and very exciting to watch," said a spokesman for the Championship. "The top seeds will have to be very wary of him."

Kuwaiti Bader Hussaini's good run came to a fairly quick end at the hand of
Jhie Gough from Australia, but he was Australia's only player to progress as
Luke Margan lost a long and very physical match against Pakistan's Khalid
Atlas, despite leading 1-0 and 2-1.

RESULTS: Men's World Junior Individual Squash Championship, Chennai, India

4th round:
[1] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Shah Nawaz (PAK) 9-6, 9-3, 9-0 (27m)
[9/16] Safeerullah Khan (PAK) bt [5/8] Dylan Bennett (NED) 9-6, 9-7, 9-3 (39m)
[9/16] Khayal Muhammad (PAK) bt Julian Illingworth (USA) 9-3, 9-3, 9-5 (53m)
[5/8] Eric M Galvez (MEX) bt [9/16] Aaron Frankcomb (AUS) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0 (34m)
[5/8] Jhie Gough (AUS) bt Bader Hussaini (KUW) 9-2, 10-9, 9-3 (46m)
[4] Majid Khan (PAK) bt Jon Harford (ENG) 7-9, 9-1, 9-0 ret. (35m)
Khalid Atlas (PAK) bt Luke Margan (AUS) 2-9, 9-7, 7-9, 10-8, 9-5 (73m)
[2] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Siddarth Suchde (IND) 9-4, 9-4, 9-1 (49m)