Pakistan reaches Final of World Junior Squash Championships against Egypt

Pakistan and Egypt will contest the final of the World Junior Squash Championships for the seventh time in a row, with Egypt having won four of those meetings, including the last three.

Second seeds Pakistan reached their eighth final in a row as they ended the fairy-tale run of the team USA in two tough ties.

Sam Scherl made a great start as he took the close first game in extra points, but once Abbas Shoukhat had settled into his game, the Pakistani's impressive power hitting and determined court movement proved too much for the tiring American. The match lasted 40 minutes.

Andrew Douglas put up a great showing also against the individual semi-finalist Israr Ahmed, leading the first game 9-6, the second game 9-7 and the third game 8-7, before the Pakistani closed out all the three games 11/9. The match ending on a stroke with Douglas trapped on the floor after a slip.

The semi-final lineups:

1st: Abbas Shoukhat v Samuel Scherl
2nd: Israr Ahmed v Andrew Douglas
3rd: Ahsan Ayaz v Spencer Lovejoy

The score line:

[2] Pakistan 2-0 [7] USA

        Abbas Shoukhat   3-1   Samuel Scherl    10/12, 11/4, 11/4, 11/5 (40m)
        Israr Ahmed          3-0   Andrew Douglas 11/9, 11/9, 11/9 (28m)

The final will be played at 15.30 (Poland local time) at Enjoy Squash and Gym.

Live stream of the matches is available at:
http://wsfworldjuniors.org/watch-live/