Pakistan’s Anas Ali Shah (proper) in motion throughout his World Junior Squash Championship males’s group competitors match in opposition to Poland’s Franciszek Michniewicz on the Black Ball in Cairo on July 29, 2025. — Reporter
CAIRO: Abdullah Nawaz and Anas Ali Shah guided Pakistan into the quarter-finals of the World Junior Squash Championship males’s group occasion with a commanding 2-0 win over Poland on the Black Ball Membership on Tuesday.
Abdullah gave Pakistan the right begin, claiming a 3-1 victory over Jan Samborski within the opening rubber to place his aspect forward.
The opening sport remained evenly poised at 1-1 after the primary two units earlier than Abdullah staged an astounding comeback, outclassing Samborski 11-8 and 11-2 in subsequent units.
Anas then represented Pakistan within the second sport in opposition to Franciszek Michniewicz, who provided a notable battle however ended up dropping it by 3-2.
The nationwide participant made a triumphant begin to the sport, clinching the primary set 11-7, just for Michniewicz to hit again by successful the subsequent two and transfer one away from levelling the rating for Poland.
Anas, nonetheless, displayed nerves of metal and staged a sensational comeback by successful the fourth set and forcing the sport into the decider.
Within the fifth and closing set, Anas bamboozled Michniewicz 11-3 to spherical up a dominant victory for Pakistan with a sport to spare, which was scheduled to be performed between Muhammad Umair Arif and Mateusz Ptaszek.
Pakistan will subsequent face England within the quarter-finals of the boys’s group competitors on the World Junior Squash Championship at the moment.
For the unversed, Pakistan’s journey within the particular person competitors of the World Junior Squash Championship has already ended following Abdullah Nawaz’s crushing 3-0 defeat in opposition to Egypt’s Adam Hawal within the Spherical of 16.
