All Egyptian affair for final

Jul 21, 2006

It will be an all Egyptian final in the individual championship of the World Junior men’s Squash Championship tomorrow in Palmerston North New Zealand.

Top seed Ramy Ashour went to four sets against fellow country-man Tarek Momen dropping the the first set and giving the large crowd just a hint of an upset. However Ashour rallied himself in the second set and went on to win convincingly 7-9 9-3 9-1 9-4. Mr Ashour said afterwards that the first set was a wake-up call which sparked him into action “I could tell straight away that Aamir was at the peak of his game and I had to call on all my skills to get back on top. There was no way I was going to let myself be beaten in the semi”.

The other semi-final was also won by an Eqyptian Omar Mossad over the lone Pakistaini Aamir Atlas Khan in straight sets 9-1 9-5 9-7. While Kahn was arguably the more skilful of the two players Mossad proved too powerful and played to Khan’s weaknesses around court.

Tomorrow’s final looks set to be a mouth-watering contest with Ramy Ashour looking to cement his name in squash history and be the first player to win two world junior championships.

Championship Semi Finals

Ramy Ashour [1] (EGY) beat Tarek Momen [5-8] (EGY) 7-9 9-3 9-1 9-4 [58mins]
Omar Mossad [3] (EGY) beat Aamir Atlas Khan [2] (PAK) 9-1 9-5 9-7 [46mins]

Classic Plate Semi Finals

Chris Tasker-Grindley(ENG) beat Richard Colburn(RSA) 10-8 9-1 9-4 [31mins]
Omar Tarek Mahm Aly(EGY) beat Max Lee [9-16] (HKG) 9-4 9-2 9-3 [25mins]

Consolation Plate Semi Finals

Cameron Jamieson(NZL) beat Fung Ji Yang(HKG) 9-3 9-0 9-1 [19mins]
Chris O'Kane(IRL) beat Mathew Durda(AUS) 9-2 9-5 7-9 9-4 [46mins]

Plate Semi Finals

Zac Alexander(AUS) beat Alex Ingham(ENG) 9-3 9-2 9-2 [34mins]
Mark Froot(USA) beat Jason Cole Niven(RSA) 9-10 0-9 9-6 9-4 9-2 [45mins]