Pakistan reach World Junior Squash quarter-finals after dominant win over Poland – SUCH TV

Abdullah Nawaz and Anas Ali Shah powered Pakistan into the quarter-finals of the World Junior Squash Championship men’s team event with a dominant performance against Poland at the Black Ball Club on Tuesday.

Abdullah set the tone with a solid 3-1 win over Jan Samborski in the opening match.

After splitting the first two sets, he bounced back strongly to clinch the next two 11-8 and 11-2, putting Pakistan in control.

In the second match, Anas faced a determined Franciszek Michniewicz.

Despite a spirited effort from the Polish player, Anas held his nerve to seal a 3-2 victory and confirm Pakistan’s spot in the last eight.

The national player made a triumphant start to the game, clinching the first set 11-7, only for Michniewicz to hit back by winning the next two and move one away from levelling the score for Poland.

Anas, however, displayed nerves of steel and staged a sensational comeback by winning the fourth set and forcing the game into the decider.

In the fifth and final set, Anas bamboozled Michniewicz 11-3 to round up a dominant victory for Pakistan with a game to spare, which was scheduled to be played between Muhammad Umair Arif and Mateusz Ptaszek.

Pakistan will next face England in the quarter-finals of the men’s team competition at the World Junior Squash Championship today.

For the unversed, Pakistan’s journey in the individual competition of the World Junior Squash Championship has already ended following Abdullah Nawaz’s crushing 3-0 defeat against Egypt’s Adam Hawal in the Round of 16.