WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: Women's World Junior Squash Championships, Cairo, Egypt

Semi-finals:
[1] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [5/8] Sara Badr (EGY) 9-0, 9-4, 9-0 (29m)
[3/4] Amnah El Trabolsy (EGY) bt [9/16] Nehal Yehia (EGY) 5-9, 9-1, 5-9, 9-7, 9-7 (52m)

Kawy To Face El Trabolsy For World Junior Crown

After the first ever all-Egyptian semi-final line-up in the Women's World Junior Squash Championships, top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy and 3/4 seed Amnah El Trabolsy will now face each other in the final in Cairo as Egypt prepares to claim the title for the first time in the event's 22-year history.

As powerful and dominant as ever, world No12 Omneya Abdel Kawy crushed her opponent Sara Badr, a 5/8 seed, 9-0 9-4 9-0 in just 29 minutes to reach her second successive final.  Runner-up two years ago in Penang to Malaysia's Nicol David, the remarkable 18-year-old from Cairo has not conceded a game so far - and reached the semi-finals of the event in Belgium in 1999 when just 13 years old!

Kawy's final opponent Amnah El Trabolsy had a significantly tougher ride through to her first final.  Twice behind in games, El Trabolsy was 0-4 down to 9/16 seed Nehal Yehia in the fifth game of the other semi-final, but fought back to clinch the match 5-9 9-1 5-9 9-7 9-7 in 52 minutes.

It was one match too far for the brave Yehia, who made her breakthrough in the event by upsetting Australia's No2 seed Kasey Brown, then survived a five-game semi-final against England's Lauren Siddall.

The seedings for the Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships, which immediately follow the individual event in Cairo, have been confirmed as:  1 Egypt, 2 England, 3 Australia, 4 India, 5 Canada, 6 Malaysia, 7 Spain, 8 New Zealand, 9 Hong Kong, 10 USA, 11 Scotland, 12 Germany, 13 Wales, 14 Ireland, 15 Mexico and 16 Switzerland.

Official website:  www.worldjuniorwomenssquash.com/