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

Quarter-finals:
[1] EGYPT bt [5] CANADA 3-0 (Amnah El Trabolsy bt Miranda Ranieri 9-4, 8-10, 9-6, 9-3 (46m); Omneya Abdel Kawy bt Jennifer Blumberg 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (19m); Raneem El Weleily bt Ashley Clackson 9-1, 9-1, 9-5 (19m))
[4] INDIA bt [10] USA 2-1 (Vaidehi Reddy bt Claire Rein-Weston 9-2, 9-5, 9-4 (27m); Joshna Chinappa bt Lily Lorentzen 6-9, 9-2, 9-1, 9-4 (34m); Supriya Balsekar lost to Audrey Duboc 3-9, 3-9 (17m))
[3] AUSTRALIA bt [9] HONG KONG 3-0 (Donna Urquhart bt Ka Kei Chiu 9-2, 10-8, 9-3 (29m); Kasey Brown bt Ho Ling Joey Chan 9-6, 9-0, 9-6 (37m); Peta Hughes bt Annie Au Wing Chi 9-7, 2-9, 9-4, 9-5 (43m))
[2] ENGLAND bt [6] MALAYSIA 3-0 (Emma Beddoes bt Sally Looi 5-9, 9-1, 9-7, 9-7 (57m);
Suzie Pierrepont bt Lim Yoke Wah 9-4, 9-3, ret. (18m); Lauren Siddall bt Delia Arnold 9-2, 10-8 (22m))
9th-16th place play-offs:
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [12] GERMANY 3-0 (Priscilla Wildsmith bt Pamela Hathway 9-3, 9-2, 4-9, 9-2 (28m); Catherine McLeod bt Pia Kaindl 9-7, 9-1, 9-2 (28m); Joelle King bt Sandra Krueger 9-2, 9-6 (13m))
[11] SCOTLAND bt [16] SWITZERLAND 2-1 (Kirsty Craig lost to Julia Schmalz 3-9, 8-10, 5-9 (23m); Lauren Gray bt Corinne Scarlato 9-6, 9-2, 9-5 (30m); Claire Kidd bt Vanessa Isola 9-2, 9-2, 10-9 (32m))
[7] SPAIN bt [14] IRELAND 3-0 (Estela Carbonell bt Katie Wilson 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 (16m); Margaux Moros bt Zoe Barr 9-5, 9-2, 9-0 (16m); Chantal Moros bt Aoife Kerrin 9-5, 9-1 (14m))
[13] WALES bt [15] MEXICO 3-0 (Jessica Bevan bt Laura Garza 9-1, 7-9, 9-6, 9-2 (38m); Stacey Preece bt Imelda Salazar 9-7, 9-1, 9-3 (22m); Beth Winstanley bt Nayelli Hernandez 9-2, 9-1 (10m))

India Celebrate World Junior Semi-Finals Debut

India will make their first ever appearance in the semi-finals of the Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships after a 2-1 victory over USA in the quarter-finals in Cairo, Egypt.

Seeded four, India have only competed in the biennial event twice before, finishing in eighth place in their last appearance in 2001 in Malaysia.  Fielding the same squad as in Penang, India took just 61 minutes to claim their semi-final place - after squad No2 Vaidehi Reddy beat USA's Claire Rein-Weston 9-2 9-5 9-4, then top string Joshna Chinappa overcame a first game loss to Lily Lorentzen to win 6-9 9-2 9-1 9-4.  Tenth seeds USA gained a consolation point in the third and 'dead' rubber when Audrey Duboc beat India's No3 Supriya Balsekar 9-3 9-3.

India will now face top seeds Egypt in the semi-finals after the hosts swept to a 3-0 win over 5th seeds Canada.

The other semi-final will feature defending champions England, the No2 seeds, and third seeds Australia after both teams gained 3-0 quarter-final victories, over Malaysia and Hong Kong, respectively.  With eight titles between them in the nine championships since 1985, the clash is sure to be an epic. 

Official website: www.worldjuniorwomenssquash.com/