WORLD SQUASH NEWS

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

Semi-finals:
[3] AUSTRALIA bt [2] ENGLAND 3-0 (Donna Urquhart bt Emma Beddoes 10-8, 9-4, 5-9, 9-2 (38m); Kasey Brown bt Suzie Pierrepont 9-7, 2-9, 8-10, 9-4, 9-7 (78m); Georgina Davis bt Lauren Siddall 9-2, ret. (6m))
[1] EGYPT bt [4] INDIA 3-0 (Sara Badr bt Supriya Balsekar 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (17m); Omneya Abdel Kawy bt Vaidehi Reddy 9-7, 9-2, 9-0 (19m); Raneem El Weleily bt Alisha Mashruwala 9-2, 9-1 (8m))
5th-8th place play-offs:
[5] CANADA bt [10] USA 2-1 (Ashley Clackson bt Claire Rein-Weston 9-3, 9-1, 9-3 (39m); Miranda Ranieri bt Lily Lorentzen 7-9, 2-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-4 (68m); Lauren Polonich lost to Audrey Duboc 2-9, 3-9 (17m))
[6] MALAYSIA bt [9] HONG KONG 2-1 (Sally Looi bt Ka Kei Chiu 9-1, 9-7, 8-10, 9-4 (54m); Lim Yoke Wah bt Ho Ling Joey Chan 9-1, 9-6, 4-9, 6-9, 9-7 (62m); Delia Arnold lost to Annie Au Wing Chi 7-9, 6-9 (25m))
9th-12th place play-offs:
[8] NEW ZEALAND bt [11] SCOTLAND 3-0 (Priscilla Wildsmith bt Kirsty Craig 9-8, 9-1, 9-0 (25m); Catherine McLeod bt Lauren Gray 9-1, 9-3, 9-3 (19m); Joelle King bt Claire Kidd 9-2, 9-6 (14m))
[7] SPAIN bt [13] WALES 3-0 (Estela Carbonell bt Beth Winstanley 5-9, 9-0, 9-6, 9-2 (23m); Margaux Moros bt Jessica Bevan 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (15m); Chantal Moros bt Rachel Green 9-6, 9-0 (19m))
13th-16th place play-offs:
[14] IRELAND bt [15] MEXICO 2-1 (Katie Wilson bt Laura Garza 6-9, 10-8, 9-3, 9-4 (55m); Zoe Barr bt Imelda Salazar 9-4, 9-4, 9-3 (55m); Aoife Kerrin lost to Nayelli Hernandez 5-9, 2-9 (16m))
[12] GERMANY bt [16] SWITZERLAND 2-1 (Pamela Hathway lost to Julia Schmalz 9-3, 9-1, 2-9, 6-9, 7-9 (49m); Pia Kaindl bt Corinne Scarlato 9-4, 9-4, 9-5 (29m); Sandra Krueger bt Rosalinda Santos 9-3, 9-5, 9-7 (32m))

Australia Stun Title-Holders England To Reach Final With Egypt

Top seeds Egypt will face Australia in the finals of the Women's World Junior Team Squash Championships after the favourites overcame India 3-0 and third seeds Australia crushed second seeds England 3-0 to consign the title-holders to the play-off for third place for only the second time in the event's 18-year history.

Five-times champions England got off to a bad start when Australia's second string Donna Urquhart beat England No2 Emma Beddoes 10-8 9-4 5-9 9-2 in 32 minutes.  It was the second upset for Beddoes who also failed to reach her anticipated quarter-final berth in the earlier individual event.

The second match was a rollercoaster affair between Australia's Kasey Brown and England's Suzie Pierrepont.  Both players had failed to live up to their seeded expectations in the world individual event due to illness - the second-seeded Australian and 3/4 seed Pierrepont crashing out at the last sixteen stage.  Pierrepont, the European Junior Champion, squandered a 2-1 lead as Kasey's fighting spirit ultimately clinched the match 9-7 2-9 8-10 9-4 9-7.  The battle lasted a remarkable 78 minutes and took three-times winners Australia into their first final since winning the title on home soil in 1995.

England, who only failed to reach the final in Malaysia in 1993 when they finished in fourth place, were unable to gain a consolation point in the dead rubber.  Lauren Siddall, the defending champions' sole representative in the individual quarter-finals, retired injured after the first game to give Australia's Georgina Davis victory after just six minutes.

Fourth seeds India's brave run in their first ever appearance in the semi-finals came to an expected end against hot favourites Egypt.  The hosts, led for the fifth successive time in the team event by newly-crowned World Champion Omneya Abdel Kawy, cruised to a 3-0 win as Sara Badr, Kawy and Raneem El Weleily conceded just 14 points in their straight games wins over Supriya Balsekar, Vaidehi Reddy and Alisha Mashruwala, respectively.

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