RESULTS:  Women's World Junior Squash Championship, Cologne, Germany


1st round:
[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Amalie Bornaes (DEN) 11-2, 11-1, 11-0 (11m)
[9/16] Julia Lecoq (FRA) bt Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND) 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4 (39m)
[9/16] Tamika Saxby (AUS) bt Franziska Hennes (GER) 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7 (42m)
[7] Nouran El Torky (EGY) bt Elvira Bedjai (FRA) 11-5, 12-10, 12-10 (22m)
[8] Anaka Alankamony (IND) bt Ashley Tidman (FRA) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 (11m)
[9/16] Catalina Pelaez (COL) bt Maria Elena Ubina (USA) 11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (14m)
[9/16] Yathreb Adel (EGY) bt Nikki van der Heijden (NED) 11-3, 11-5, 11-0 (13m)
[3] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Nana Frederiksen (DEN) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1 (11m)
[4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt Oxane Ah Hu (FRA) 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 (21m)
[9/16] Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND) 11-4, 11-7, 11-6 (19m)
[9/16] Melissa Alves (FRA) bt Haley Mendez (USA) 11-7, 11-5, 11-9 (31m)
[6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt Caroline Sayegh (GER) 11-4, 7-11, 11-6, 11-5 (26m)
[5] Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy (EGY) bt Tessa ter Sluis (NED) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (17m)
[9/16] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) bt Sharya Guruge (SRI) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 (22m)
[9/16] Salma Hany (EGY) bt Sandra Polak (AUT) 11-3, 11-3, 11-8 (18m)
[2] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Katie Tutrone (USA) 11-1, 11-4, 11-2 (17m)


The top 16 seeds duly claimed their places in the second round of the Women's World Junior Squash Championship in Germany – with Egypt's hot favourite Nour El Sherbini taking just 11 minutes to overcome her first round opponent in the World Squash Federation event at the ACR Sportcenter in Cologne.

The 14-year-old from Cairo, who last year became the youngest world champion in the history of the sport, despatched 17-year-old Dane Amalie Bornaes 11-2, 11-1, 11-0.

A French opponent awaits El Sherbini in the last sixteen round after Julia Lecoq overcame India's Aparajitha Balamurukan.  But higher-ranked Balamurukan, from Chennai, took a 2/1 lead over the 16-year-old from Paris before Lecoq, a 9/16 seed, regained control to win 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4.

There was Indian success elsewhere, however, as second seed Dipika Pallikal cruised to an 11-1, 11-4, 11-2 victory over Katie Tutrone, from the USA, in just 17 minutes – and eighth seed Anaka Alankamony, also from Chennai, crushed France's Ashley Tidman 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 in 11 minutes.

The hosts came close to pulling off the only upset on the opening day when unseeded Franziska Hennes faced Australia's 9/16 seed Tamika Saxby.

Hennes, an 18-year-old senior German international from Homburg, took the opening game and recovered from 2/1 down to force the match into a fifth game decider.

But higher-ranked Saxby, 17, from Coffs Harbour in New South Wales, eventually pulled through to win 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7 in 42 minutes to set up a second round clash with Egypt's No7 seed Nouran El Torky.

2nd round line-up:
[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) v [9/16] Julia Lecoq (FRA)
[7] Nouran El Torky (EGY) v [9/16] Tamika Saxby (AUS)
[8] Anaka Alankamony (IND) v [9/16] Catalina Pelaez (COL)
[3] Amanda Sobhy (USA) v [9/16] Yathreb Adel (EGY)
[4] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) v [9/16] Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY)
[6] Olivia Blatchford (USA) v [9/16] Melissa Alves (FRA)
[5] Kanzy Emad El-Defrawy (EGY) v [9/16] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA)
[2] Dipika Pallikal (IND) v [9/16] Salma Hany (EGY)