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CHENNAI: When the 2018 World Junior Squash Championship kicked off last Wednesday, there were players from 28 participating nations. But by the time the semifinalists of the boys and girls categories were decided on Saturday, there was only one player – Lucy Turmel of Britain – from outside the left African.

Lucy defeated a Singaporean girl with Indian roots Sneha Sivakumar 11-5, 11-8, 11-8 and will now try to curb Egyptian dominance in the semi-finals.

In the boys' category, seeded Marwan Tarek started the day with an easy 11-8, 11-1, 11-5 victory over compatriot Mostafa Montaser. Mostafa, who entered the match due to an injury, slammed in the middle of the second match due to a hamstring injury. He was brave enough not to give up halfway, but when he returned with a tightly tied right thigh, the battle was already lost.

Tarek, who is the reigning champion, did not seem to mind the lack of competition and now has his views on the grand prize. "It did not matter that Mostafa was not in good shape today, I played my natural game, I did not lose sight of what was going on around me, even though at the beginning of the tournament I found it a bit difficult to find I'm comfortable now, another trophy seems pretty close, "said junior number one.

Speaking of the reason for Egyptian domination in sport, Tarek said that they have many models to admire. "I coach in the same club as Ali Farag, who is now the world number 2, I play with Tarek Momen (world number 4) and also with Mohammed El Shorbagy (world number 1).," he said.

In the other half, Rowan Reda Araby, also No. 1, maintained her momentum of wins by taking the best of Hana Moataz 12-10, 11-6, 11-3 in no time. Although her compatriot tried to scare Rowan in the first game where she managed to stretch to 10-10, it was not enough to contain the defending champion and she quickly gave his authority without giving Hana a chance. two games.

But what stood out on Saturday was the close fight of five games between the familiar enemies Jana Shiha and Farida Mohamed. The two Egyptian girls have been training together and have clashed since the age of 9 in the same club of Alexandria. After five games of ebb and flow, Jana managed to clinch the match after finally converting her fourth match point.

"We have already played about 50 competitive games and, fortunately, I came out victorious every time, which would have been a tragedy if my record against him had broken in the quarterfinals." Shiha added.

Quarterfinal results:

Boys: Marwan Tarek (1, EGY) against Mostafa Montaser (EGY) 11-8, 11-1, 11-5; Omar El Torkey (EGY) by Nick Wall (ENG) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7; Mostafa El Serty (EGY) and Darren Rahul Pragasam 4-11, 13-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6; Mostafa Azal (2, EGY) by Leonel Cardenas (MEX) 12-10, 11-7, 11-9

Daughters: Rowan Reda Araby (1, Egypt) bt Hana Moataz (EGY) 12-10, 11-6, 11-3; Jana Shiha (EGY) and Farida Mohamed (EGY) 7-11, 11-6, 11-5, 7-11, 15-13; Lucy Turmel (ENG) and Sneha Sivakumar (SING) 11-5, 11-8, 11-8; Hania El Hammamy (2, EGY) by Marina Stefanoni (USA) 11-2, 11-4 11-7