{"id":12494,"date":"2025-07-03T15:04:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12494"},"modified":"2025-07-03T15:04:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T15:04:16","slug":"pakistan-secures-five-medals-at-asian-junior-squash-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=12494","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan secures five medals at Asian Junior Squash Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pakistan&#8217;s young squash players continued their impressive run at the 32nd Asian Junior Squash Championship in South Korea, with five players advancing to the semi-finals across various categories, ensuring the country at least five medals in the prestigious regional event.<\/p>\n<p>According to updates received from South Korea, five of the six Pakistani players who had qualified for the quarter-finals emerged victorious in their respective matches, underlining the nation\u2019s growing depth in junior squash.<\/p>\n<p>In the Boys\u2019 Under-19 category, third seed Abdullah Nawaz produced a clinical performance to defeat Hong Kong\u2019s Wang W in straight sets, winning 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 to book his place in the last four.<\/p>\n<p>Top seed Nauman Khan progressed to the semi-finals of the Boys\u2019 Under-15 event with a comfortable 3-0 victory over India\u2019s Harshal. His compatriot Ahmed Rehan Khalil also impressed in the same category, easing past Malaysia\u2019s Arman by the same margin.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0Pakistan cricketers slip in latest ICC Test rankings<\/p>\n<p>In the Boys\u2019 Under-13 event, top-seeded Suhail Irfan outclassed India\u2019s Abhi Yadav in a dominant display, sealing a straight-games win with scores of 11-2, 11-3, 11-3.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Girls\u2019 Under-13 category, ninth seed Mahnoor Ali stunned India\u2019s Anika 3-0 to reach the semi-finals. However, Pakistan\u2019s hopes in the Girls\u2019 Under-15 event came to an end after Sehrish Ali was beaten by Malaysia\u2019s Siti in straight games.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the competition, nine out of eleven Pakistani players had advanced from the opening round, with six making it to the quarter-finals. Among those eliminated at the quarter-final stage were Anas Ali Shah (Boys\u2019 Under-19), Muhammad Umair Arif (Boys\u2019 Under-17), and Mehwish Ali (Girls\u2019 Under-17).<\/p>\n<p>Yahya Khan (Boys\u2019 Under-17) and Muhammad Mustafa Khan (Boys\u2019 Under-13) were knocked out in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>The championship, which features top junior talent from across Asia, continues later this week with semi-final action, where Pakistani players will be looking to convert their strong performances into podium finishes.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s young squash players continued their impressive run at the 32nd Asian Junior Squash Championship in South Korea, with five players advancing to the semi-finals across various categories, ensuring the country at least five medals in the prestigious regional event. According to updates received from South Korea, five of the six Pakistani players who had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}