Pakistan finished Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship with three medals on Sunday in Dalian, China.
Nauman Khan and Ahmad Rayyan Khalil both played the final of Under-13 age category. Nauman beat Ahmad with a game score of 9/11, 11/8, 6/11, 11/3, 11/9.
Pakistan have won the title in the U13 category of the Asian Junior Squash Championship for the first time since 2016, when Asadullah won the trophy.
In the Under-17 category, Abdullah had Nawaz lost to Low Wa Sem of Malaysia 4/11, 11/6, 6/11, 12/10, 7/11, yesterday, and as a result managed to bag the bronze medal.
Yesterday, Nauman Khan beat Yen Tsz Long of Hong Kong 11/2, 11/5, 11/6 and Ahmad Khalil defeated Lokkesh Wigneswaran of Malaysia 11/2, 11/4, 11/9 to secure their place in the final.
Earlier, Ahmad defeated India’s Aryaman Singh 3-1 in the first quarter-final and secured his place in the next round. The Pakistani lost the first game but then showed great resilience and won three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Nauman dominated Malaysia’s Yalvanthan Ravi Kumar and won the game 3-0 to cement his place in the semi-finals.