Abdullah Nawaz and Anas Ali Shah powered Pakistan into the quarter-finals of the World Junior Squash Championship men\u2019s team event with a dominant performance against Poland at the Black Ball Club on Tuesday. Abdullah set the tone with a solid 3-1 win over Jan Samborski in the opening match. After splitting the first two sets, he bounced back strongly to clinch the next two 11-8 and 11-2, putting Pakistan in control. In the second match, Anas faced a determined Franciszek Michniewicz. Despite a spirited effort from the Polish player, Anas held his nerve to seal a 3-2 victory and confirm Pakistan\u2019s spot in the last eight. The national player made a triumphant start to the game, clinching the first set 11-7, only for Michniewicz to hit back by winning the next two and move one away from levelling the score for Poland. Anas, however, displayed nerves of steel and staged a sensational comeback by winning the fourth set and forcing the game into the decider. In the fifth and final set, Anas bamboozled Michniewicz 11-3 to round up a dominant victory for Pakistan with a game to spare, which was scheduled to be played between Muhammad Umair Arif and Mateusz Ptaszek. Pakistan will next face England in the quarter-finals of the men\u2019s team competition at the World Junior Squash Championship today. For the unversed, Pakistan\u2019s journey in the individual competition of the World Junior Squash Championship has already ended following Abdullah Nawaz\u2019s crushing 3-0 defeat against Egypt\u2019s Adam Hawal in the Round of 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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