An Ireland-India rivalry has ignited at the World Squash Junior Championships as the two Irish BU19 round of 128 winners in Cairo face Indian opposition on Tuesday morning.
Aaron Knox and Christian Dromgoole both advanced to the second round of the men’s individual event in Egypt with comfortable victories on Monday.
Knox defeated Brazilian Bernado Dias 3-1 and Dromgoole saw off Saudi Arabian Salem Almwled 3-0. Their reward is matches versus Indian players seeded 17/32.
Arihant KS is Knox’s opponent at the Black Ball at 7:40am Irish time with Dromgoole due on court 80 minutes later to battle Yusha Nafees.
Ireland’s other round of 128 winner was Zoe Yeomans in the GU19. She secured a 3-0 victory over Anna Musikhina of Russia.
However, unlike Knox and Dromgoole in the BU19 section, she didn’t get to sleep on her win as she was back in action later on Monday in her GU19 round of 64 match. Up against Sofiia Zrazhevska, the 17/32 seed from Poland, Yeomans lost out 0-3.
Riley Slade and Ella Walsh were both eliminated from the GU19 at the round of 128 stage following 0-3 losses, while Danny Lynch, Frank O’Flynn, Conal Jackson and Nathan Hann were also beaten 0-3 in their BU19 round of 128 matches.
RESULTS AND FIXTURES (all Irish start times)
BU19
Christian Dromgoole
Round of 128: Beat Salem Almwled of Saudi Arabia 3-0 (11-6, 12-10, 11-4)
Round of 64: Plays Yusha Nafees [17/32] of India at 9am on Tuesday
Nathan Hann
Round of 128: Lost to Tsun Hei Mak of Hong Kong China 0-3 (2-11, 2-11, 3-11)
Plate round of 64: Plays Darcy Hayes of Australia at 12:20pm on Tuesday
Conal Jackson
Round of 128: Lost to Maddox Moxham [17/32] of Belgium 0-3 (6-11, 4-11, 3-11)
Plate round of 64: Plays Juan-Corne Brand of South Africa at 12:20pm on Tuesday
Aaron Knox
Round of 128: Beat Bernado Dias of Brazil 3-1 (11-2, 11-6, 2-11, 11-6)
Round of 64: Plays Arihant KS [17/32] of India at 7:40am on Tuesday
Danny Lynch
Round of 128: Lost to Oliver Dunbar [9/16] of New Zealand 0-3 (8-11, 3-11, 4-11)
Plate round of 64: Plays Judah Phillips of South Africa at 11am on Tuesday
Frank O’Flynn
Round of 128: Lost to Shiven Agarwal of India 0-3 (3-11, 3-11, 8-11)
Plate round of 64: Plays Maximus Mathews of New Zealand at 11am on Tuesday
GU19
Riley Slade
Round of 128: Lost to Hana Al Nayal of the Netherlands 0-3 (8-11, 5-11, 7-11)
Plate round of 64: Bye received
Plate round of 32: Plays Salma Hassan of Canada at 9am on Wednesday
Ella Walsh
Round of 128: Lost to Leelou Laporte of France 0-3 (4-11, 10-12, 2-11)
Plate round of 64: Bye received
Plate round of 32: Plays Maria Spirina [AIN] at 9am on Wednesday
Zoe Yeomans
Round of 128: Beat Anna Musikhina [AIN] 3-0 (12-10, 11-5, 11-3)
Round of 64: Lost to Sofiia Zrazhevska [17/32] of Poland 0-3 (6-11, 1-11, 4-11)
