Ireland enjoyed a wonderful Wednesday at the World Squash Junior Championships, with all three matches won in the BU19 section. There was also a courageous five-game defeat for the battling Ella Walsh in the GU19.
Aaron Knox and Christian Dromgoole, who were both eliminated on Tuesday from the main title competition at the round of 64, hit back strongly in the Special Plate section.
Knox was a deserving 3-0 winner over Samuel Winkler of Austria, and he will return to the court for a round of 16 match with Wing Kuen Wong of Hong Kong China on Thursday.
Dromgoole will also face a Hong Kong China opponent, Long Hin Larry Wong, following his exciting 3-2 win over the Korean, Chanyoung Kim.
Conal Jackson completed the perfect BU19 afternoon for Ireland with his 3-2 Plate win over Mika Von Aesch of Switzerland.
Down 0-2, he roared back to take the victory that booked him a Thursday clash with Anas Ali Shah of Pakistan that will be played on the Black Ball’s main glass court.
In the GU19 Plate round of 32, Walsh arguably produced the Irish performance of the day as she battled a stomach issue to take Maria Sprinina to five games before losing 2-3.
Riley Slade was beaten 0-3 by Salma Hassan of Canada, also in the Plate round of 32.
RESULTS AND FIXTURES (all Irish start times – add two hours for local Cairo time)
BU19
Christian Dromgoole
Special Plate round of 33: Won 3-2 (11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8) v Chanyoung Kim of Korea.
Special Plate round of 16: Plays Long Hin Larry Wong of Hong Kong China on Thursday at 9am
Nathan Hann
Consolation Plate round of 32: Plays Fergus Hill of New Zealand on Thursday at 8:20am
Conal Jackson
Plate round of 32: Won 3-2 (6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-5) v Mika Von Aesch of Switzerland
Plate round of 16: Plays Anas Ali Shah of Pakistan on Thursday at 10:30am
Aaron Knox
Special Plate round of 32: Won 3-0 (13-11, 11-8, 13-11) v Samuel Winkler of Austria
Special Plate round of 16: Plays Wing Kuen Wong of Hong Kong China on Thursday at 9am
Danny Lynch
Consolation Plate round of 32: Plays Abdulrahman Alkandari of Kuwait on Thursday at 7:40am
Frank O’Flynn
Consolation Plate round of 32: Plays Keng In Leong of Macau on Thursday at 7:40am
GU19
Riley Slade
Plate round of 32: Lost 0-3 (3-11, 5-11, 8-11) to Salma Hassan of Canada
Consolation Plate round of 16: Plays Nia Seren Thomas of Wales on Thursday at 12noon
Ella Walsh
Plate round of 32: Lost 2-3 (11-6, 8-11, 5-11, 11-6, 3-11) to Maria Spirina [AIN]
Consolation Plate round of 16: Plays Lok Long Huang of Macau on Thursday at 12noon
Zoe Yeomans
Finished with her Special Plate round of 32 versus Tsz Ling Alyssa Ho [17/32] of Canada on Tuesday
