Pakistan’s juniors to participate in Japan junior Squash Open
Six member junior squash squad of Pakistan will participate in the Japan Junior Open schedule to be held in Yokohama, Japan, from July 25-28.
Japan squash federation is organizing the Japan Junior Open under the supervision of World squash federation in Yokohama, Japan, from July 25-28 where all the participants will receive WSF ranking points (under 19) & ASF ranking points for all categories except Under 9 category.
Pakistan six member team including Mohammad Faraz, Khizar Qasim, Owais Rasheed and Mohammad Essa will participate in under-19 category while Shahab Khan, Huzaifa Ibrahim will feature in under-15 category.
In under-19 category first round, Mohammad Faraz will face Ryunosuke Nagata of Japan, Khizar Qasim will play against Daiki Kojima of Japan, Owais Rasheed will be up against Issa Yanagisawa of Japan, and Mohammad Essa is drawn against Keito Matsui of Japan.
Under 19 player Owais Rasheed will also participate in the under-19 category Pool A in Korea Junior Squash Open schedule to be held in Seoul, South Korea, from July 20-23.
In under-17 first round, Shahab Khan will be playing against Alden Lamp of the US. Huzaifa Ibrahim has got bye in the first round of under-15 category. Pakistani junior players recently flopped in Borneo Junior Open and Penang Junior Open in Malaysia.
