Pak squash girls shine in Aus Jr Open
Pakistan's Ali sisters show off their medals after winning respective events at Aus Jr Open squash in Melbourne. PHOTO: REUTERS
Five Pakistani players, including two of the well-known Ali sisters, delivered dominant performances in the finals of the Australian Junior Open Squash Championship in Melbourne, securing four gold medals and one silver across various categories.
Four out of five Pakistani finalists emerged victorious at the Australian Junior Open Squash Championship, with each winner claiming their title without losing a single game, all posting identical 3-0 wins.
Among the standout performers were Mehwish Ali and Sehrish Ali, two of the three squash-playing sisters from Peshawar, often referred to as the Ali sisters.
Top seed Mehwish won the girls' under-17 title, defeating New South Wales' Reden Alma Paulava.
In the girls' under-13 category, top-seeded Sehrish overcame Queensland's Ryo Kua Bata in straight games.
In the boys' under-17 final, Rawalpindi's Azaan Ali Khan, seeded second, beat New South Wales' Henry Cross, while Ahmed Ali Naaz, also seeded second, clinched the boys' under-12 title with a win over the United States' Flee.
Sehrish Ali, who competed in two events, was the only Pakistani to miss out on gold. She earned silver in the girls' under-15 final after a tight five-game battle against Japan's M. Emily Senior, eventually losing 3-2.
This marks just the third time in squash history that three biological sisters qualified for finals in an international platinum-category event.
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