MELBOURNE: Pakistan’s Hamza Khan won the World Junior Squash Championship in Melbourne on Sunday.
Hamza also becomes the first player to win the event from Pakistan after Jansher Khan, who clinched the title 37 years ago.
🎙 "Pakistani Squash is back!"
Here's the moment 🇵🇰 Hamza Khan ended Pakistan's 37-year wait for a WSF World Junior Squash Champion title 🏆#WSFjuniors @paksquash @squashAUS pic.twitter.com/h7K50hAVjH
— World Squash (WSF) (@WorldSquash) July 23, 2023
According to World Squash Twitter Pakistan’s Hamza Khan won the World Junior Squash Championship in Melbourne on Sunday.
Hamza Khan beat Mohamed Zakaria of Egypt after losing the first match 10-12 but reversed the situation and won three straight games 14-12, 11-3, 11-6 lifting the title.
Last time in 1986, Jan Sher Khan won the Junior World Cup championship.
Prime Minister of Pakistan has congratulated Hamza Khan on the winning, the World Junior Squash Championship. Pakistan has achieved this title after a gap of 37 years. Hamza Khan has reminded us the Jan Sher Khan winning the Junior World Squash Championship of in 1986.
Raising Pak flag once again in Squash is a moment of pride for the nation. We hope in future, Pakistan will rewrite the history once again by winning all titles. Premier also congratulated the Hamza Khan, his team and his parents on this momentous occasion. In the last 15 months, Pakistan has achieved many great tournaments in boxing, mountain climbing, squash and other games.
