RESULTS:    Men's World Junior Team Squash Championship, Zurich, Switzerland

Last sixteen round:
[1] EGYPT bt [15] KUWAIT 3-0
  Mohamed El Shorbagy bt Mohammed Al Tawari 9-5, 1-9, 9-2, 9-6 (40m)
  Andrew Wagih Shoukry bt Shamlan A Ali 9-4, 9-2, 9-4 (20m)
  Karim Abdel Gawad bt Ahmad Al-Randi 8-10, 9-0, 9-7 (43m)
[10] CANADA bt [9] NEW ZEALAND 2-1
  Kelly Shannon bt Evan Williams 10-9, 5-9, 9-6, 9-6 (65m)
  Nicholas Sachvie bt Alex Grayson 2-9, 8-10, 9-5, 9-2, 9-4 (97m)
  Andrew Schnell lost to Cameron Jamieson 5-9, 9-6, 5-9 (23m)
[3] ENGLAND bt [13] SOUTH AFRICA 3-0
  Joe Lee bt Thoboki Mohohlo 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (17m)
  Adrian Waller bt Wian Louwrens 9-6, 9-0, 10-8 (44m)
  Alex Ingham bt Dean Russell 9-4, 9-3 (25m)
[6] MALAYSIA bt [12] USA 2-1
  Ivan Yuen bt Todd Harrity 9-6, 6-9, 9-0, 9-5 (56m)
  Mithran Selvaratnam lost to Alex Domenick 2-9, 2-9, 4-9 (39m)
  Jo Wen Ng bt Thomas Mattsson 5-9, 9-6, 9-0, 9-0 (43m)
[5] INDIA bt [11] AUSTRALIA 2-1
  Vikram Malhotra bt Matthew Hopkin 9-7, 9-6, 9-6 (47m)
  Aditya Jagtap lost to Jacob Alexander 3-9, 6-9, 9-7, 4-9 (67m)
  Ravi Dixit bt Joshua Larkin 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (31m)
[4] FRANCE bt [14] SWITZERLAND 2-1
  Gregoire Marche lost to Nicolas Mueller 1-9, 8-9, 9-1, 4-9 (50m)
  Lucas Vauzelle bt Jonas Daehler 9-7, 9-0, 9-1 (37m)
  Lucas Serme bt Lukas Burkhart 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (26m)
[7] GERMANY bt [8] HONG KONG 2-1
  Florian Silbernagl lost to Leo Au 3-9, 0-9, 2-9 (31m)
  Rudi Rohrmuller bt Nelson Chan 9-2, 10-9, 10-9 (60m)
  Norman Junge bt Fung Ji Yang 9-1, 9-2, 9-2 (30m)
[2] PAKISTAN bt [17/24] FINLAND 3-0
  Aamir Atlas Khan bt Henrik Mustonen 9-4, 9-2, 9-1 (21m)
  Waqar Mehboob bt Ville Hiltunen 9-1, 9-3, 9-0 (11m)
  Mohd Shoaib Hassan bt Mikael Siren 9-0, 9-2 (16m)

17th - 32nd place play-offs:
[16] WALES bye
[17/24] SPAIN bt [25/31] BERMUDA 3-0
  Damian Arosa Rodriguez bt Robert Maycock 9-7, 10-8, 9-0 (38m)
  Fausto Gomez bt Micah Franklin 9-1, 9-2, 9-1 (20m)
  Daniel Pascual Martinez bt Noah DaBell 9-4, 9-3
[17/24] DENMARK bt [25/31] ECUADOR 3-0
  Casper Grauballe bt Daniel Cueva Mosquera 9-4, 4-9, 9-1, 4-9, 9-0 (60m)
  Lau Ulrik Kiehn bt Francisco Alvaro Asimbaya 9-1, 4-9, 9-1, 9-2 (36m)
  Philip Tran bt Felipe Bueno Almeida 9-1, 9-7 (26m)
[17/24] NETHERLANDS bt [25/31] ITALY 2-1
  Rick Penders bt Alberto Matteazzi 3-9, 9-1, 9-4, 4-9, 9-4 (49m)
  Tim van der Pluijm bt Marco d'Adam 9-3, 9-6, 9-0
  Marc ter Sluis lost to Dimitri Diamadopoulos 9-4, 4-9, 4-9 (44m)
[17/24] GUATEMALA bt [25/31] VENEZUELA 3-0
  Mauricio Sedano bt Daniel Prato 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (13m)
  Roberto Rodriguez bt Alejandro Suarez 9-4, 9-0, 9-4 (30m)
  Bryan Bonilla bt Wilfredo Arcia 9-1, 9-3
[17/24] BELGIUM bt [25/31] CHINA 3-0
  Sam van Brusselen bt Xiaomin Meng 9-0, 9-4, 9-2 (19m)
  Laurens Mostmans bt Wang Jun Jie 9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (19m)
  Robin Schreurs bt Shen Jia Qi 9-0, 9-1 (19m)
[17/24] SWEDEN bt [25/31] IRELAND 2-1
  Johan Detter bt Colm Dolan 9-3, 9-3, 9-5 (45m)
  Alex Christensson lost to Theodore Anderson 4-9, 2-9, 6-9 (50m)
  Gustav Runersjo bt Kevin Davey 9-2, 9-3 (19m)
[17/24] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [25/31] CAYMAN ISLANDS 3-0
  Roman Svec bt Alain Osman Mudeen 9-2, 9-2, 9-0 (23m)
  Daniel Mekbib bt Jake Kelly 9-4, 9-5, 9-1 (26m)
  Zbynek Standera bt Cameron Stafford 9-4, 7-9, 9-5 (39m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] EGYPT bt [10] CANADA 3-0
  Mohamed El Shorbagy bt Nicholas Sachvie 9-3, 9-3, 9-4 (28m)
  Andrew Wagih Shoukry bt Andrew Schnell 9-3, 9-4, 3-9, 9-4 (49m)
  Amr Khaled Khalifa bt Fred Reid 9-1, 6-9, 9-6
[3] ENGLAND bt [6] MALAYSIA 2-1
  Joe Lee lost to Ivan Yuen 9-2, 5-9, 6-9, 1-9 (70m)
  Adrian Waller bt Jo Wen Ng 9-3, 9-4, 9-4 (36m)
  Alex Ingham bt Kah Wah Cheong 9-1, 9-2, 9-1 (31m)
[5] INDIA bt [4] FRANCE 2-1
  Vikram Malhotra lost to Gregoire Marche 9-1, 4-9, 0-9, 1-9
  Aditya Jagtap bt Lucas Vauzelle 9-6, 9-2, 9-5
  Ravi Dixit bt Antoine Petrucci 8-10, 2-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-2 (77m)
[2] PAKISTAN bt [7] GERMANY 3-0
  Aamir Atlas Khan bt Florian Silbernagl 9-3, 9-2, 9-3 (18m)
  Waqar Mehboob bt Raphael Kandra 9-7, 9-3, 9-2 (37m)
  Mohd Shoaib Hassan bt Norman Junge 9-5, 9-1 (17m)
 
9th - 16th place play-offs:
[9] NEW ZEALAND bt [15] KUWAIT 3-0
  Evan Williams bt Mohammed Al Tawari 9-2, 9-4, 9-1 (22m)
  Keegan Burkhart bt Shamlan A Ali 8-10, 5-9, 9-1, 9-6, 9-6 (80m)
  Cameron Jamieson bt Nasser Al-Rashid 9-5, 9-3 (16m)
[12] USA bt [13] SOUTH AFRICA 2-1
  Todd Harrity bt Thoboki Mohohlo 9-5, 9-5, 9-4 (40m)
  Alex Domenick bt Reinhold Hergeth 9-0, 9-6, 9-3 (34m)
  Matt Domenick lost to Wian Louwrens 4-9, 4-9
[11] AUSTRALIA bt [14] SWITZERLAND 2-1
  Matthew Hopkin lost to Nicolas Mueller 1-9, 6-9, 0-9 (21m)
  Jacob Alexander bt Patrick Miescher 9-6, 9-6, 9-1 (43m)
  Aaron Fyfe bt Lukas Burkhart 7-9, 9-1, 7-9, 9-1, 9-5 (72m)
[8] HONG KONG bt [17/24] FINLAND 2-1
  Leo Au lost to Henrik Mustonen 2-9, 2-9, 3-9 (36m)
  Fung Ji Yang bt Ville Hiltunen 9-7, 9-1, 9-3 (42m)
  Choy Kit Lun bt Joonas Honkanen 9-5, 9-0, 9-0 (23m)


India gate-crashed the semi-finals of the World Junior Men's Team Championship in Zurich after a stunning quarter-final victory over fourth seeds France in the biennial World Squash Federation championship being held for the first time in Switzerland.

The fifth seeds made the last eight after a 2/1 win over Australia, the 11th seeds, in the last sixteen round - 16-year-old Ravi Dixit winning the deciding match with a 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 victory over Joshua Larkin.

And it was the Chennai teenager who clinched India's historic maiden appearance in the semi-finals in the decider against France.

France went ahead when Gregoire Marche, a quarter-finalist in last week's individual championship, recovered from a game down to beat Vikram Malhotra, the Indian number one, 1-9, 9-4, 9-0, 9-1. 

Having lost previously to Frenchman Lucas Vauzelle, India's second string Aditya Jagtap faced an uphill task in the next match.  But the 16-year-old from Mumbai looked determined and played aggressive squash to give his opponent little chance to take the advantage.  Jagtap oozed confidence as he had his opponent scrambling all over the court before winning 9-6, 9-2, 9-5 to level the tie.

The decider was a cliff hanger:  Dixit started off nervously against Antoine Petrucci and was soon 0/2 down in games and 2-5 down in the third.  But, in a remarkable comeback, the Indian number three overcame the deficit before rallying to an 8-10, 2-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-2 victory after 77 minutes to take India into the semis for the first time in its history.

Major Maniam, Consultant Coach to the Squash Rackets Federation of India said:  "It was an absolutely outstanding show by three players who believed in themselves - and we can now dare to dream to lift the title in two years' time!"

India will face Asian rivals Pakistan, the second seeds who beat Germany, the No7 seeds, 3/0.

The other semi-final will see defending champions Egypt take on third seeds England in a repeat of the 2006 semi-final.  Top seeds Egypt, led by the new world champion Mohamed El Shorbagy, despatched tenth seeds Canada 3/0, while former champions England fought back from a match down to beat Malaysia, the No6 seeds, 2/1.

   Semi-final line-up:
[1] EGYPT v [3] ENGLAND
[2] PAKISTAN v [5] INDIA
   5th - 8th place play-offs:
[6] MALAYSIA v [10] CANADA
[4] FRANCE v [7] GERMANY
   9th - 12th place play-offs:
[9] NEW ZEALAND v [12] USA
[8] HONG KONG v [11] AUSTRALIA
   13th - 16th place play-offs:
[13] SOUTH AFRICA v [15] KUWAIT
[14] SWITZERLAND v [17/24] FINLAND
   17th - 24th place play-offs:
[16] WALES v [17/24] SPAIN
[17/24] DENMARK v [17/24] NETHERLANDS
[17/24] BELGIUM v [17/24] GUATEMALA
[17/24] CZECH REPUBLIC v [17/24] SWEDEN
   25th - 31st place play-offs:
[25/31] BERMUDA bye
[25/31] ECUADOR v [25/31] ITALY
[25/31] VENEZUELA v [25/31] CHINA
[25/31] IRELAND v [25/31] CAYMAN ISLANDS