SEE -July 18th: Egypt's Marwan Tarek and compatriot Rowan Redy Araby start today favourites in the men's and women's event respectively at the WSF-World Junior Squash Championship, which will see the cream of budding talent from 28 countries including host India, PTI reported.
The inpidual events will run starting from today throughout Monday while the team event for men will be held from July 24 to 29. The matches will be held at Indian Squash Academy courts and the Express Avenue mall (from quarterfinals onwards).
The formidable Egypt team, which was beaten by Pakistan in the previous edition in Poland, is expected to be the top contender for the title.
"The Egyptian team is stronger this time and should be the frontrunner to win the title", tournament director Cyrus Poncha said.
The Malaysian and England players are expected to pose a challenge to the formidable Egyptians.
The Egyptians dominate the seedings in the inpidual events with four of the top eight in the men's section and an equal number in the women's event.
"The home team, fielding a number of newcomers, will face a huge challenge in retaining the sixth place achieved in the 2016 tournament", Poncha said.
"Our first target is to reach the last eight and then hope to give our best," he said.
Tarek and Reda Araby will be aiming to emulate their illustrious compatriots Mohammed Elshorbagy and Nour El Sherbini who won the titles when Chennai hosted the tournament back in 2009 and later went on to become the World No.1.
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