English Duo In World Championship Breakthroughs

England's Lily Taylor and Georgina Kennedy claimed unexpected places in the quarter-finals of the Women's WSF World Junior Squash Championship in Namibia after impressive upsets in the third round of the World Squash Federation event in its third day at the Wanderers Sports Club in the country's capital Windhoek.

After a straightforward straight games win over local hope Nhadia Maria Gustavo in the morning, 9/12 seed Taylor went on to fight back from two games down to overcome leading French junior Marie Stephan, a 5/8 seed, 5-11, 3-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5 in 53 minutes.

The 17-year-old from Leicester will now take on top seed Nour El Sherbini in the quarter-finals.

Egypt's defending champion El Sherbini began her campaign to win a record fourth title in fine style - first despatching England's Amelia Henley 11-4, 11-5, 11-2, then seeing off South Africa's 13/16 seed Kacey-Leigh Dodd 11-4, 11-2, 11-1.

A month after losing to Nele Gilis in the final of the Pioneer Cup in Germany, Georgina Kennedy earned her revenge in the third round in Windhoek in fine style, upsetting the European Junior Champion from Belgium 6-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8 in 42 minutes to reach the last eight.

Kennedy, a 17-year-old from Bexley in Kent, will now face 3/4 seed Mariam Metwally for a place in the last four. Metwally, one of five Egyptians to make the quarter-finals, defeated USA's Reeham Sedky 11-3, 11-5, 11-8.

Top seed Diego Elias maintained his untroubled run in the men's event by beating Malaysia's 13/16 seed Mohd Syafiq Kamal 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 to reach the quarter-finals.

The 17-year-old from Peru, bidding to become his country's first ever world squash champion, will now take on Mohamed Elgawarhy, a 5/8 seed from Egypt.

Egypt's Youssef Soliman became the lowest seed to make the last eight after stopping fellow countryman Youssef Aboul-Makarim - the unseeded 18-year-old who ousted defending champion Karim El Hammamy in the previous round - 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 in 62 minutes.

Soliman, the reigning British Junior U17 Open champion, will meet Pakistan's 9/12 seed Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari for a place in the semi-finals.

Men's quarter-final line-up:
[1] Diego Elias (PER) v [5/8] Mohamed Elgawarhy (EGY)
[3/4] Kush Kumar (IND) v [5/8] George Parker (ENG)
[3/4] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) v [9/12] Omar Elatmas (EGY)
[13/16] Youssef Soliman (EGY) v [9/12] Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK)

Women's quarter-final line-up:
[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) v [9/12] Lily Taylor (ENG)
[3/4] Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY) v [5/8] Habiba Mohamed Ahmed (EGY)
[3/4] Mariam Metwally (EGY) v [9/12] Georgina Kennedy (ENG)
[2] Nouran Gohar (EGY) v [5/8] Sabrina Sobhy (USA)