Ashour Dashes Salazars' Birthday Hopes

Just four days after meeting each other in the final of the Scottish Junior Open in Edinburgh, Mexican twins Arturo Salazar and Cesar Salazar were dealt a cruel blow on their 18th birthday when they were both beaten by Egypt's world junior champion Ramy Ashour on the second day of the Powerplaysports British Junior Open in Sheffield, England.

Ashour (pictured), the firm favourite in the men's U19 event who won the world title when he was just 16, beat unseeded Arturo Salazar 9-5 9-3 9-2 in the second round, then a few hours later, 9/16 seed Cesar Salazar 9-5 9-0 9-0 to reach the quarter-finals.

Sussex's 3/4 seed Chris Simpson leads English interest in the U19 event. The 18-year-old European Junior Champion from Brighton beat Canada's Andrew McDougall 9-1 9-0 10-8 and will now face Egypt's Tarek Momen for a place in the semi-finals.

In the women's U19 event, Rachel Willmott - also from Sussex - is on course to reach her predicted semi-final berth. The 17-year-old from Horsham beat Hampshire's Louise Clark 9-2 9-6 10-9 in the second round, and now faces France's Soraya Renai in the quarter-finals.

Surrey's 5/8 seed Joe Lee is making excellent progress in the Men's U17 event after beating Egypt's Omar Magdy Ghanem 9-0 9-5 5-1 (ret.) to reach the quarter-finals. The 16-year-old from West Molesey is now the highest seed in the top half of the draw after the shock defeats of Egyptian favourite Ahmed Osama Hawas, by South African Rudi Willemse, and Pakistan's 3/4 seed Waqar Mehboob, by Denmark's Kristian Frost Olesen.

A record 475 players from 31 countries are competing in the 2006 Powerplaysports British Junior Open at Hallamshire and Abbeydale Park Squash Clubs in Sheffield.

Men's U19 3rd round:
[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [9/16] Cesar Salazar (MEX) 9-5, 9-0, 9-0
[5/8] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt [17/32] Nicholas Bradley (ENG) 9-5, 9-4, 9-1
[3/4] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [9/16] Joel Hinds (ENG) 9-3, 9-4, 9-4
[5/8] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [9/16] Jens Schoor (GER) 9-6, 9-5, 9-3
[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Lewis Walters (ENG) 9-3, 9-0, 9-1
[3/4] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [17/32] Andrew McDougall (CAN) 9-1, 9-0, 10-8
[5/8] Simon Rosner (GER) bt [17/32] Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) 9-3, 10-8, 9-7
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [9/16] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) 9-3, 9-7, 9-1

Women's U19 2nd round:
[1] Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt Sapphire Sutcliffe (ENG) 9-0, 9-2, 9-5
[9/16] Neha Kumar (CAN) bt Britt Hebden (USA) 5-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-4
[3/4] Rachel Willmott (ENG) bt [9/16] Louise Clark (ENG) 9-2, 9-6, 10-9
[5/8] Soraya Renai (FRA) bt [9/16] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 6-9, 9-4, 9-0, 9-10, 9-5
[5/8] Deon Saffery (ENG) bt Katy Brewster (USA) 9-0, 9-4, 10-8
[3/4] Nehal Yehia (EGY) bt [9/16] Leonie Holt (ENG) 9-5, 9-5, 9-6
[5/8] Fiona Moverley (ENG) bt Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 10-9, 9-6, 10-8
[2] Lina El Tannir (EGY) bt [9/16] Emma Chorley (ENG) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3

Men's U17 3rd round:
[9/16] Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt [1] Ahmed Osama Hawas (EGY) 9-6, 9-4, 10-9
[9/16] Norman Junge (GER) bt [5/8] Shahzad Khan (PAK) 9-0, 4-9, 9-5, 1-9, 9-6
[17/32] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [3/4] Waqar Mehboob (PAK) 7-9, 9-6, 9-6, 9-6
[5/8] Joe Lee (ENG) bt [17/32] Omar Magdy Ghanem (EGY) 9-0, 9-5, 5-1 ret.
[9/16] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Karim Mohamed Samy (EGY) 9-1, 9-3, 9-3
[3/4] Shohaib Hassan (PAK) bt [17/32] Neil Cordell (ENG) 10-9, 9-1, 9-3
[5/8] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [9/16] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 9-4, 1-9, 9-3, 9-5
[2] Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [17/32] Andrew Wagih (EGY) 9-4, 9-7, 9-4

Women's U17 2nd round:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Jeanae Dumas (RSA) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
[9/16] Israa Sami (EGY) bt Cheyna Tucker (RSA) 10-8, 9-6, 10-8
[5/8] Shin Nga Leung (HKG) bt Irena Critchley (ENG) 9-2, 9-2, 9-0
Jackie Moss (CAN) bt Winnie Hough (CAN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-4
[3/4] Alia Balbaa (EGY) bt Dorothy Ko (HKG) 9-0, 9-2, 9-5
[9/16] Surbhi Misra (IND) bt Vanessa Pitel (RSA) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1
[5/8] Victoria Bell (ENG) bt Sarah Oswald (ENG) 9-0, 9-4, 9-5
[9/16] Jasmin Ballman (SUI) bt Jennifer Gemmell (CAN) 9-6, 9-1, 9-1
Alicia Rodriguez (IRL) bt Beth John (ENG) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2
[5/8] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Emilie Lamilongo (FRA) 9-2, 9-1, 8-10, 9-2
Farah Momen (EGY) bt [9/16] Tessa Healey (ENG) 7-9, 10-9, 9-7, 9-0
[3/4] Wee Wern Low (MAS) bt Karla Chong (HKG) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1
[9/16] Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt Lizane Vlok (RSA) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
[5/8] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt Tamryn Beveridge (AUS) 9-4, 9-3, 9-2
[9/16] Sina Wall (GER) bt Alushca Botha (RSA) 9-3, 9-6, 9-6
[2] Nour Mohsen (EGY) bt Sarah Hudspeth (ENG) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1