Melbourne: Pakistan’s Hamza Khan won the World Junior Squash Championship in on Sunday.
In the final, he beat Egyptian Mohamed Zakaria with a score line of 10-12, 14-12, 11-3 and 11-6.
🏆2023 WSF World Junior Squash Championship finals
— World Squash (@WorldSquash) July 23, 2023
📝 Report and reaction as Egypt's Amina Orfi defends her 2022 title and Hamza Khan ends 37 years of hurt for Pakistan ⬇️https://t.co/2mE0iYBdbf#WSFjuniors pic.twitter.com/yvSABSZsVQ
Despite losing the first game, Hamza made a grand comeback to win three on the bounce.
Hamza also becomes the first player to win the event from Pakistan after Jansher Khan, who cliched the title 37 years ago.
🎙 "Pakistani Squash is back!"
— World Squash (@WorldSquash) July 23, 2023
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
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has felicitated Hamza Khan, the nation and all the players for winning the World Junior Squash Championship.
In a statement today, he thanked the young Squash player Hamza Khan for giving this title to Pakistan again after 37 years. He said Hamza Khan has recalled the victory of 1986 World Squash Champion Jan Sher Khan. He said the nation pays tribute to you for raising the flag of Pakistan once again in Squash arena.
The Prime Minister hoped that Hamza Khan will make Pakistan invincible in Squash again in the near future. He also congratulated Hamza Khan’s parents, coach and all the team members.
He said Pakistan won many honours in mountaineering, boxing, squash and other sports in a brief period of 15 months.
