{"id":863,"date":"2023-07-23T04:10:20","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T04:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/?p=863"},"modified":"2023-07-23T04:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T04:10:20","slug":"hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, making him the first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>French player Melvil Scianimanico fought back from two games and match ball down but Hamza prevailed in the decider to qualify for the final.<\/p>\n<p>Hamza won the match with a scoreline of 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 9-11 and 13-11.<\/p>\n<p>Hamza is first Pakistan player to reach the final of the event since Aamir Atlas in 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/englishlish\/2023\/06\/07\/karim-benzema-signed-contract-with-saudi-arabian-club\/\">Real Madrid star Karim Benzema joins Saudi club Al-Ittihad<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the Pakistani youngster defeated Malaysia\u2019s Joachim Chuah 11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 12-10 to book his spot in the final four.<\/p>\n<p>Hamza reached the quarter-finals on Thursday after defeating Colombia\u2019s Santamaria 3-2 in a close contest in the pre-quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/englishlish\/2023\/07\/02\/pcb-seeks-permission-for-wc2023\/\">PCB seeks clearance for WorldCup2023, wrote letter to PM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the round of 16, Hamza beat Netherlands\u2019 Samuel Grates by 12-10, 11-6, 11-3 and 11-7 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Pakistan\u2019s Huzaifa Khan lost to USA\u2019s Rishi Srivastava and was eliminated from the final race.<\/p>\n<p>A nail-biting contest between Huzaifa and Rishi lasted for five sets. Even though the American won the first two sets 11-9 and 11-8 and all looked over for the Pakistani but Huzaifa fought back and won two successive sets 11-8 and 11-8 by playing valiantly.<\/p>\n<p>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/englishlish\/2023\/06\/12\/kairan-quazi-14%d8%8c-new-software-engineer-at-elon-musks-spacex\/\">Kairan Quazi 14\u060c new software engineer at Elon Musk&amp;s SpaceX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, in the final set, Rishi overcame Huzaifa by 11-9 and qualified for the pre-quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p>Three Pakistani players, Hamza Khan, Moeen-ud-din and Huzaifa Ibrahim Khan, were sent to participate in the championship.<\/p>\n<p>It must be noted that Hamza was the semi-finalist in the last year\u2019s edition of World Juniors where he lost to England&#8217;s Finnlay Withington while Huzaifa is the former Asian number one in the junior category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, making him the first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years. French player Melvil Scianimanico fought back from two games and match ball down but Hamza prevailed in the decider to qualify for the final. Hamza won the match with a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,16,19],"tags":[412,376,136,410,413,104,58,409,411],"class_list":["post-863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-sports","category-top-stories","tag-final","tag-flood","tag-game","tag-hamzakhan","tag-mqm","tag-pakistani","tag-sports","tag-squash","tag-world-junior-squash"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NayaUjala\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-23T04:10:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"484\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7\"},\"headline\":\"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-23T04:10:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":313,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png\",\"keywords\":[\"final\",\"flood\",\"game\",\"hamzakhan\",\"mqm\",\"pakistani\",\"Sports\",\"squash\",\"world junior squash\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Latest\",\"Sports\",\"TOP STORIES\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-23T04:10:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7\"},\"description\":\"Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png\",\"width\":790,\"height\":484,\"caption\":\"Pakistan's Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship Final\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"NayaUjala\",\"description\":\"NEWS TECH SECURITY\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a45ce6ac7af79ff395d7f55a35a368c725d59ed5452e4e3b041064b4bc38d0ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a45ce6ac7af79ff395d7f55a35a368c725d59ed5452e4e3b041064b4bc38d0ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a45ce6ac7af79ff395d7f55a35a368c725d59ed5452e4e3b041064b4bc38d0ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nayaujala.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final","description":"Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final","og_description":"Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.","og_url":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/","og_site_name":"NayaUjala","article_published_time":"2023-07-23T04:10:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":790,"height":484,"url":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7"},"headline":"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final","datePublished":"2023-07-23T04:10:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/"},"wordCount":313,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png","keywords":["final","flood","game","hamzakhan","mqm","pakistani","Sports","squash","world junior squash"],"articleSection":["Latest","Sports","TOP STORIES"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/","url":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/","name":"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png","datePublished":"2023-07-23T04:10:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7"},"description":"Hamza Khan qualified for the World Junior Squash Championship final in Melbourne, first Pakistani to reach the deciding stage after 15 years.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Pakistans-Hamza-Khan-qualifies-for-World-Junior-Squash-Championship-Final.png","width":790,"height":484,"caption":"Pakistan's Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship Final"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/hamza-khan-qualified-for-the-world-junior-squash-championship-final\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hamza Khan qualifies for World Junior Squash Championship final"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/","name":"NayaUjala","description":"NEWS TECH SECURITY","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/680490240b0d32ee2cef1cc57d8549b7","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a45ce6ac7af79ff395d7f55a35a368c725d59ed5452e4e3b041064b4bc38d0ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a45ce6ac7af79ff395d7f55a35a368c725d59ed5452e4e3b041064b4bc38d0ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a45ce6ac7af79ff395d7f55a35a368c725d59ed5452e4e3b041064b4bc38d0ce?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english"],"url":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":865,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863\/revisions\/865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nayaujala.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}