FAVOURITES Egypt successfully retained their title in the World Squash Federation (WSF) Women's World Junior Team Squash Championship in Boston. But hosts USA, celebrating their first appearance in the climax, forced the tie into a decider after former world individual champion Amanda Sobhy defeated the newly-crowned champion Nour El-Tayeb on the final day of the World Squash Federation event at the Murr Center at Harvard University. The Individual competition was held first in Boston and it was third time lucky for El-Tayeb who had failed to win the tournament in the 2009 and 2010 editions. The final of the WSF Women's World Junior Individual Squash Championship was an all-Egyptian final. The eventual winner, El-Tayeb, beat fellow Egyptian and former champion Nour El Sherbini to win the World Squash Federation title. The match was a repeat of their 2009 final clash together. The first game went well for El-Tayeb who took an early lead of 4-1 �ê" extending it to 9-3 before closing out the game. The same 2009 scenario continued in the second game as it went away from the top seed as 3/4 seed El Sherbini, still aged only 15, built up a 9-3 lead before taking the game to draw level. It was nip and tuck throughout the third and fourth games until two winners in a row brought El-Tayeb her first match-ball at 10-7. A daring �ê" but unsuccessful �ê" long drop temporarily reduced the gap for El Sherbini, but when the underdog's boast later then clipped the tin, El-Tayeb was finally able to celebrate her status as World Champion. El-Tayeb's success meant that Egypt now boasts all four world junior squash titles - the Men's and Women's World Individual and World Team Championships - in addition to the senior Men's World Team Championship and World Cup crowns. Defending champions Egypt made a great start to the final as Nouran El Torky beat a nervous Sabrina Sobhy 11-9, 11-3, 11-3. Then came the match that was expected to bring the earlier individual championship to a conclusion �ê" between 2010 champion Amanda Sobhy and her predicted successor El-Tayeb. Sobhy, determined to make amends for her shock semi-final exit in the individual event, edged a tight first, pulling away from eight-all. El-Tayeb drew level �ê" but New Yorker Sobhy ran away with the third to retake the lead. Holding a slight lead throughout the fourth, Sobhy eventually clinched her third match-ball to win 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, and 11-9 to force the tie into a decider. But less than half an hour later, Egypt made sure of the title when Nour El Sherbini, winner of the 2009 title and runner-up in the 2011 championship, beat Olivia Blatchford 11-8, 11-3, 11-8.
