KARACHI, July 25: Title holders Pakistan advanced to the quarter-finals of the World Junior Team squash championship by defeating arch-rivals India at Palmerston North, New Zealand on Tuesday.

It was their fourth successive triumph in the competition.

According to details available here, Pakistan crushed India 3-0 to book their place in the Wednesday's quarter-finals.

However, the Indians remain in contention for a quarter-final berth by snatching 2-1 victory over South Africa in another pool ‘B’ battle.

Top seed Egypt, also moved into the quarter-finals after trouncing Netherlands 3-0 in their pool ‘A’ match.

Whilst, Hong Kong beat Finland 3-0 and Netherlands 2-1 to make it to the last-eight stage.

Japan, Ireland, South Africa, England, Germany, Malaysia and Australia were the other teams who also won their matches on the third day of the competition.

Results:

Pakistan bt India 3-0 (Aamir Atlas bt Sandeep Jangra 9-0, 9-0, 9-4; Bilal Zaman bt Vikram Malhotra 9-6, 9-0, 9-8; Yasir Butt bt Naresh Kumar 9-2, 9-0, 9-0).

Egypy bt Netherlands 3-0, Hong Kong bt Finland 3-0, Hong Kong bt Netherlands 2-1, Japan bt Finland 3-0, India bt South Africa 2-1, Ireland bt Zimbabwe 3-0, South Africa bt Ireland 2-1, England bt USA 3-0, Germany bt Switzerland 3-0, Malaysia bt Canada 2-1, Australia bt New Zealnd 2-1.—PPI