Chennai, July 17 (UNI) India’s Shaurya Bawa went down to Egyptian top seed Mohamed Zakaria in the boys’ singles semifinals of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston on Tuesday and won a bronze medal
Bawa, seeded 17/32, lost 5-11, 5-11, 9-11 to last year’s runner-up Zakaria, with the 41-minute long contest closer than what the scoreline suggests.
Bawa is only the second Indian after Kush Kumar (in 2014) to reach the World Junior semifinals and win a bronze medal.
