India's Dipika Pallikal and Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy have been named as top seeds for next month's World Junior Squash Championships, the World Squash Federation event which has attracted players from 28 nations to the ICL Squash Academy in Chennai, India, from 29 July to 2 August.
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Pallikal is expected to meet Egypt's No2 seed Heba El Torky in the women's final. Winner of British Junior Open titles at U13, U15 and U17, the 18-year-old from Alexandria has also already notched up two WISPA World Tour titles, at last year's China Open and Pakistan Open.
Heba's younger sister Nouran El Torky is also amongst the event's top seeds: The 16-year-old, seeded five, is one of six Egyptians named in the top 16 seeds – including the youngest, 13-year-old Nour El Sherbini, also from Alexandria.
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Title-holder El Shorbagy has the chance to become only the second player in history to win the men's crown twice. The 18-year-old favourite from Alexandria has already enjoyed a meteoric run in the sport - and boasts a senior world top 20 ranking following notable success on the PSA World Tour which has included final berths in the recent Spanish Open and Irish Open and a quarter-final finish in last year's World Open in his maiden appearance in the sport's premier championship.
El Shorbagy's predicted final opponent is Malaysian Ivan Yuen. Winner of the recent Asian Junior Championship title, also in Chennai, the second seed from Selangor made his debut in the world's top 100 in May.
Seeded for the Quarters: Full Draws
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egy) v [7] Henrik Mustonen (Fin)
[4] Andrew Wagih (Egy) v [8] Farhan Zaman (Pak)
[3] Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) v [5] Alfredo Avila (Mex)
[2] Ivan Yuen (Mas) v [6] Amr Khalid Khalifa (Egy)
[1] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) v [5] Nouran El Torky (Egy)
[4] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) v [7] Olivia Blatchford (Usa)
[3] Laura Gemmell (Can) v [8] Maria Toor Pakay (Pak)
[2] Heba El Torky (Egy) v [6] Low Wee Nee (Mas)