Bawa signs off with bronze at World Junior squash

New Delhi, Jul 17 (PTI) India’s Shaurya Bawa signed off with a bronze medal after going down 0-3 to Egyptian top seed Mohamed Zakaria in the boys’ singles semifinal of the World Junior Squash Championships in Houston.

Bawa lost 5-11 5-11 9-11 to last year’s runner-up Zakaria in a thrilling 41-minute semifinal contest.

Bawa is only the second Indian male after Kush Kumar (in 2014) to reach the World Junior semifinals.