Egypt defeated India 2-1 in the final of the SDAT-WSF Under-21 Squash World Cup

Egypt defeated India 2-1 in the final of the SDAT-WSF Under-21 Squash World Cup on 5 February 2012. Marwan El Shorbagy defeated  Ravi Dixit 11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-7 while Karim Abdel Gawad bt Ramit Tandon 12-10, 11-4, 6-11, 11-8. However Dipika Pallikal manged to score a point by defeating Nour El Sherbini 11-7, 4-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-5.

England defeated France 2-0 (Charles Sharpes bt Lucas Serme 14-12, 7-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6; Emily Whitlock bt Cyrielle Peltier 11-5, 11-7, 11-7) to finish third.

After Ravi Dixit’s defeat,  Dipika Pallikal fought hard to bring India back into contention by winning a five-game marathon against Nour el Sherbini. However, Ramit Tandon’s defeat dealt a blow to India. Tandon, who beat a much higher ranked opponent in the sefi final on 4 January had to do it all over again at the Express Avenue Mall against Gawad, who is placed close to 300 places above him in the world rankings. Gawad finally managed to close the game 11-8 to win the match and the inaugural U-21 World Cup for Egypt.