WSF World Junior Squash Championships 20 July – 31 July 2026, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada
World No.1 Nouran Gohar revealed that it was after she won the World Squash Junior Championships that she knew she was going to be a professional squash player.
The Egyptian, junior world champion in 2015 and 2016, lives nearby to Black Ball Sporting Club, host venue for the ongoing 2025 World Squash Junior Championships, and has been stopping by to catch some of the action.
Speaking at Black Ball Sporting Club, Gohar shared her thoughts on the tournament.
“I’m very happy to be here, back at the World Junior Championships ten years after my first win!
“It’s the the biggest junior tournament and everyone wants to win it. Winning World Juniors is a great achievement and it’s a tournament that the squash community always looks forward to!
“Winning in 2015 was the start of everything in my squash career. I decided to turn pro straight after winning. I knew that my goal after that was to become the World No.1 on the PSA Squash Tour.
“This tournament was one that I won back in 2015 and 2016 was actually the start of everything in my squash career.
“It’s the biggest junior tournament that everyone wants to win. Funnily enough, when I first won it in 2015, I decided to turn pro straight after winning. I knew that my goal after that was to become the World No.1 player on the PSA Squash Tour.
“It’s great to be back and it makes me feel like a junior again!”
Keep up with all the action from the 2025 World Squash Junior Championships at wsfworldjuniors.com and worldsquash.sport
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