Pakistan’s Mahnoor Ali has defeated India’s Divyashi Jain 3-0 to reach the semi-finals of the All Star Malaysia Junior Open 2026.
The tournament runs from October 13 to 18 in Kuala Lumpur. Matches take place at Pusat Skuasy Jalan Duta and Astaka Squash Centre, with Universiti Malaya on standby. The finals take place at Jalan Duta on October 18.
Players compete for ten titles in the boys’ and girls’ Under-11, Under-13, Under-15, Under-17 and Under-19 categories.
Mahnoor won two gold medals and one silver medal at international events this year. In January, she won the Under-15 title at the WSF Czech Junior Open, beating Tarasova 3-0 in the semi-final, then defeated Czech player Johana Jedličková 3-2 in the final.
In April, she won the Under-15 title at the Squash Racquet Association Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur (SRAFTKL) International Junior Open in Kuala Lumpur. She beat Malaysia’s Maisarah Khairulnizam 12-10, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7 in the final.
Her sister Sehrish won bronze in the same category.
In May, she reached the Under-15 final at the Asian Junior Individual Championships in Panzhihua, China, but lost to a Shanghai native in straight games and took silver.
