23 Jul 2011

NZ interest ends at junior women's squash worlds

5:56 pm on 23 July 2011

New Zealand's last player in the individual tournament of the women's junior world squash championships has been defeated in the USA.

Marlborough 18-year-old Megan Craig lost in four games in 46 minutes to England's Emily Whitelock 11-4 11-6 12-14 11-6 in the fourth round at Harvard in Boston.

The team championships start on Monday with New Zealand aiming to equal or better its eighth placing from two years ago.