PETALING JAYA: Top national squash junior Mohd Addeen Idrakie will be competing in his last Asian Juniors, which start tomorrow in Iran, hoping to get past the quarter-finals for the first time.

Addeen has turned 18 and will be moving into the senior ranks soon.

The plucky Selangor lad did well to reach the quarter-finals last year before losing to top seed Danish Atlas Khan of Pakistan.

It was a close match but Danish, who has more experience in competing in the Professional Squash Association (PSA) Tour, eventually came out tops.

Addeen, who is seeded joint fifth-eighth in the Under-19 category, is once again tipped to face world No. 93 Danish in the last eight.

But Addeen, who has a first round bye and meets India’s Vivek Dinodia in the second round, is pumped up and ready for the challenge.

“This is my last Asian Juniors and I definitely want to make the best of it,” he said.

“I’m drawn to meet Danish once again in the quarter-finals but I’m better prepared this time.”

Besides Addeen, the other Malaysian boys in the fray are Gurshan Singh, Mohd Syafiq Kamal (Under-17), Ng Eain Yow (Under-15), Jesse Foo and Eugene Heng (Under-13).

The girls are Vanessa Raj, Rachel Arnold (Under-17), S. Sivasangari, Zoe Foo (Under-15), Ma Si Yi and Nur Aliah Izzati (Under-13).

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