The Pakistan flag was flying high at the Melbourne squash courts as the nation’s young stars bagged four gold medals and one silver at the Australian Junior Open on Thursday. Pakistan’s junior squash players have won four gold medals and one silver.

Azan Ali Khan won Boys U17 title defeating Henry Kross by 3-0 and Ahmed Ali Naz won Boys U11 final, beating Freddie Goldsmith.

In the Girls U17 final, Mehwish Ali beat Eden-Alma Poulava and her younger sister, Mahnoor Ali won Girls U13 title after defeating Riyo Kawabata.

Pakistan’s youngest gold medal came from Ahmad Ali Naz when he triumphed over local Freddie Goldsmith 3-1 in the Boys U-11 final. Naz is the number 1 ranked Pakistani in his age group, took the first set 11-5 before Goldsmith took the second set 11-2.

The second seed had his eye on the prize and blasted Goldsmith in the next two sets 11-6, 11-6 to take home the title.

The Ali sisters come as a trio, and Sehrish put up a solid fight in her final but it was ultimately Japan’s Emily Senior who triumphed 3-2 in the Girls U15 final.

Senior dominated in the first set with a 15-13 win over Sehrish, who then thrashed the Japanese 11-5 in the second game.

Top seed Senior once again took the score into overdrive as she won the third game 12-10. Sehrish, seeded second, took the fourth game 11-6. Senior took home the title with a resounding 11-4 win over the Pakistani, who came away from the thrilling match with a silver medal.

Earlier this month, Noor Zaman was crowned men’s champion at the U23 World Squash Championship in Karachi 3-2 after a stellar comeback against Egypt’s Karim El Torkey.