PETALING JAYA, Aug 13 — Rio took a backseat yesterday for Malaysia after 18-year-old squash player Ng Eain Yow stunned Egyptian top seed Saadeldin Abouaish as he emulated Ong Beng Hee in becoming world junior champion in Poland.

This is impressive. We could easily count it as gold if the young man was in Rio.

The second seed won 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5 in 54 minutes.

Eain Yow ended Malaysia’s 18-year wait for a boy’s gold medal at World Junior Squash Championships.

His father, Ng Hong Yuen, described his son as "perfect”.

"Any parent cannot ask for more,” Hong Yuen said.

"He is fantastic in school and very curious to learn, he is friendly ... he is just fantastic. Those who know him have only good things to say about him.”

Eain Yow was exposed to the sport at the age of five and started training properly two years later.

"At that time, it was a platform to get him outdoors instead of spending time on the computer. When he won the 2011 British Junior Open, that’s when he knew squash was his future.”

Here is how the final panned out.