Lobban and Stewart carry Scottish hopes in squash finals
Following the shock exit of Edinburgh top seed Dougie Kempsell in the quarter-finals, Lobban, the No.?2 seed, kept up the chance of a rare Scottish victory in the boys' under-19 Championship.
The 18-year-old won an all-Scottish semi-final clash 11-3 11-6 11-4 against Aberdeen's Ally McCorquodale and now meets Canadian Tyler Osborne in the final.
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Hide AdIn the boys' under-15 event, Stewart scored a great win over Egypt's Ahmed Hatata. The Scot came back to win 6-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-9. He now meets another Egyptian, top seed Ziad Roshdy, in the final.
Lobban's younger sister, Kirsty, missed out on a chance to retain the girls' under-15 championship when she suffered a semi-final defeat. The No.?2 seed lost 5-11, 6-11, 6-11 to Egypt's Nada Khairallah.
In the other semi-final, Crieff's Clare Gadsby also went out, losing 4-11, 8-11, 4-11 to the Egyptian top seed, Radwa Adel.