India defeated South Africa [Images] to register their third consecutive win in the tournament and move into the quarterfinals of the 14th World Junior Men's Squash Championships in New Zealand [Images] on Tuesday.

India got the better of South Africa 2-1 to ensure a rare top eight finish.

India's top junior player Sandeep Jangra needed 35 minutes to outclass Richard Corburn in straight games.

Sandeep, down 0-4 in the first game, came back strongly to win by hitting volley winners in the front of the court.

Naresh Kumar played an amazing first game to get early lead over Rudi Willemse. But the South African fought back by intercepting the Indian's shots and won the match.

Scores level 1-1, the task was left to the reliable Harinderpal Singh, who played the longest match of the tie against Jason Cole Niven. In the fourth game, when Harinder was 0-5 down it seemed it could go to a decider. But, he worked on his length and came back to level the score 5-5 and wrapped up the match easily thereon.

Scores: Sandeep Jangra bt Richard Colburn 9-7, 9-5, 9-2 (35min); Naresh Kumar lost to Rudi Willemse 9-5, 1-9, 5-9, 4-9 (55min); Harinderpal Singh bt Jason Cole Niven 9-3, 7-9, 9-5, 9-7 (68min).