French Junior Open Championships,
Marseille, France

Report

Men's U19 quarter-finals:

[1] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [9/16] Aaron Fyfe (AUS)                       9-5, 9-5, 9-3

[9/16] Chris Fuller (ENG) bt [9/16] Reiko Peter (SUI)                         5-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-7

[3/4] Petr Martin (CZE) bt [9/16] Camille Petrucci (FRA)                   6-9, 9-6, 9-3, 7-9, 9-7

[2] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [5/8] Florent Pontiere (FRA)                     9-6, 9-0, 9-5

    Semi-finals:

[1] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [9/16] Chris Fuller (ENG)                     9-0, 9-1, 9-3

[2] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [3/4] Petr Martin (CZE)                             9-3, 9-2, 9-2

    Final:

[2] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [1] Gregoire Marche (FRA)              9-6, 3-9, 9-3, 9-7

Women's U19 quarter-finals:

[1] Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt [5/8] Jasmin Ballman (SUI)                     9-4, 9-7, 9-4

[5/8] Victoria Bell (ENG) bt [3/4] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG)                   10-8, 10-8, 9-3

[3/4] Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt [5/8] Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA)     9-2, 9-5, 9-5

[2] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [5/8] Olivia Blatchford (USA)                     9-6, 9-5, 9-1

    Semi-finals:

[5/8] Victoria Bell (ENG) bt [1] Kimberley Hay (ENG)                         9-6, 9-1, 0-3 ret.

[2] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [3/4] Natalie Pritchard (WAL)                    9-6, 9-2, 9-0

    Final:

[2] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [5/8] Victoria Bell (ENG)                   5-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-3

Flemish Junior Open Championships,
Herentals, Belgium

Men's U19 quarter-finals:

[1] Sam van Brusselen (BEL) bt Alexis Broka (BEL)                            9-1, 9-0, 9-2

[3/4] Daniel Hutchines (LUX) bt Carmelo Matioli (BEL)                     9-0, 9-0, 9-1

[3/4] Arnaud Dedecker (BEL) bt Joris Wagenaar (NED)                      9-5, 9-6, 9-1

[2] Mohammed Al Marri (QAT) bt Colson Guns (BEL)                        9-0, 9-0, 9-0

    Semi-finals:

[1] Sam van Brusselen (BEL) bt [3/4] Daniel Hutchines (LUX)            5-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-4

[3/4] Arnaud Dedecker (BEL) bt [2] Mohammed Al Marri (QAT)        9-3, 9-5, 9-0

    Final:

[1] Sam van Brusselen (BEL) bt [3/4] Arnaud Dedecker (BEL)   9-4, 9-5, 9-5

Women's U19 quarter-finals:

[1] Toke van Wesemael (BEL) bt Sofie Ottevaere (BEL)                      9-1, 9-2, 9-3

[3/4] Ana Kardar (PAK) bt Li-Juan Jie (NED)                                       9-0, 9-4, 9-5

[3/4] Lieselot Arien (BEL) bt Stephanie Derue (BEL)                          9-2, 9-1, 9-0

Gaetane Hitchins (BEL) bt [2] Brenda Schrader (NED)                        9-7, 9-2, 5-9, 9-4

    Semi-finals:

[1] Toke van Wesemael (BEL) bt [3/4] Ana Kardar (PAK)                   10-9, 9-2, 9-2

[3/4] Lieselot Arien (BEL) bt Gaetane Hitchins (BEL)                         9-1, 9-0, 9-4

   Final:

[1] Toke van Wesemael (BEL) bt [3/4] Lieselot Arien (BEL)      9-2, 9-3, 9-0

Waller & Lust Celebrate French Junior Open Double

In a rare English double in the event, Adrian Waller and Victoria Lust lifted the U19 titles in the French Junior Open Squash Championships in Marseille - a week before the pair lost their British National U19 titles in Nottingham!

Waller, 18, from Enfield, was second seed in the men's event - and upset local favourite Gregoire Marche 9-6, 3-9, 9-3, 9-7 in the final to win his first European Squash Federation Junior Circuit title.

Victoria Lust, 18, from Bedfordshire, was also the second seed in the women's event - and faced England junior team-mate Victoria Bell in the final.  Bell, a 5/8 seed, made her breakthrough in the semi-finals where she beat top-seeded compatriot Kimberley Hay.

But Lust ultimately claimed the title, recovering from a game down to beat Bell 5-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-3.

Earlier in February, Herentals staged the Flemish Junior Open - with top-seeded local stars Sam van Brusselen and Toke van Wesemael winning the U19 titles.