18/03/2007
WELSH JUNIOR OPEN
Egypt & Hong Kong Share Welsh Junior Open Titles
TOURNAMENT:
CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Welsh Junior Open Squash
Championships, Cardiff, Wales
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [5/8] Lyall Paterson (SCO) 9-6, 9-7, 10-9
[9/16] Jonathan Jones (WAL) bt [3/4] Gordon Harpur (IRL) 4-9, 9-3, 9-7, 9-5
[5/8] Alistair Mutch (WAL) bt [3/4] Simon Culver (ENG) 9-3, 9-1, 9-2
[9/16] Jonathan Davies (WAL) bt [9/16] Nico Dowsell (WAL) w/o
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [9/16] Jonathan Jones (WAL) 9-6, 9-3, 9-4
[5/8] Alistair Mutch (WAL) bt [9/16] Jonathan Davies (WAL) 9-4, 9-4, 9-7
Final:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [5/8] Alistair Mutch (WAL) 8-10, 9-1, 7-9, 9-5,
9-7
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Annie Au (HKG) bt Henrietta Ball (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
[3/4] Rachel Green (WAL) bt Beth John (ENG) 9-7, 2-9, 9-5, 9-5
Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt [3/4] Kirsty West (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
[2] Bethan Williams (WAL) bt Lauren Evans (WAL) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Annie Au (HKG) bt [3/4] Rachel Green (WAL) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt [2] Bethan Williams (WAL) 9-6, 9-4, 9-1
Final:
[1] Annie Au (HKG) bt Natalie Pritchard (WAL) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4
Egypt & Hong Kong Share Welsh Junior Open
Titles
Favourites Karim AGA Samy, from Egypt, and Annie Au, from Hong Kong, lifted
the U19 titles in the Welsh Junior Open Squash Championships for the first
time at St Mellons Country Club in Cardiff.
Au, fresh from her maiden success in the Asian Junior Championships on home
soil last month, reached the final after dropping just two points in the
previous two rounds.
But the 18-year-old left-hander faced a surprise Welsh opponent in the
final: Unseeded Natalie Pritchard took out both England's 3/4 seed Kirsty
West and second-seeded compatriot Bethan Williams on her way to the climax.
Au, however, was too strong for the 16-year-old, winning 9-3, 9-3, 9-4.
Both men's finalists overcame 9/16 seeds in the semi-finals - top seed Samy
prevailing 9-6, 9-3, 9-4 over Welshman Jonathan Jones, and Alistair Mutch
beating fellow Welshman Jonathan Davies 9-4, 9-4, 9-7.
Mutch, a 5/8 seed, twice led in the final. But Samy, a 17-year-old UK-based
Egyptian, ultimately pulled through to win 8-10, 9-1, 7-9, 9-5, 9-7.
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