Nordic
Junior Open Squash Championships,
Malmo, Sweden
Men's
U19 quarter-finals:
[1]
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Vikram Malhotra (IND) 9-6, 9-5, 9-1
[4] Oliver
Pett (ENG) bt [15] Florent Pontiere (FRA) 9-6, 9-0, 9-1
[5] Henrik
Mustonen (FIN) bt [3] Sander Kock (NED) 6-9, 9-2, 9-7, 9-7
[2]
Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [8] Ido Avron (ISR) 9-5, 10-8,
9-0
Semi-finals:
[1]
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [4] Oliver Pett (ENG) 9-6, 10-8,
9-2
[5] Henrik
Mustonen (FIN) bt [2] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 9-7, 9-4, 9-5
Final:
[1]
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [5] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 9-6, 1-9, 9-5, 7-9, 9-1
Women's
U19 quarter-finals:
[1]
Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt [5] Cigany Sierveld (NED) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4
[4] Millie
Tomlinson (ENG) bt [6] Kristyna Vykourilova (CZE) 9-3, 9-0, 9-4
[3]
Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) bt [7] Sally Skarrenborg (DEN) 9-6, 9-2, 9-1
[2]
Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt Elodie Mahieu (BEL) 9-2, 9-7,
9-0
Semi-finals:
[1]
Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt [4] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 9-6, 9-1, 9-1
[2]
Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt [3] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) 9-2, 9-4, 9-5
Final:
[2]
Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt [1] Natalie Pritchard (WAL) 3-9, 9-1, 9-5, 9-7
Marche &
Hay Win Nordic Crowns
France's Gregoire Marche and England's
Kimberley Hay claimed their maiden European Squash Federation Junior
Circuit titles in Malmo,
Sweden, after winning the men's and
women's U19 trophies, respectively, in the Nordic Junior Open Championships.
Marche
went one better than the runners-up berth he secured in the Pioneer Junior
U19 Open in Germany in July when he overcame Finland's Henrik Mustonen
in a marathon men's final.
The
17-year-old from
Aix-en-Provence twice had leads quashed by the Finn before winning 9-6, 1-9,
9-5, 7-9, 9-1.
Kimberley
Hay became one of the youngest ever winners of the women's titles after
upsetting Natalie Pritchard, the top seed from
Wales, in
the final.
In her
first ever European junior final, the 15-year-old from
Newcastle-upon-Tyne recovered from a game down to beat the favourite 3-9, 9-1,
9-5, 9-7.