Belgian
Junior Open Squash Championships,
Herentals, Belgium
Men's
U19 quarter-finals:
[1]
Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
bt [17/32] Florian Silbernagl (GER) 9-2, 9-1, 9-5
[3/4]
Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt [5/8] Sander Kock (NED) 9-7, 7-9,
9-6, 3-9, 9-7
[3/4]
Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [5/8] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) 6-9, 5-9, 9-4,
9-5, 9-5
[2]
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [5/8] Alistair Mutch (WAL) 1-9,
9-4, 9-2, 9-0
Semi-finals:
[1]
Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
bt [3/4] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 9-3, 9-5, 9-5
[2]
Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [3/4] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 9-3, 9-2,
9-0
Final:
[1]
Nicolas Mueller (SUI)
bt [2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 3-9, 10-8, 9-1, 6-9, 10-8
Women's
U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Sina
Wall (GER) bt [5/8] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) 9-6, 9-0,
9-3
[5/8]
Faustine Gilles (FRA) bt [9/16] Sally Skarrenborg (DEN) 9-2, 9-4,
9-1
[5/8]
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt [3/4] Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA) 9-7, 5-9,
9-7, 9-2
[2] Astrid
Kern (GER) bt [5/8] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 5-9, 9-5, 9-3,
7-9, 9-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Sina
Wall (GER) bt [5/8] Faustine Gilles (FRA) 9-10,
9-1, 9-3, 9-0
[5/8]
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt [2] Astrid Kern (GER) 5-9,
9-0, 10-9, 9-3
Final:
[1]
Sina Wall (GER) bt [5/8] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 10-8, 8-10,
10-8, 7-9, 9-6
Mueller &
Wall Win Belgian Junior Titles
Top seeds
Nicolas Mueller and Sina Wall both survived five-game finals to
win the U19 titles in the Belgian Junior Open Squash Championships - but
while Mueller, the European Junior Champion from Switzerland, was
notching up his sixth European Squash Federation Junior Circuit title
this year, Germany's Sina Wall was celebrating her maiden circuit triumph in the
Belgian city of Herentals.
It was the
second time in three months that Mueller had faced Gregoire Marche in an
ESF
final, after beating his French rival in the Pioneer Junior Open in
July.
Marche,
the 17-year-old second seed from Aix-en-Provence, led after the first game. But
Mueller, the 18-year-old defending champion from near Zurich, fought back to
retain the title in a 3-9, 10-8, 9-1, 6-9, 10-8 scoreline.
Sina Wall
reached the women's final as predicted - but her opponent upset two
higher-seeded opponents to reach the climax. Sarah-Jane Perry, a 5/8
seed from
England,
despatched France's 3/4 seed Gabrielle de Lavison in the quarter-finals,
then second-seeded German Astrid Kern to make the final.
The
17-year-old from
Kenilworth
in Warwickshire took top seed Wall to three tie-break games in the tense final.
But Munich-born Wall, 17, ultimately prevailed, winning 10-8, 8-10, 10-8, 7-9,
9-6.