Pioneer Junior Open Squash
Championships,
Cologne, Germany
Men's U19
quarter-finals:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [8]
Florian Silbernagl (GER) 9-1, 9-2, 9-1
[4] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt
[12] Antoine Petrucci (FRA) 9-1, 9-2, 9-4
[3] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [6]
Alex Ingham (ENG) 9-7, 9-6, 9-4
[2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt
Raphael Kandra (GER) 10-8, 9-1, 9-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [4]
Henrik Mustonen (FIN) 5-9, 9-2, 7-9, 9-3, 9-1
[2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [3]
Adrian Waller (ENG) 9-4, 9-4, 9-2
Final:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt
[2] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
9-5, 9-2, 9-2
Women's U19
quarter-finals:
[1] Sina Wall (GER) bt [8]
Jasmin Ballman (SUI) 9-4, 5-9, 9-3, 9-0
[5] Astrid Kern (GER) bt [4]
Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA) 9-2, 3-9, 0-9, 9-3, 9-7
[6] Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER)
bt [3] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 9-7, 9-2, 10-8
[7] Sara El Noamany (EGY) bt
[15] Salma Nassar (EGY) 6-9, 6-9, 9-4, 10-8, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Sina Wall (GER) bt [5]
Astrid Kern (GER) 9-6, 9-4, 9-0
[7] Sara El Noamany (EGY) bt [6]
Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) 9-5, 6-9, 9-5, 9-1
Final:
[7] Sara El Noamany (EGY) bt
[1] Sina Wall (GER) 9-6, 9-0, 9-7
Mueller & El Noamany Win Pioneer Titles In
Cologne
Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller
and Egypt's Sara El Noamany claimed the U19 titles in the Pioneer
Junior Open Squash Championships in Germany - but while
Mueller was the overwhelming favourite to defend the men's title he won for the
first time last year, El Noamany reached the women's final as the seventh seed -
then despatched top seed Sina Wall in straight games at the ACR
Sportcenter in Cologne..
Nicolas Mueller is just over a
month away from rounding off a glittering junior career in which he lifted the
European Junior Championship crown in 2007, as well as more then ten
European Squash Federation Junior circuit titles since 2005.
The 18-year-old from Hirzel,
near Zurich, was tested
in the semi-finals by Henrik Mustonen before emerging a 5-9, 9-2, 7-9,
9-3, 9-1victor over the fourth seed from Finland.
In the final, Mueller faced
long-time rival Gregoire Marche, the 18-year-old Frenchman from
Aix-en-Provence who wrested the
European title from the holder in March. It was the pair's fifth meeting in an
ESF junior final - and their third this year!
But Mueller was on top form -
beating Marche 9-5, 9-2,
9-2 to boost his confidence of a good performance in the World Junior
Championship, which gets underway at the end of this month in his home
country.
Eager to make up for the
disappointment of failing to achieve her seeding position in last year's event,
Sara El Noamany was determined to do well in the 2008 championship. The
18-year-old from Cairo
faced fellow countrywoman Salma Nassar in the quarter-finals after the
15th seed upset England's second seed Kimberley Hay in the previous
round.
A four-game win over Germany's
sixth seed Lisa Marie Sedlmeier in the semis took El Noamany to her
maiden European circuit final where she beat favourite Wall 9-6, 9-0, 9-7.