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French Junior Open
Championships,
Lille, France
Men's U19
quarter-finals:
[1] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
bt [5/8] Miroslav Celler (SVK) 11-2, 11-5, 11-7
[3/4] Antoine-Camille
Petrucci (FRA) bt [5/8] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 11-5, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11,
11-7
[3/4] Lucas Serme (FRA) bt
[5/8] Tomas Toth (SVK) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
[2] Sam van Brusselen (BEL)
bt [9/16] Philip Tran (DEN) 11-8, 11-1, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
bt [3/4] Antoine-Camille Petrucci (FRA) 11-5, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5
[2] Sam van Brusselen (BEL)
bt [3/4] Lucas Serme (FRA) 13-11, 11-8, 11-6
Final:
[1] Gregoire Marche (FRA)
bt [2] Sam van Brusselen (BEL) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7
Women's U19
quarter-finals:
[1] Milou van der Heijden
(NED) bt Marine Mery (FRA) 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
[3] Anna Klimondova (CZE)
bt [5] Lea Moineau (FRA) 11-7, 12-10, 11-3
[6] Cheyna Tucker (RSA) bt
[4] Jane Allman (ENG) 11-6, 14-12, 11-9
[2] Emilie Lamilango (FRA)
bt Bine M Lind (DEN) 11-8, 13-11, 11-9
Semi-finals:
[1] Milou van der Heijden
(NED) bt [3] Anna Klimondova (CZE) 11-3, 8-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-1
[2] Emilie Lamilango (FRA)
bt [6] Cheyna Tucker (RSA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-8
Final:
[1] Milou van der Heijden
(NED) bt [2] Emilie Lamilango (FRA) 11-5, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9,
11-9
Milou & Marche Win French
Junior Open Titles
Top seeds Gregoire
Marche and Milou van der Heijden emerged triumphant in the U19 finals
in the French Junior Open Squash Championships after contrasting
victories in the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event in
Lille, France.
Gregoire Marche, runner-up
in the event 12 months ago, reached the final after dropping just one game – to
fellow Frenchman Antoine-Camille Petrucci in the semi-finals.
But the 18-year-old from
Aix-en-Provence, the reigning European Junior Champion, was in impressive form
in the final where he defeated Belgian Sam van Brusselen, the No2 seed,
11-6, 11-4, 11-7.
It was an appropriate
climax to his junior career – as Marche turns 19 next week!
The final of the women’s
U19 event also featured the top two seeds – and a French double looked on the
cards as local star Emilie Lamilango, the second seed, forged a 2/1 lead
against her Dutch opponent.
But 18-year-old Milou van
der Heijden fought back to win 11-5, 6-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 to become the first
Dutch winner of the title this decade.
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