Austrian Junior Open
Squash Championships,
Vienna, Austria
Men's U19
quarter-finals:
[1] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt
[5/8] Ondrej Uherka (CZE) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7
[3/4] Miroslav Celler (SVK)
bt [5/8] John Geekie (SCO) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9
[3/4] Roman Svec (CZE) bt
Mohammed Nabil (EGY) 11-5, 13-11, 11-4
[5/8] Marcus Greslehner (AUT)
bt [2] Rick Penders (NED) 11-7, 11-9, 11-9
Semi-finals:
[1] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt
[3/4] Miroslav Celler (SVK) 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8
[3/4] Roman Svec (CZE) bt
[5/8] Marcus Greslehner (AUT) 11-5, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5
Final:
[1] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt
[3/4] Roman Svec (CZE) 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5
Women's U19
semi-finals:
[1] Klara Janoskova (CZE)
bt [5/8] Veronika Jirkova (CZE) 11-3, 11-0, 13-15, 15-13
[3/4] Sandra Polak (AUT)
bt [3/4] Carla Fernandez Vazquez (ESP) 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4
Final:
[3/4] Sandra Polak (AUT)
bt [1] Klara Janoskova (CZE) 11-5, 3-11, 7-11, 11-1, 11-8
Polak Celebrates Home
Austrian Junior Open Success
Sandra Polak
celebrated unexpected home success in the Austrian Junior Open Squash
Championships when she upset top seed Klara Janoskova in the women's
U19 final of the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event in the
Austrian capital Vienna.
The 17-year-old from
Vienna overcame fellow 3/4 seed Carla Fernandez Vazquez in the
semi-finals before taking on the Czech favourite in the final.
Undaunted, Polak fought
back from 1/2 down to beat 18-year-old Janoskova 11-5, 3-11, 7-11, 11-1, 11-8 to
become the first Austrian to win the trophy since Birgit Coufal in 2004.
There were hopes of a
domestic double when Marcus Greslehner, a 5/8 seed from Austria, upset
second seed Rick Penders in straight games in the men's quarter-finals.
However, Czech Roman
Svec despatched Greslehner in the semis before lining up against Tomas
Toth in the final.
But top seed Toth was too
strong for Svec, winning 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-5 to become the first Slovakian
this decade to claim the title.
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