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European Individual
Masters Squash Championships,
Krefeld, Germany
Men's O35
quarter-finals:
[1] Stefan Leifels (GER)
bt Tatu Murronmaa (FIN) 13-11, 11-5, 11-4
[3/4] Stephen Cooke (ENG)
bt Manuel Fistonic (GER) 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-7
[3/4] Mirko Pareccini (ITA)
bt Dove Haruzi (ISR) 11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7
[2] Mark Andrew Burke (BEL)
bt Colin White (HUN) 11-5, 11-8, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Stefan Leifels (GER)
bt [3/4] Stephen Cooke (ENG) 6-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-8
[3/4] Mirko Pareccini (ITA)
bt [2] Mark Andrew Burke (BEL) 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-7
Final:
[1] Stefan Leifels (GER)
bt [3/4] Mirko Pareccini (ITA) 11-9, 12-14, 11-8, 11-5
Men's O40
quarter-finals:
[1] Fredrik Johnson (SWE)
bt James Piddington (ENG) 11-7, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4
[5/8] Jesus Souto Iglesias
(ESP) bt [3/4] Farman Khan (GER) 13-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7
[5/8] Anssi Maatanen (FIN)
bt [3/4] Paul Linehan (IRL) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5
[2] Predi Fritsche (GER)
bt Andreas Omlor (GER) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Fredrik Johnson (SWE)
bt [5/8] Jesus Souto Iglesias (ESP) 11-3, 11-2, 11-6
[2] Predi Fritsche (GER)
bt [5/8] Anssi Maatanen (FIN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-3
Final:
[1] Fredrik Johnson (SWE)
bt [2] Predi Fritsche (GER) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Men's O45
quarter-finals:
[1] Mark Woodliffe (ENG)
bt Christoph Frey (SUI) 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
[3/4] Martin Font Tous
(ESP) bt Jean-Marc Fraipont (BEL) 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-4
[3/4] Alan Thomson (SCO)
bt Felix Paal (GER) 8-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-4,
12-10
[2] Eamonn Price (ENG) bt
Juha-Matti Parmonen (FIN) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Mark Woodliffe (ENG)
bt [3/4] Martin Font Tous (ESP) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4
[2] Eamonn Price (ENG) bt
[3/4] Alan Thomson (SCO) 11-7, 10-12, 10-12, 11-8, 11-5
Final:
[1] Mark Woodliffe (ENG)
bt [2] Eamonn Price (ENG) 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8
Men's O50
quarter-finals:
[1] Nikolaos Moustroufis
(GRE) bt Jarmo Saari (FIN) 11-4, 11-3, 11-1
[9/16] Falk Janotta (GER)
bt [3/4] Harry Bosch (NED) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6
Ivan Bertocchi (ITA) bt
[3/4] Clark Adam (SCO) 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5
[2] Udo Kahl (GER) bt
Seymour Burt (ESP) 9-11, 11-8, 11-2,
11-1
Semi-finals:
[1] Nikolaos Moustroufis
(GRE) bt [9/16] Falk Janotta (GER) 11-8, 11-1, 11-6
[2] Udo Kahl (GER) bt Ivan
Bertocchi (ITA) 11-6, 11-8, 11-2
Final:
[1] Nikolaos Moustroufis
(GRE) bt [2] Udo Kahl (GER) 11-1, 11-5, 11-3
Men's O55
quarter-finals:
[1] Stuart Hardy (ENG) bt
Esa Tuominen (FIN) 11-6, 11-6, 11-7
[3/4] Franz Glatz (GER) bt
Sergio D'Arrigo (ESP) 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6
[9/16] Nathan Marks (BEL)
bt [3/4] Norbert Heinrich (GER) 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5
[5/8] Harry Muller (GER)
bt Walter Bruer (GER) 11-6, 11-6, 11-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Stuart Hardy (ENG) bt
[3/4] Franz Glatz (GER) 11-5, 11-7, 11-7
[9/16] Nathan Marks (BEL)
bt [5/8] Harry Muller (GER) 12-10, 11-3, 7-11, 10-12, 11-8
Final:
[9/16] Nathan Marks (BEL)
bt [1] Stuart Hardy (ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9
Men's O60
quarter-finals:
[1] Martin Pearse (ENG) bt
[5/8] Jamie Velarde (ESP) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4
[3/4] Nils Middelboe (DEN)
bt Bernard Burkhart (FRA) 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 14-12
[5/8] Heinz Wilczek (GER)
bt [3/4] Torbjorn Koivisto (FIN) 11-4, 11-8, 13-11
[2] Alex Sinclair (SCO) bt
[5/8] Karl Georg Moster (GER) 11-6, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Martin Pearse (ENG) bt
[3/4] Nils Middelboe (DEN) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2
[2] Alex Sinclair (SCO) bt
[5/8] Heinz Wilczek (GER) 11-2, 11-3, 11-5
Final:
[1] Martin Pearse (ENG) bt
[2] Alex Sinclair (SCO) 8-11, 12-10, 13-11, 11-6
Men's O65
quarter-finals:
[1] Mike Clemson (ENG) bt
Josef Lampey (GER) 11-7, 11-1, 11-4
[3/4] Hans-Peter Rihm
(GER) bt Mike Barnard (FRA) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7
[3/4] Hans-Jurgen Scepanik
(GER) bt [5/8] Bertil Walli (FIN) 11-8, 11-7, 11-4
[5/8] Klaus Fischer (GER)
bt [2] John Preston (ENG) 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[1] Mike Clemson (ENG) bt
[3/4] Hans-Peter Rihm (GER) 11-4, 11-2, 11-7
[3/4] Hans-Jurgen Scepanik
(GER) bt [5/8] Klaus Fischer (GER) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6
Final:
[1] Mike Clemson (ENG) bt
[3/4] Hans-Jurgen Scepanik (GER) 11-3, 15-13, 11-5
Men's O70 Final:
[1] John Preston (ENG) bt
[2] Josef Lampey (GER) 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
Third place play-off:
Horst Bauer (GER) bt Mike
Barnard (FRA) 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10,
11-8
Women's O35
quarter-finals:
Henrieta Loksova (SVK) bt
[1] Samantha Willis (ENG) 11-7, 11-9, 12-14, 9-11, 11-5
[3/4] Alexandra Barthel
(GER) bt Ayten Kececi (TUR) 11-7, 11-8, 11-9
[3/4] Ditte Nortoft
Nielsen (DEN) bt Melanie Kreisel (GER) 9-11, 11-3, 11-13, 11-5,
11-0
[2] Isabelle Tweedle (ENG)
bt Birgit Klaus (SWE) 11-3, 11-2, 11-4
Semi-finals:
Henrieta Loksova (SVK) bt
[3/4] Alexandra Barthel (GER) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Isabelle Tweedle (ENG)
bt [3/4] Ditte Nortoft Nielsen (DEN) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
Final:
[2] Isabelle Tweedle (ENG)
bt Henrieta Loksova (SVK) 12-10, 11-9, 11-6
Women's O40 Final:
[2] Simone Korell (GER) bt
[1] Samantha Willis (ENG) 11-2, 11-3, 6-11, 11-3
Third place play-off:
[3/4] Sonja Schrijvers (BEL)
bt [3/4] Rina Einy-Margulies (ENG) 11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3
Women's O45 Final:
[1] Silvia Schrijvers (BEL)
bt [2] Selma Boztepe (GER) 12-10, 11-3, 11-6
Third place play-off:
Bett Dryhurst (ENG) bt
Petra el Ghanam (GER) 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
Women's O60 Final:
[1] Bett Dryhurst (ENG) bt
[2] Barbara Sanderson (IRL) 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
Women's O65 champion:
Barbara Sanderson (IRL)
England Celebrate Six
Titles In First European Masters Championships
While hosts Germany
contested seven of the 13 finals in the European Individual Masters
Championships, it was England that celebrated the biggest success
with six titles in the inaugural European Squash Federation event at
Turnhalle in Krefeld which attracted more than 200 entries from 24
countries.
"Our first Masters
championship was a huge success - attracting players from Over-35 to Over-70 -
and we now look forward to the Masters Circuit that the ESF hopes to start next
season," said Technical Director Marianne Grima, a Vice President of the
European Squash Federation.
Germany's 36-year-old
Stefan Leifels picked up his first major Masters title when he beat Italian
Mirko Pareccini 11-9, 12-14, 11-8, 11-5 in the Men's Over-35 final.
There was unexpected English success in the women's final when second seed
Isabelle Tweedle beat Henrieta Loksova 12-10, 11-9, 11-6 - the
unseeded Slovakian having ousted favourite Samantha Willis, also from
England, in the quarter-finals.
Sweden's Fredrik
Johnson, a former British Open champion in the same age category,
secured his anticipated success in the Men's Over-40 event with an 11-8, 11-8,
11-8 victory over Germany's No2 seed Predi Fritsche in the final. The
women's final saw an upset when Germany's second seed Simone Korell beat
English favourite Samantha Willis 11-2, 11-3, 6-11, 11-3.
The Men's Over-45 final
also featured the two top seeds, with England's Switzerland-based Mark
Woodliffe ultimately prevailing 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8 over
second-seeded compatriot Eamonn Price. The top seed also triumphed over
the No2 seed in the women's final where Belgium's Silvia Schrijvers beat
the hosts' Selma Boztepe 12-10, 11-3, 11-6.
Greece celebrated its sole
success in fine style in the Men's Over-50 event where favourite Nikolaos
Moustroufis beat Germany's second seed Udo Kahl 11-1, 11-5, 11-3 in
the final.
The biggest upset in the
Championships came in the Men's Over-55 event where Belgian Nathan Marks,
a 9/16 seed, followed victories over a 3/4 seed, then a 5/8 seed, to topple
England's top seed Stuart Hardy 11-8, 11-5, 11-9 in the final.
Scotland marked their only
finalist in the Men's Over-60 championship. But second seed Alex Sinclair
went down in four games to English favourite Martin Pearse, the 2006
World O60 Masters runner-up recovering from a game down to win 8-11, 12-10,
13-11, 11-6. It was an English double in the category as Bett Dryhurst
beat Barbara Sanderson 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 in the women's final.
Ireland's Barbara
Sanderson was awarded the title in the Women's Over-65 event, while
England's top seed Mike Clemson clinched the men's title with an 11-3,
15-13, 11-5 victory over Germany's 3/4 seed Hans-Jurgen Scepanik in the
final.
England favourite John
Preston celebrated his first Over-70 Masters title success by beating
Germany's No2 seed Josef Lampey 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6 in the Men's
Over-70 event climax.
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