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Pioneer Junior Open Squash Championships,
Cologne, Germany
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt [9/16] Robert
Downer (ENG) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5
[5] Antoine-Camille Petrucci (FRA) bt [4] Chris
Fuller (ENG) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7
[3] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) bt [6] Caspar
Grauballe Nielsen (DEN) 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7
[7] Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [2] Lucas Serme (FRA)
11-6, 13-11, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt [5] Antoine-Camille
Petrucci (FRA) 11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9
[7] Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt [3] Rudi Rohrmuller
(GER) 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 4-11, 11-6
Final:
[1] Henrik Mustonen (FIN) bt [7] Charles Sharpes
(ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Low Wee Nee (MAS) bt [8] Nessrine Ariffin
(MAS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8
[4] Tan Yan Xin (MAS) bt [12] Harriet Ingham
(ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
[6] Catalina Pelaez (COL) bt [3] Emilie
Lamilango (FRA) 14-12, 11-7, 11-9
[2] Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt [10] Julianne
Courtice (ENG) 14-12, 11-5, 10-12, 11-3
Semi-finals:
[1] Low Wee Nee (MAS) bt [4] Tan Yan Xin (MAS)
11-8, 11-6, 12-10
[6] Catalina Pelaez (COL) bt [2] Kimberley Hay
(ENG) 11-6, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9
Final:
[1] Low Wee Nee (MAS) bt [6] Catalina Pelaez
(COL) 11-7, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6
Top Seeds Triumph In Pioneer Junior Open
Top seeds Low Wee Nee and Henrik
Mustonen triumphed in the Pioneer Junior U19 Open Squash Championships
– but the Malaysian and Finn, respectively, had to overcome surprise opponents
in the U19 finals in one of the leading European Squash Federation Junior
Circuit events of the season at the ACR Sportcenter in Cologne,
Germany.
Mustonen, a semi-finalist twelve months ago,
faced Englishman Charles Sharpes in the men's final. The No7 seed from
London was in sparkling form – despatching second-seeded Frenchman Lucas
Serme in the quarter-finals before upsetting Germany's Rudi Rohrmuller,
the No3 seed, in the semis.
But Mustonen posed a match too far for the
17-year-old, beating Sharpes 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 to add the Pioneer Cup to the
Nordic Junior U19 Open crown he won last year.
Colombian Catalina Pelaez carved out a
similar path in the women's event. The sixth seed followed a shock straight
games quarter-final victory over third seed Emilie Lamilango by
overcoming England's second seed Kimberley Hay to earn a place in the
final.
But 17-year-old favourite Low Wee Nee,
who had removed fellow countrywomen in the two previous rounds, battled to a
four-game win over the 17-year-old from Bogota – beating Pelaez 11-7, 8-11,
11-4, 11-6 to claim her maiden ESF junior title.
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