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European Nations Challenge Cup,
Poznan, Poland
Men's semi-finals:
CYPRUS bt [3/4] GIBRALTAR 2/1
Andreas Koufetas lost to Stephen Shacaluga 11-6, 6-11, 1-11,
7-11
Panos Hadjiphilippou bt Anthony Brindle 11-4, 11-8, 11-6
Nasos Karasavvas bt Christian Navas 11-9, 13-15, 11-8, 11-9
[2] UKRAINE bt [3/4] LATVIA 2/1
Rusian Sorochynskvi bt Margers Zeitmanis 11-6, 11-5, 11-2
Kostyantyn Rybalchenko lost to Alexander Pavulans 6-11, 13-11,
4-11, 10-12
Dmytro Scherbakov bt Arnis Tihvinskis 11-4, 11-4, 11-3
Final:
[2] UKRAINE bt CYPRUS 2/1
Rusian Sorochynskvi bt Marios Yiannou 11-5, 11-5, 11-8
Kostyantyn Rybalchenko lost to Panos Hadjiphilippou 5-11, 8-11,
11-4, 3-11
Dmytro Scherbakov bt Nasos Karasavvas 10-10 ret.
3rd place play-off:
[3/4] GIBRALTAR bt [3/4] LATVIA 2/1
Stephen Shacaluga bt Margers Zeitmanis 12-10, 11-5, 11-7
Anthony Brindle lost to Alexander Pavulans 6-11, 9-11, 0-11
Christian Navas bt Arnis Tihvinskis 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6
5th place play-off:
[5/8] ESTONIA bt [5/8] CROATIA 2/1
Paul Piik bt Srdan Maksimovic 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6
Jaanus Pettai lost to Filip Madaric 12-14, 11-8, 11-1, 9-11,
7-11
Kristjan Pettai bt Vedran Svonja 13-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7
7th place play-off:
[5/8] POLAND bt [2] UKRAINE 2/1
Marcin Kawrowski bt Denys Podvornyi 11-8, 11-8, 11-4
Wojciech Nowisz bt Evgeniy Korolenko 11-5, 11-6, 12-10
Marcin Kozik lost to Valeriy Fedoruk 11-6, 5-11, 5-11
Women's Final:
[1] MALTA bt [2] CYPRUS 3/0
Johanna Rizzo bt Antonia Aristodemou 11-5, 11-6, 11-7
Annabelle Olivieri Monroe bt Vaso Karasava 11-7, 11-5, 11-5
Colette Sultana bt Christina Vrahimi 11-7, 13-11
3rd place play-off:
[3/4] ESTONIA bt [3/4] POLAND 2/1
Reele Komi bt Magdalena Knapik 11-6, 11-5, 6-11, 11-6
Aliis Allas lost to Anna Jurkun 4-11, 9-11, 7-11
Diana Leguss bt Anna Sikorska 12-10, 6-11, 3-11, 11-6, 11-3
5th place play-off:
ISLE OF MAN bt LATVIA 2/1
Lucy Hamilton-Turner bt Laura Gaigale 11-4, 11-7, 11-3
Laura Smith lost to Ieva Vilite 10-12, 1-11, 3-11
Vicky Watterson bt Baiba Lulle 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-6
7th place play-off:
CROATIA bt UKRAINE 2/1
Katarina Milas lost to Anastasiya Netrebchuk 5-11, 11-13, 6-11
Josipa Person bt Anastasia Spivak 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6
Paulina Rados bt Olesya Tretiakova 11-5, 12-10, 11-6
Ukraine & Malta Share European Nations Cup Spoils
Ukraine and Malta emerged
triumphant in the European Nations Challenge Cup at Squash Park in
Poznan, Poland, after victories over Cyprus in both the men's and
women's finals, respectively, in the European Squash Federation event in
its seventh year.
Unseeded in the men's competition, Cyprus made their breakthrough
in the semi-finals where they beat 3/4 seeds Gibraltar.
And the outsiders looked likely to cause the ultimate upset in
the final against Ukraine when Panos Hadjiphilippou beat Kostyantyn
Rybalchenko in the second match of the tie to draw level with the second
seeds.
It was then ten-all in the opening game of the decider when
Cypriot Nasos Karasavvas suffered an injury and had to concede the match
to Ukrainian stalwart Dmytro Scherbakov – thus handing the title to
Ukraine for the first time.
The women's final saw the top two seeded teams clash – with
favourites Malta claiming the trophy for the second time in three years
after a convincing 3/0 win over second seeds Cyprus.
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