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Hungarian Junior Open Squash Championships,
Szeged, Hungary
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Miroslav Celler (SVK) bt [4] Marcus
Greslehner (AUT) 12-10, 11-5, 11-8
Yoan Autret (FRA) bt Mahad Javed (PAK)
9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-5
Peter Hoffman (HUN) bt Sebastian Koberl (AUT)
11-7, 11-9, 13-11
[2] Ben Rodgers (ENG) bt Gabor Szabo (HUN)
11-3, 11-1, 11-1
Semi-finals:
[1] Miroslav Celler (SVK) bt Yoan Autret (FRA)
11-7, 12-14, 11-4, 11-2
[2] Ben Rodgers (ENG) bt Peter Hoffman (HUN)
11-1, 11-4, 11-9
Final:
[2] Ben Rodgers (ENG) bt [1] Miroslav Celler
(SVK) 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
Third place play-off:
Peter Hoffman (HUN) bt Yoan Autret (FRA)
11-5, 1-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-6
Women's U19 semi-finals:
Fatime Farkas (HUN) bt Veronika Kucerova (SVK)
11-9, 11-6, 11-4
[2] Sabrina Rehman (AUT) bt [1] Sandra Polak (AUT)
11-2, 9-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9
Final:
Fatime Farkas (HUN) bt [2] Sabrina Rehman (AUT)
11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Third place play-off:
[1] Sandra Polak (AUT) bt Veronika Kucerova (SVK)
11-2, 9-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-3
Rodgers & Farkas Upset Odds To Win Hungarian Junior Open
Titles
Ben Rodgers
and Fatime Farkas, representing England and Hungary, respectively, upset
the form books in the U19 finals of the Hungarian Junior Open Squash
Championships to win the Grand Prix titles in the European Squash
Federation Junior Circuit event in Szeged.
Rodgers, second seed in the men's event,
despatched local hopes Gabor Szabo and Peter Hoffman to reach the
final, where his opponent was Slovakian favourite Miroslav Celler.
But the 18-year-old from Devon, a
quarter-finalist last year, was too strong for Celler, beating the
Bratislava-based 18-year-old 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 to win his first ESF circuit
title.
There was long-awaited – and surprise - local
success in the women's event when unseeded Fatime Farkas stole the honours. The
17-year-old faced Sabrina Rehman in the final after the second seed from
Austria battled to a five-game win over top-seeded compatriot Sandra Polak
in the semi-finals.
Unable to reproduce the same form in the final,
Rehman when down in straight games as Farkas delighted her Hungarian fans in
Szeged by winning 11-7, 11-7, 11-7.
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