IACT Irish Junior Open Squash Championships,
Galway, Ireland
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [5/8] Michael Stewart
(IRL) 11-8, 11-2, 11-3
Theodore Anderson (IRL) bt Muhammad Saqib (PAK)
9-11, 11-4, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8
[3/4] Tom Dwyer (ENG) bt Stefan Lubek (ENG)
11-5, 11-4, 11-6
[2] Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) bt [5/8] Lasse
Klaening (NOR) 11-6, 11-1, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt Theodore Anderson (IRL)
11-8, 12-10, 12-10
[2] Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) bt [3/4] Tom Dwyer
(ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-5
Final:
[2] Nicholas Hopcroft (ENG) bt [1] Robert Downer
(ENG) 5-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10
Women's U19 semi-finals:
[2] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt [1] Milou van der
Heijden (NED) 8-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-7
[3/4] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) bt [3/4] Rebecca
Quiney (ENG) 11-9, 11-1, 11-3
Final:
[2] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt [3/4] Carrie
Ramsey (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9
Mixed Fortunes For Defending Champions In Galway
England's defending U19 champions Millie
Tomlinson and Robert Downer enjoyed mixed fortunes in the IACT
Irish Junior Open Squash Championships on their return to the European
Squash Federation Junior Circuit event at Galway Lawn Tennis Club in
Galway.
Second seed Millie Tomlinson made her
breakthrough in the women's U19 event when she beat top-seeded Dutch opponent
Milou van der Heijden in the semi-finals.
The 17-year-old from Derbyshire faced fellow
countrywoman Carrie Ramsey, a 3/4 seed, in the final. But Tomlinson was
too strong for the 18-year-old from Leeds, winning 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-9 to
retain the trophy.
But Robert Downer was not as successful in the
men's U19 event. Seeded to retain his 2008 title, the 17-year-old from
Hampshire reached the final – where he faced second-seeded Englishman
Nicholas Hopcroft.
Downer twice led in the match – but it was
Hopcroft, 17 from Surrey, who ultimately prevailed, winning 5-11, 12-10, 8-11,
11-9, 12-10 to claim his first ESF Junior circuit trophy.
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