German Junior Open
Squash Championships,
Germering, Germany
Men's U-19
quarter-finals:
[1] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER)
bt [5/8] Zbynek Standera (CZE) 11-6, 11-4, 12-10
Islam El Fiky (EGY) bt [4]
Karim Ali Fathy (EGY) 8-11, 11-4, 11-9, 13-11
[3] Aditya Jagtap (IND) bt
[5/8] Zahed Sherien (EGY) 10-12, 11-5, 8-11, 15-13, 11-2
[2] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY)
bt Valentin Rapp (GER) 11-1, 11-7, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER)
bt Islam El Fiky (EGY) 11-8, 11-13, 13-11, 11-6
[2] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY)
bt [3] Aditya Jagtap (IND) 11-2, 11-2, 15-13
Final:
[2] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY)
bt [1] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-3
Women's U-19
quarter-finals:
[5/8] Sandra Polak (AUT)
bt Fabienne Oppliger (SUI) 11-8, 5-11, 11-2, 11-9
[5/8] Ashley Tidman (FRA)
bt [4] Anna Klimundova (CZE) 11-5, 11-8, 1-11, 6-11, 11-6
[3] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA)
bt [5/8] Brogan Lane (ENG) 11-6, 11-1, 10-12, 13-11
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG)
bt [5/8] Melissa Alves (FRA) 10-12, 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[5/8] Sandra Polak (AUT)
bt [5/8] Ashley Tidman (FRA) 11-4, 3-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG)
bt [3] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) 11-4, 11-9, 11-4
Final:
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG)
bt [5/8] Sandra Polak (AUT) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6
Second Seeds Take Titles In
German Junior Open
Despite the late
withdrawal of a number players as a result of the air travel disruption caused
by the Iceland volcano, the German Junior Open Squash Championships ran
successfully in Germering at the weekend, with the number two seeds both
prevailing in the U19 events in the Super Series championship on the
European Squash Federation Junior Circuit.
England's Emily
Whitlock took full advantage of the absence of compatriot Carrie Ramsey,
the top seed in the women's U19 championship who won the European Junior U19
title last month, but was unable to travel to Germany to compete in her final
junior event before turning 19 later this week.
But 17-year-old Whitlock
was made to work hard in the quarter-finals where she was taken to five games
before overcoming France's 5/8 seed Melissa Alves 10-12, 11-6, 6-11,
12-10, 11-7.
In the final, Whitlock
despatched Austria's 5/8 seed Sandra Polak 11-6, 11-4, 11-6 to clinch her
third ESF circuit U19 title, after winning the Nordic Junior U19 Open
last year and the Austrian Junior U19 Open in February.
The men's U19 event
climaxed in the anticipated match between the top two seeds – and local
favourite Rudi Rohrmuller, runner-up in last month's European U19
championship, fought back to draw level against Amr Khaled Khalifa after
the No2 seed from Egypt took the opening two games.
But Khalifa took control
in the decider and denied Rohrmuller the title for the second year in a row when
he beat the 18-year-old 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 8-11, 11-3.
The 17-year-old from Cairo
becomes the first Egyptian to win the title this millennium.
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