England Rule In European Junior Championships In Zurich
RESULTS:
European Junior U19 Squash Championships, Zurich, Switzerland
England Rule In European Junior Championships In Zurich
After
winning both individual titles in the European Junior U19 Squash
Championships in Switzerland, favourites England went
on to claim the team title in impressive style at the Tennis & Squash
Center Sihltal in the country's largest city Zurich.
The
men's individual event produced the predicted all-English final between
the top two seeds Ollie Holland and Richie Fallows. But it
was second seed Holland who became the third English winner in a row -
and the second in succession from the same club in Nottingham - when he
beat Fallows 11-9, 11-5, 11-7.
There
was a similar upset in the women's final when No2 seed Victoria
Temple Murray beat Belgian favourite Nele Gilis 10-12, 11-6,
9-11, 11-9, 11-9 to become the fifth successive English winner.
England reached the team final without dropping a match - and Holland,
Fallows and Temple Murray maintained the squad's run against France
in the final, beating the second seeds 3/0.
Women's Individual Championship quarter-finals:
[1] Nele Gilis (BEL) bt [9/16] Lily Taylor (ENG) 5-11,
11-2, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7
[3/4] Nada Elkalaawy (ENG) bt [5/8] Anna Kimberley (ENG)
12-10, 11-9, 11-9
[9/16] Marie Stephan (FRA) bt [3/4] Emilia Soini (FIN)
11-8, 11-1, 10-12, 11-5
[2] Victoria Temple Murray (ENG) bt [5/8] Tessa ter Sluis
(NED) 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Nele Gilis (BEL) bt [3/4] Nada Elkalaawy (ENG) 11-6,
11-9, 11-6
[2] Victoria Temple Murray (ENG) bt [9/16] Marie Stephan (FRA)
11-6, 11-2, 11-4
Final:
[2] Victoria Temple Murray (ENG) bt [1] Nele Gilis (BEL)
10-12, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9
Team Championship Final: [1] ENGLAND bt [2] FRANCE 3/0 Ollie Holland bt Baptiste Masotti 9-11, 11-3, 11-1, 11-3
(41m) Richie Fallows bt Auguste Dussourd 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (27m) Victoria Temple Murray bt Marie Stephan 12-10, 11-8 (23m)
