21/02/2006
FRENCH JUNIOR OPEN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS
French Double For Gouti & Serme In Marseille
French Junior Open Squash Championships,
Marseille, France
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [5/8] Jakub Kosinka (CZE) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
[5/8] Thibault Gouti (FRA) bt [9/16] Max Lee (HKG) 9-5, 9-3, 9-7
[3/4] Kristian Frost (DEN) bt Jonathan Barnes (FRA) 5-9, 7-9, 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
[2] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt [9/16] Benjamin Fischer (SUI) 9-2, 5-9, 9-4, 9-8
Semi-finals:
[5/8] Thibault Gouti (FRA) bt [1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 9-3, 9-4, 9-4
[2] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt [3/4] Kristian Frost (DEN) 9-6, 0-9, 10-8, 9-7
Final:
[5/8] Thibault Gouti (FRA) bt [2] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) 9-8, 3-9, 0-9, 9-3, 9-3
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [5/8] Margot Demont (FRA) 9-5, 9-0, 9-0
[3/4] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) bt [5/8] Chantal Moros-Pitarch (ESP) 9-2, 9-6, 3-9, 7-9, 9-0
[5/8] Pamela Hathway (GER) bt [3/4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 10-9, 9-10, 9-1, 9-2
[2] Soraya Renai (FRA) bt [5/8] Marjory Fosse (FRA) 9-4, 9-3, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [3/4] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) 3-9, 9-1, 8-9, 9-1, 9-0
[2] Soraya Renai (FRA) bt [5/8] Pamela Hathway (GER) 9-0, 9-7, 9-2
Final:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [2] Soraya Renai (FRA) 9-5, 6-9, 10-8, 9-7
French Double For Gouti & Serme In Marseille
Hosts France celebrated an unexpected double in the U19 finals of the French Junior Open Squash Championships when 5/8 seed Thibault Gouti won the men's title and top seed Camille Serme clinched the women's crown in Marseille.
Gouti made his breakthrough in the semi-finals, where he beat Switzerland's top seed Nicolas Mueller 9-3 9-4 9-4. In the final, the 18-year-old from Toulouse faced second seed Tom Hoevenaars, and soon found himself 1/2 down against the Dutchman.
But Gouti, in his first European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event final – and, a week before his 19th birthday, also his last – celebrated his maiden Open junior title in style by beating his opponent 9-8 3-9 0-9 9-3 9-3.
Camille Serme was keen to improve on her runner-up finish in last year's event – but was severely tested in the semi-finals where she twice had to come from behind before beating Slovakia's Linda Hruzikova 3-9 9-1 8-9 9-1 9-0.
The 16-year-old from Creteil, winner of the British U17 Junior Open title in January, faced compatriot Soraya Renai in the final, where she beat the second seed 9-5 6-9 10-8 9-7.
|
