Serme & Schoor Score In Belgian Junior Open
Germany's Jens Schoor and France's Camille Serme lifted the titles in the Belgian Junior U19 Open Squash Championships in Herentals, Belgium.
Serme, the top seed, was successful for the second year in a row. The 16-year-old from Creteil in France swept through to the final without dropping a game. In an all-French climax, the defending champion recovered from a game down to beat third seed Soraya Renai 7-9 10-9 9-1 9-3.
In the men's event, fourth seed Schoor made his breakthrough in the semi-finals when he beat French favourite Mathieu Castagnet 9-7 10-8 0-9 9-3. The 18-year-old from Koolenz faced Rik Smet in the final – three days before the unseeded Belgian's 19th birthday!
Smet caused a major upset in the second round when he beat Switzerland's second seed Nicolas Mueller. The Belgian teenager survived a five-game semi-final against England's Chris Tasker-Grindley – and twice led in the final before Schoor took the upper hand to record a 4-9 10-9 6-9 9-4 9-7 victory.
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RESULTS: Belgian Junior U19 Open Squash Championships, Herentals, Belgium
Men's quarter-finals:
[1] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [8] Thibault Gouti (FRA) 3-9, 9-4, 9-4, 9-6
[4] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Bastian Meulenbelt (NED) 9-7, 9-2, 9-0
Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) bt Lukas Jelinek (CZE) 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
Rik Smet (BEL) bt [7] Pedro Espeleta (ESP) 2-9, 9-3, 9-6, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[4] Jens Schoor (GER) bt [1] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 9-7, 10-8, 0-9, 9-3
Rik Smet (BEL) bt Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) 7-9, 9-2, 9-5, 4-9, 9-6
Final:
[4] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Rik Smet (BEL) 4-9, 10-9, 6-9, 9-4, 9-7
Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [8] Jasmin Ballmann (SUI) 9-3, 9-3, 9-3
[5] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [4] Chantal Moros-Pitarch (ESP) 9-2, 9-5, 9-4
[3] Soraya Renai (FRA) bt [6] Pamela Hathway (GER) 9-4, 9-3, 9-0
[7] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) bt [2] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 9-5, 8-10, 9-2, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [5] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-5, 9-6, 9-4
[3] Soraya Renai (FRA) bt [7] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) 9-1, 9-1, 9-5
Final:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [3] Soraya Renai (FRA) 7-9, 10-9, 9-1, 9-3