Samy & van der Heijden Celebrate Maiden European Circuit Titles
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [9] Pontus Olsson (SWE) 9-4, 9-1, 7-9, 9-3
[10] Mans Asp (SWE) bt [14] Aron Balogh (HUN) 9-3, 9-7, 9-2
[3] Martin Mosnik (SLO) bt [15] Matus Kovac (SVK) 9-3, 9-0, 4-9, 9-2
[2] Ido Avron (ISR) bt [7] Christoffer Ohlsson (SWE) 9-7, 9-7, 9-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [10] Mans Asp (SWE) 9-2, 9-6, 9-2
[2] Ido Avron (ISR) bt [3] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 10-8, 9-1, 9-6
Final:
[1] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [2] Ido Avron (ISR) 9-5, 8-10, 9-2, 9-4
Third place play-off:
[10] Mans Asp (SWE) bt [3] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 9-7, 9-3, 5-9, 9-1
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Lenka Vlkova (CZE) bt [8] Reka Szurovecz (HUN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
[5] Eszter Varga (HUN) bt [4] Sandra Hruska (AUT) 4-9, 9-5, 9-2, 9-1
[3] Nikola Polanska (CZE) bt [6] Sofia Orneberg (SWE) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [7] Nora Nagy (HUN) 9-1, 9-2, 9-0
Semi-finals:
[1] Lenka Vlkova (CZE) bt [5] Eszter Varga (HUN) 9-1, 9-3, 9-1
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [3] Nikola Polanska (CZE) 9-5, 10-8, 6-9, 9-1
Final:
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [1] Lenka Vlkova (CZE) 8-10, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3
Third place play-off:
[3] Nikola Polanska (CZE) bt [5] Eszter Varga (HUN) 9-4, 9-1, 9-1
Egyptian Karim AGA Samy and Milou van der Heijden, from the Netherlands, celebrated their first success on the European Squash Federation (ESF) Junior Circuit with victories in the U19 events in the Hungarian Junior Open Championships in Szeged, Hungary.
Samy, the 17-year-old top seed from Cairo who is based in England, beat a pair of Swedes in the two rounds leading to the final – where he overcame Israel's No2 seed Ido Avron 9-5, 8-10, 9-2, 9-4.
Van der Heijden, the 15-year-old second seed who reached the third round of the European Junior U19 Championships, faced Czech favourite Lenka Vlkova in the women's final.
After dropping the first game, van der Heijden stormed back to beat the top seed 8-10, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3.