Mueller & Serme Win French Junior Titles In Marseille
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Diego Lopez (ESP) 9-7, 9-2, 9-7
[3/4] Michael Harris (ENG) bt [5/8] Maxime Moriamez (FRA) 10-8, 9-6, 9-4
[9/16] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [3/4] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 6-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-5
[2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [9/16] Joe Lee (ENG) 9-4, 9-2, 9-3
Semi-finals:
[1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt [3/4] Michael Harris (ENG) 10-8, 9-2, 5-9, 4-9, 9-1
[2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [9/16] Adrian Waller (ENG) 9-4, 9-1, 9-3
Final:
[2] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [1] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 9-5, 9-3, 9-0
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Kimberley Hay (ENG) 6-9, 9-1, 9-1, 10-8
Alia Balbaa (EGY) bt [3/4] Victoria Lust (ENG) 10-8, 9-3, 9-5
[3/4] Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) bt Lena Essam (EGY) 4-9, 9-2, 9-1, 9-7
Victoria Bell (ENG) bt [2] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 9-3, 9-3, 7-9, 9-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Alia Balbaa (EGY) 9-5, 9-0, 9-3
[3/4] Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) bt Victoria Bell (ENG) 9-2, 9-6, 9-3
Final:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [3/4] Heba Alaa El Torky (EGY) 9-2, 9-5, 9-5
While France's Camille Serme celebrated her third successive appearance in the final with her second women's win, Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller made up for the disappointment of a semi-final exit last year by clinching the men's title in the French Junior Open Squash Championships in Marseille for the first time.
Camille Serme, from Creteil, enjoyed a sensational junior year in 2006, winning six titles - including the European Junior Championship - with a 100% record in all finals in which she appeared.
The 17-year-old arrived at Set Squash in Marseille after gaining a runners-up berth in the French National Championship in Le Havre - and reached the final after defeating Egypt's unseeded Alia Balbaa in the semi-finals.
In the final, top seed Serme faced a surprise opponent in Heba Alaa El Torky, a 3/4 seed. But the experienced teenager despatched El Torky - also from Egypt - 9-2, 9-5, 9-5 to win the title for the second year in a row.
In the men's final, second seed Mueller faced favourite Kristian Frost Olesen after both players had ousted Englishmen in the semi-finals. But, while Mueller had prevailed in straight games against 9/16 seed Adrian Waller, Dane Olesen had battled for five games to overcome 3/4 seed Michael Harris.
The 17-year-old from Winterthur had the upper hand in the final, beating Frost Olesen 9-5, 9-3, 9-0.