European Champions Take Pioneer Junior Open Titles
Men's U19 3rd round:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Kamran Khan (MAS) 9-7, 9-7, 9-3
[9] Michael Harris (ENG) bt [8] Maxime Moriamez (FRA) 9-5, 9-4, 9-4
[5] Mohd Sayed Mahmoud Aly (EGY) bt [12] Sam van Brusselen (BEL) 9-3, 9-5, 9-5
[4] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) bt [13] Neil Cordell (ENG) 9-3, 9-6, 9-4
[3] Petr Martin (CZE) bt [14] Adam Murrills (ENG) 9-3, 8-10, 9-2, 9-5
[6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Alex Domenick (USA) 9-3, 9-0, 9-1
[7] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) bt [10] Alex Ingham (ENG) 9-4, 9-2, 9-5
[18] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [2] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) 3-9, 9-5, 9-0, 9-2
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [9] Michael Harris (ENG) 7-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-5
[5] Mohd Sayed Mahmoud Aly (EGY) bt [4] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (EGY) 9-7, 9-2, 6-9, 4-9, 9-7
[6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [3] Petr Martin (CZE) 9-0, 6-9, 9-0, 9-1
[18] Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [7] Karim AGA Samy (EGY) 9-1, 9-6, 10-9
Semi-finals:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [5] Mohd Sayed Mahmoud Aly (EGY) 9-6, 9-6, 9-0
[6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [18] Adrian Waller (ENG) 9-2, 9-4, 9-4
Final:
[1] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt [6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 9-2, 8-10, 3-9, 9-6, 9-1
Third place play-off:
[5] Mohd Sayed Mahmoud Aly (EGY) bt [18] Adrian Waller (ENG) 5-9, 3-9, 9-4, 9-7, 9-1
Women's U19 3rd round:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [16] Cigany Sierveld (NED) 9-2, 9-3, 9-1
[9] Natalie Pritchard (WAL) bt [8] Sara El Noamany (EGY) 9-6, 4-9, 7-9, 9-1, 9-1
[5] Sina Wall (GER) bt [12] Jasmin Ballman (SUI) 8-10, 9-5, 9-6, 9-2
[4] Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA) bt Sally Skarrenborg (DEN) 10-8, 9-2, 9-1
[3] Victoria Bell (ENG) bt [14] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 9-4, 9-3, 3-9, 9-6
[11] Wee Wern Low (MAS) bt [6] Astrid Kern (GER) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1
[10] Kimberley Hay (ENG) bt [7] Melissa Meulenbelt (NED) 10-8, 9-7, 6-9, 9-7
[2] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [15] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 9-2, 9-4, 10-8
Quarter-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [9] Natalie Pritchard (WAL) 9-1, 9-0, 9-3
[5] Sina Wall (GER) bt [4] Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA) 9-3, 0-9, 9-5, 9-1
[11] Wee Wern Low (MAS) bt [3] Victoria Bell (ENG) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
[2] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [10] Kimberley Hay (ENG) 9-4, 10-8, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [5] Sina Wall (GER) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
[11] Wee Wern Low (MAS) bt [2] Victoria Lust (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
Final:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [11] Wee Wern Low (MAS) 9-7, 9-0, 9-2
Third place play-off:
[5] Sina Wall (GER) bt [2] Victoria Lust (ENG) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
France's Camille Serme and Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller, holders of the European Junior Championship titles, confirmed their status as the leading two junior squash players on the continent by winning the U19 titles in the prestigious Pioneer Junior Open in Cologne, Germany.
Top seed Mueller - the 17-year-old from Hirzel, near Zurich, who became the first Swiss winner of the European title in April - was fully tested by Gregoire Marche in the men's final before beating the sixth-seeded Frenchman 9-2, 8-10, 3-9, 9-6, 9-1.
Serme, runner-up in the event two years ago, reached the women's final without dropping a game. Her opponent Wee Wern Low came through the draw as the No11 seed, but the defending champion from Malaysia despatched third seed Victoria Bell, then second seed Victoria Lust - both from England - in the previous two rounds to earn a place in her second successive final.
Serme, 18, from Creteil, was too strong for Low, however, beating the 16-year-old from Penang 9-7, 9-0, 9-2 to earn her 12th European Squash Federation Junior Circuit U19 title since November 2004.