European Champion Ousted In Major British Junior Open Upset
After winning six European Squash Federation Junior Circuit titles in 2007, 18-year-old Mueller was seeded to reach the Drysdale Cup final. But, in a repeat of their British Junior U13 Open quarter-final clash six years ago, Egypt's Wael Farag despatched the second seed 10-9, 9-4, 9-1 in 42 minutes to claim an unexpected place in the quarter-finals.
Englishmen Adrian Waller and Joe Lee were in sparkling form as they romped into the last eight of the U19 championship. British Junior National champion Waller, the 18-year-old 3/4 seed from Enfield, defeated Denmark's 9/16 seed Kristian Frost Olesen 9-3, 3-9, 9-1, 9-4, while Lee, a 5/8 seed from Surrey and a former British Junior U17 Open runner-up, needed 64 minutes to get the better of India's 9/16 seed Harinder Pal Sandhu in a 10-8, 9-7, 9-2 scoreline.
The top eight seeds have claimed places in the quarter-finals of the women's U19 event - with English interest being led by Bedfordshire's 3/4 seed Victoria Lust who beat Natalie Pritchard, a 9/16 seed from Wales, 9-1, 1-9, 9-2, 10-8.
In the most dramatic - and certainly the longest - third round match in the women's championship, England's Sarah-Jane Perry looked on course to produce a significant upset when she led Egypt's 5/8 seed Nour Bahgat by two games. But the lower-seeded 17-year-old from Kenilworth in Warwickshire was unable to maintain her advantage as 18-year-old Bahgat stormed back to win 5-9, 3-9, 9-2, 9-1, 9-6 in 75 minutes.
Surrey's David Wardle, seeded to reach the final of the Men's U15 event, comfortably claimed his place in the last sixteen. The 14-year-old from Woking eased to a 9-2, 4-9, 9-2, 9-2 victory over Egypt's Moustafa Bayoumy, and will now face compatriot Niall Engerer, from Essex, for a place in the quarter-finals.
RESULTS: Tecnifibre British Junior Open Squash Championships, Sheffield, England
Men's Under 19, 2nd round:
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egypt) bt [17/32] David Letourneau (Canada) 9-3, 9-5, 9-1 (30m)
[9/16] Henrik Mustonen (Finland) bt [17/32] Vikram Malhotra (India) 9-3, 9-4, 9-1 (24m)
[5/8] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (Egypt) bt Antoine Petrucci (France) 9-2, 9-7, 9-6 (40m)
[9/16] Mohd Shoaib Hassan (Pakistan) bt [17/32] Chris Fuller (Northamptonshire) 9-3, 9-0, 9-3 (42m)
[3/4] Adrian Waller (Hertfordshire) bt [17/32] Karim AGA Samy (Egypt) 9-2, 9-3, 9-2 (41m)
[9/16] Kristian Frost Olesen (Denmark) bt Anthony Graham (Gloucestershire) 9-1, 9-0, 9-4 (27m)
[5/8] Ivan Yuen (Malaysia) bt [17/32] Lucas Vauzelle (France) 9-7, 9-7, 9-6 (37m)
[9/16] Leo Au (Hong Kong) bt [17/32] Sheikh Saqib (Pakistan) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3 (36m)
[9/16] Harinder Pal Sandhu (India) bt [17/32] Andrew Widdison (Yorkshire) 9-2, 10-9, 9-6 (53m)
[5/8] Joe Lee (Surrey) bt Ido Avron (Israel) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (18m)
[9/16] Kamran Khan (Malaysia) bt [17/32] Adam Murrills (Cheshire) 9-6, 8-10, 9-2, 9-2 (57m)
[3/4] Rudi Willemse (South Africa) bt Evan Williams (New Zealand) 9-6, 9-3, 9-6 (36m)
[9/16] Michael Harris (Devon) bt [17/32] M Bilal (Pakistan) 9-6, 7-9, 9-3, 9-5 (45m)
[5/8] Gregoire Marche (France) bt [17/32] Kelly Shannon (Canada) 9-2, 9-2, 9-8 (43m)
[17/32] Wael Farag (Egypt) bt [9/16] Waqar Mehboob (Pakistan) 9-2, 9-0, 6-9, 9-6 (41m)
[2] Nicolas Mueller (Switzerland) bt [17/32] Alex Ingham (Surrey) 9-6, 9-3, 9-6 (41m)
3rd round:
[1] Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egypt) bt [9/16] Henrik Mustonen (Finland) 9-0, 9-2, 9-2 (23m)
[5/8] Andrew Wagih Shoukry (Egypt) bt [9/16] Mohd Shoaib Hassan (Pakistan) 6-9, 9-5, 9-7, 9-5 (88m)
[3/4] Adrian Waller (Hertfordshire) bt [9/16] Kristian Frost Olesen (Denmark) 9-3, 3-9, 9-1, 9-4 (54m)
[9/16] Leo Au (Hong Kong) bt [5/8] Ivan Yuen (Malaysia) 9-3, 9-5, 9-4 (54m)
[5/8] Joe Lee (Surrey) bt [9/16] Harinder Pal Sandhu (India) 10-8, 9-7, 9-2 (64m)
[3/4] Rudi Willemse (South Africa) bt [9/16] Kamran Khan (Malaysia) 9-4, 9-7, 7-9, 9-7 (63m)
[5/8] Gregoire Marche (France) bt [9/16] Michael Harris (Devon) 9-1, 9-3, 9-3 (32m)
[17/32] Wael Farag (Egypt) bt [2] Nicolas Mueller (Switzerland) 10-9, 9-4, 9-1 (42m)
Men's Under 17 - 2nd round:
[1] Amr Khalid Khalifa (EGY) bt Paul Rodrigues (RSA) 8-10, 9-1, 9-3, 9-4 (56m)
[9/16] Aurangzeb Mohmund (PAK) bt [17/32] David Haley (Wales) 9-5, 9-3, 7-9, 9-4 (43m)
[17/32] Islam El Feky (EGY) bt [5/8] Ben Coleman (Essex) 9-5, 9-0, 9-5 (42m)
Kit Lun Choy (HKG) bt Ngo Long Fung (HKG) 9-5, 3-9, 9-7, 10-8 (60m)
[3/4] Rudi Rohrmueller (GER) bt [17/32] Ben Rodgers (Devon) 9-4, 9-5, 9-1 (33m)
[17/32] Hamza Bokhari (PAK) bt [9/16] Ravi Dixit (IND) 7-9, 10-8, 9-4, 5-9, 9-7 (134m)
[5/8] Danish Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [17/32] Ian Jubb (Scotland) 9-2, 9-3, 9-4 (20m)
[9/16] Nelson Chan (HKG) bt [17/32] Lucas Serme (FRA) 5-9, 9-6, 9-6, 9-3 (53m)
Andrew Schnell (CAN) bt [17/32] Marnu de Bruin (RSA) 10-8, 10-8, 10-8 (41m)
[5/8] Nousherwan (PAK) bt [17/32] Ahmed Hosny (EGY) 3-9, 9-6, 9-3, 9-0 (36m)
[9/16] Adel Zarka (EGY) bt [17/32] Charles Sharpes (Surrey) 3-9, 9-2, 10-9, 10-8 (57m)
[3/4] Sammy Chambers (Cambs) bt [17/32] Ramit Tandon (IND) 3-9, 9-6, 9-2, 9-5 (49m)
[17/32] James Earles (Yorks) bt [9/16] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 9-1, 9-6, 9-4 (23m)
[5/8] Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) bt Michael Wood (RSA) 9-1, 9-2, 9-4 (28m)
[9/16] Aditya Jagtap (JPN) bt [17/32] Nicholas Hopcroft (Surrey) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 (28m)
[2] Farhan Zaman (PAK) bt [17/32] Declan Christie (Yorks) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (10m)
Men's Under 15 - 2nd round:
[1] Karim Ali Fathi (Egypt) bt [17/32] Joshua Sekhar (Canada) 9-1, 9-2, 9-3 (24m)
[9/16] Mahesh Mangaonkar (India) bt Oliver Horton (Essex) 9-5, 9-6, 9-3 (29m)
[9/16] Adam Auckland (Lincs) bt Eddie Shannon (Devon) 6-9, 2-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-4 (51m)
[5/8] Kah Wah Cheong (Malaysia) bt [17/32] Joey Verheyan (Belgium) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (11m)
[5/8] Oliver Holland (Nottinghamshire) bt Stefano D'Asti (Canada) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (16m)
[9/16] Athan Page (South Africa) bt [17/32] Jordan Davies (Wales) 9-3, 9-5, 9-6 (30m)
[9/16] Tom de Mulder (Belgium) bt [17/32] Matthew Sidaway (Lancashire) 7-9, 4-9, 9-7, 9-6, 9-7 (75m)
[3/4] Mohamed Aboul Ghar (Egypt) bt [17/32] Benedek Sebok (Hungary) 9-1, 9-2, 9-6 (20m)
[3/4] Nasir Iqbal (Pakistan) bt [17/32] Sven Lemmermann (Germany) 9-2, 9-2, 9-1 (19m)
[9/16] Marwan El Shorbagy (Egypt) bt [17/32] Greg Mason (Wales) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1 (21m)
[9/16] Declan James (Nottinghamshire) bt [17/32] Taylor Tutrone (USA) 9-1, 9-3, 9-4 (30m)
[5/8] Haroon Rashid (Pakistan) bt [17/32] Michael McCue (Canada) 9-0, 9-4, 9-2 (36m)
[5/8] Ahmed Abdel Khalek (Egypt) bt 17/32] Huw Robinson (Wales) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0 (17m)
[17/32] Thomas Ford (Gloucestershire) bt Jacob Robinson (Cheshire) 9-6, 9-7, 9-10, 9-3 (59m)
[9/16] Niall Engerer (Essex) bt 17/32] Daniel Nagel (Austria) 6-9, 9-6, 9-0, 9-2 (36m)
[2] David Wardle (Surrey) bt [17/32] Moustafa Bayoumy (Egypt) 9-2, 4-9, 9-2, 9-2 (41m)
Men's Under 13 - 2nd round:
[1] Shehab Essam (Egypt) bt [17/32] Pierson Broadwater (USA) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (17m)
[17/32] Harry Heathcock (Warwickshire) bt [9/16] Manuel Wanner (Switzerland) 10-9, 9-4, 9-4 (30m)
[17/32] Russell Clark (Derbyshire) bt [9/16] Luke Willemse (South Africa) 9-2, 9-1, 10-8 (30m)
[5/8] Shah Jahan Khan (Pakistan) bt Oliver Hotchkiss (Yorkshire) 10-8, 9-3, 9-2 (22m)
[5/8] Josh Masters (Kent) bt [17/32] Owain Taylor (Essex) 9-1, 9-4, 9-2 (30m)
Thomas Broekman (Gloucestershire) bt [9/16] Naoki Hayashi (Japan) 9-5, 9-4, 9-2 (20m)
[17/32] Hamish Falconer (Lincolnshire) bt [9/16] Lenard Puski (Hungary) 9-3, 7-9, 9-2, 9-2 (37m)
[17/32] Ahmed Effat Ashoush (Egypt) bt [3/4] Daniel Polishchuk (Israel) 9-1, 10-8, 9-1 (21m)
[3/4] Peter Joyce (Avon) bt [17/32] Angus Gillams (Hertfordshire) 9-0, 9-1, 9-4 (25m)
[17/32] Alex Pendleton (Wales) bt [9/16] Al Nikc Ally (Malaysia) 9-0, 2-9, 9-6, 9-5 (28m)
[9/16] Osama Khalid Khalifa (Egypt) bt [17/32] David Fumpson (Merseyside) 9-2, 9-1, 9-1 (15m)
[17/32] Tomotaka Endo (Japan) bt [5/8] Shaun Kwan (Malaysia) 9-5, 5-9, 9-3, 9-6 (46m)
[5/8] Ashley Davies (Derbyshire) bt [17/32] Jake Beck (Canada) 9-4, 9-3, 9-0 (20m)
[9/16] Saif Ashraf (Egypt) bt [17/32] Brian Harvey (Warwickshire) 9-5, 9-0, 9-0 (18m)
[9/16] Ritchie Fallows (Essex) bt [17/32] Lyell Fuller (Devon) 9-4, 9-6, 9-7 (30m)
[2] Dylan Murray (USA) bt [17/32] Ahmed Habib (Egypt) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1 (25m)
Women's Under 19 - 3rd round:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [9/16] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 9-3, 9-3, 10-8 (29m)
[5/8] Nour Bahgat (EGY) bt [9/16] Sarah-Jane Perry (Warwicks) 5-9, 3-9, 9-2, 9-1, 9-6 (75m)
[5/8] Amanda Cranston (NZL) bt [9/16] Jasmin Ballman (SUI) 9-1, 9-7, 9-0 (29m)
[3/4] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [9/16] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 9-2, 9-2, 9-4 (21m)
[3/4] Victoria Lust (Beds) bt [9/16] Natalie Pritchard (Wales) 9-1, 1-9, 9-2, 10-8 (44m)
[5/8] Sina Wall (GER) bt [9/16] Faustine Gilles (FRA) 9-3, 9-3, 9-4 (30m)
[5/8] Nouran El Torky (EGY) bt [9/16] Coline Aumard (FRA) 9-5, 9-2, 9-4 (33m)
[2] Annie Au (HKG) bt [9/16] Jackie Moss (CAN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-2 (21m)
Women's Under 17 - 2nd round:
[1] Heba El Torky (EGY) bt [17/32] Rushna Mehboob (PAK) 9-0, 9-1, 9-2 (15m)
[9/16] Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) bt Kelsey Tole (CAN) 9-2, 9-2, 9-2 (30m)
[9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt [17/32] Tesni Evans (Wales) 9-3, 6-9, 9-0, 9-1 (28m)
[5/8] Millie Tomlinson (Derbyshire) bt [17/32] Robyn Baptiste (RSA) 9-3, 9-5, 9-0 (22m)
[17/32] Samantha Cornett (CAN) bt [5/8] Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) 3-9, 9-5, 9-1, 7-9, 9-6 (57m)
[9/16] Merhan Mahmoud (EGY) bt [17/32] Harriet Ingham (Surrey) 9-3, 10-8, 10-8 (28m)
[9/16] Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) bt [17/32] Nihal Alaa Baioumy (EGY) 9-7, 9-6, 9-1 (30m)
[3/4] Low Wee Nee (MAS) bt [17/32] Yarden Odinak (USA) 9-10, 9-2, 9-1, 9-5 (29m)
[3/4] Kimberley Hay (Northumbria) bt Carmen Lee (HKG) 10-8, 9-4, 4-9, 7-9, 9-5 (54m)
[9/16] Carrie Ramsey (Yorks) bt [17/32] Ana Kardar (PAK) 9-6, 9-6, 9-6 (29m)
[9/16] Salma Nassar (EGY) bt [17/32] Emma Molyneux (Lancs) 9-4, 9-1, 9-1 (20m)
[5/8] Liu Tsz Ling (HKG) bt [17/32] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) 10-8, 9-2, 9-3 (31m)
[5/8] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt [17/32] Simone Sahd (RSA) 9-0, 9-4, 9-1 (19m)
[9/16] Katherine Quarterman (Oxon) bt [17/32] Athena Chan (HKG) 4-9, 9-0, 9-4, 9-5 (41m)
[9/16] Farah Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [17/32] Julianne Courtice (Glos) 9-7, 5-9, 8-10, 9-6, 9-5 (54m)
[2] Laura Gemmell (CAN) bt [17/32] Lieselot Arien (BEL) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (14m)
Women's Under 15 - 2nd round:
[1] Olivia Blatchford (USA) bt [17/32] Sarah Dowson (D & C) 9-4, 9-0, 9-1 (20m)
[17/32] Tamika Saxby (AUS) bt [9/16] Ankita Sharma (IND) 9-0, 9-2, 9-4 (19m)
[9/16] Danielle Letourneau (CAN) bt [17/32] Rosie Allan (Scotland) 9-2, 9-2, 9-7 (19m)
[5/8] Tan Yan Xin (MAS) bt [17/32] Hannah Williams (Wales) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 (13m)
[5/8] Emily Whitlock (Cheshire) bt [17/32] Jade Thompson (Yorks) 9-5, 9-6, 9-1 (20m)
[9/16] Jemma Ockwell (Herts) bt Catherine Finlayson (Hants) 9-3, 9-0, 9-3 (21m)
[9/16] Julia le Coq (FRA) bt [17/32] Victoria Temple-Murray (Devon) 9-7, 6-9, 9-4, 3-9, 9-4 (42m)
[3/4] Menat Allah Naser (EGY) bt [17/32] Sachika Balvani (IND) 4-9, 9-1, 9-4, 9-3 (25m)
[3/4] Sherouk Roshdy (EGY) bt Amy Smedira (USA) 9-5, 9-2, 9-1 (27m)
[9/16] Caroline Aziz (EGY) bt [17/32] Elvira Bedjai (FRA) 9-3, 9-0, 5-9, 9-4 (35m)
Ho Ka Po (HKG) bt [9/16] Hannah Davies (Wales) 9-3, 9-0, 9-2 (19m)
[5/8] Sophie Lemom (Essex) bt Millie Pughe (Yorks) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (21m)
[17/32] Amanda Sobhy (USA) bt Hannah Shipley (Yorks) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1 (13m)
Oxane Ah Hu (FRA) bt [9/16] Michaela Janse van Rensburg (RSA) 9-2, 9-0, 9-5 (20m)
[9/16] Katie Smith (Yorks) bt Emily Heyes (Hants) 9-4, 9-5, 9-3 (24m)
[2] Nour El Tayeb (EGY) bt Brogan Lane (Herts) 9-0, 9-1, 9-1 (17m)
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