First-Time Titles For Hungarian & Irish Junior Open Winners
Junior Round-Up:
First-Time Titles For Hungarian & Irish Junior Open Winners
The two Grand Prix events on the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit in November produced first time U19 titles for all four winners.
Slovakian Tomas Toth and England's Kerry Sample were the U19 victors in the Head Hungarian Junior Open Championships in Szeged, Hungary. After surviving a four-game semi-final in the men's event, top seed Toth, 18, from Bratislava, beat Sweden's Johan Detter, a 3/4 seed, 11-7, 13-11, 11-6.
The women's event ended in a round-robin play-off for the top three places, with Hungarian Zsófia Marton losing to both Kerry Sample (England) and Sophie Yorke (Wales) before 18-year-old Sample, from Buckinghamshire, beat Yorke 11-3, 8-11, 11-1, 11-8 to claim the title.
In the IACT Irish Junior Open at the Galway Lawn Tennis Club in Galway, there was disappointment for Milou van der Heijden when the Netherlands 18-year-old missed out in the women's U19 final for the second year in a row. The second seed faced English favourite Millie Tomlinson - the Derbyshire 16-year-old justifying her top seeding by winning 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10.
The men's U19 final was an all-English affair in which Robert Downer also asserted his status as top seed when the 16-year-old from Hampshire beat second seed Ben Rodgers 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.
RESULTS: Head Hungarian Junior Open Squash Championships, Szeged, Hungary
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt Ben Rodgers (ENG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-1
[3/4] Sam Cantle (ENG) bt Mate Vass (HUN) 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 11-5
[3/4] Johan Detter (SWE) bt Charlie Wyatt (ENG) 11-2, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5
[2] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt Ben Craig (IRL) 11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt [3/4] Sam Cantle (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8
[3/4] Johan Detter (SWE) bt [2] Anthony Graham (ENG) 11-4, 11-4, 1-11, 3-11, 11-6
Final:
[1] Tomas Toth (SVK) bt [3/4] Johan Detter (SWE) 11-7, 13-11, 11-6
Third place play-off:
[2] Anthony Graham (ENG) bt [3/4] Sam Cantle (ENG) 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7
Women's U19 Final:
Kerry Sample (ENG) bt Sophie Yorke (WAL) 11-3, 8-11, 11-1, 11-8
IACT Irish Junior Open, Galway LTC, Galway, Ireland
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [5/8] Charlie Wyatt (ENG) 11-3, 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 14-12
[5/8] Joey Roberts (IRL) bt [9/16] Dominic Lyons (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-9
[5/8] Alberto Perez Pomares (ESP) bt [3/4] Samuel Allan (SCO) 12-10, 12-10, 11-4
[2] Ben Rodgers (ENG) bt [5/8] Neil Martin (IRL) 11-3, 11-2, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [5/8] Joey Roberts (IRL) 11-1, 11-4, 11-9
[2] Ben Rodgers (ENG) bt [5/8] Alberto Perez Pomares (ESP) 11-6, 11-3, 11-6
Final:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [2] Ben Rodgers (ENG) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4
Third place play-off:
[5/8] Joey Roberts (IRL) bt [5/8] Alberto Perez Pomares (ESP) 7-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt [5/8] Sarah Murphy (IRL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-2
[5/8] Erin Roberts (CAN) bt [3/4] Niamh O'Hare (IRL) 11-8, 10-12, 10-12, 11-3, 12-10
[5/8] Sarah Corcoran (IRL) bt [3/4] Gabriela McMillan (IRL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [5/8] Amanda Aakeson (NOR) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt [5/8] Erin Roberts (CAN) 11-4, 11-2, 11-5
[2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) bt [5/8] Sarah Corcoran (IRL) 11-3, 11-7, 11-8
Final:
[1] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) bt [2] Milou van der Heijden (NED) 11-7, 11-9, 5-11, 12-10
Third place play-off:
[5/8] Erin Roberts (CAN) bt [5/8] Sarah Corcoran (IRL) 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 11-6