Kandra & Sedlmeier Celebrate German Junior Double
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) bt [5/8] Rick Penders (NED) 11-3, 11-6, 11-3
[5/8] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [3/4] Robert Downer (ENG) 11-6, 11-2, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9
[3/4] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt [5/8] Antoine-Camille Petrucci (FRA) 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 12-10
[5/8] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) bt [2] Lucas Serme (FRA) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
Semi-finals:
[1] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) bt [5/8] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 3-11, 11-8
[3/4] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt [5/8] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) 7-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-8
Final:
[3/4] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt [1] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) 7-11, 14-12, 11-4, 12-10
Third place play-off:
[5/8] Geoffrey Demont (FRA) bt [5/8] Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
Women's final:
[1] Lisa-Marie Sedlmeier (GER) bt [2] Cyrielle Peltier (FRA) 11-9, 6-11, 11-0, 12-10
Third place play-off:
[3/4] Cigany Sillevis (NED) bt [5/8] Franziska Hennes (GER) 11-7, 14-12, 11-3
Raphael Kandra and Lisa-Marie Sedlmeier produced a notable domestic double in the German Junior Open Squash Championships with U19 title successes in the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event in Germering, Germany.
It was a semi-final win over Frenchman Lucas Vauzelle that not only took Kandra, a 3/4 seed, into a surprise men's final – but also the first in living memory between two Germans!
And Kandra, an 18-year-old left-hander from Erlangen, then continued his giant-killing run in the event by upsetting top-seeded compatriot Rudi Rohrmuller 7-11, 14-12, 11-4, 12-10 to win his first ESF circuit U19 trophy.
The women's event saw the top two seeds Lisa-Marie Sedlmeier and Cyrielle Peltier come through the two qualifying pools unscathed to meet in the final.
Sedlmeier, the 18-year-old German favourite, delighted the local crowds by beating her 17-year-old second-seeded French opponent 11-9, 6-11, 11-0, 12-10 to keep the women's U19 title in German hands.