EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: European Junior U15/U17 Squash Championships, Langnau, Zurich, Switzerland

U15 Quarter-finals:
[1]ENGLAND 3 [7]WALES 3-0 (Neil Cordell bt Nico Dowsell 9-3, 9-0, 9-3; Adrian Waller bt Nic Roberts 9-2, 9-3, 9-3; Victoria Bell bt Emily Strickland 9-1, 9-1)
[3]GERMANY 3 [5]CZECH REPUBLIC 0 (Florian Silbernagl bt Jakub Sichnarek 9-1, 9-3, 9-2; Norman Junge bt Petr Martin 10-9, 9-2, 9-1; Astrid Kern bt Nikola Polanska 9-3, 9-2)
[6]SCOTLAND 2 [4]FRANCE 1 (Graeme Proud lost to Lucas Vauzelle 2-9, 2-9, 0-9; Lyall Paterson bt Gregoire Marche 0-9, 10-8, 10-8, 9-2; Lisa Aitken bt Coline Aumard 9-7, 9-10, 5-9, 9-5, 9-2)
[2]SWITZERLAND 3 [16]FINLAND 0 (Fabian Signer bt Henrik Mustonen 9-0, 9-5, 9-7; Nicolas Mueller bt Roni Berg 9-3, 9-3, 9-1; Daniela Hunziker bt Nina Saari 9-3, 9-1)
Semi-finals:
[1]ENGLAND 2 [3]GERMANY 1 (Joe Lee bt Florian Silbernagl 10-8, 9-1, 9-3; Adrian Waller bt Norman Junge 9-5, 9-0, 7-9, 9-2; Victoria Bell lost to Sina Wall 3-9, 6-9)
[2]SWITZERLAND 3 [6]SCOTLAND 0 (Fabian Signer bt Christopher Ferguson 9-1, 9-0, 9-1; Nicolas Mueller bt Lyall Paterson 3-9, 9-5, 9-4, 9-1; Jasmin Ballmann bt Robyn Hodgson 9-0, 9-4)

U17 Quarter-finals:
[1]ENGLAND 3 [2]FRANCE 0 (Christopher Tasker-Grindley bt Benoit Tricot 9-1, 9-4, 9-4; Joel Hinds bt Jean Cesar Langlois 9-2, 9-6, 9-7; Rachel Willmott bt Camille Serme 9-6, 9-6)
[4]CZECH REPUBLIC 3 [6]NETHERLANDS 0 (Lukas Jelinek bt Frank Hartkoren 10-9, 3-9, 9-6, 10-9; Ondrej Ertl bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt 9-5, 10-9, 5-9, 9-2; Tereza Ctvrtnickovad bt Lisa Kho 9-2, 9-7)
[3]GERMANY 3 [5]SWITZERLAND 0 (Lennart Osthoff bt Livio Catenazzi 9-7, 9-0, 9-3; Simon Roesner bt Benjamin Fischer 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Nina Broschart bt Melanie Kunzli 9-7, 7-9, 9-0)
[8]WALES 2 [7]SPAIN 1 (Jonathon Davies lost to Eduardo Gonzalez 4-9, 2-9, 4-9; Ben Hardwidge bt Pedro Espeleta 4-9, 9-6, 0-9, 9-6, 9-5; Rachel Green bt Zahira Font 9-3, 9-2, 9-5)
Semi-finals:
[1]ENGLAND 3 [4]CZECH REPUBLIC 0 (Christopher Tasker-Grindley bt Lukas Jelinek 9-5, 9-0, 9-6; Joel Hinds bt Ondrej Ertl 9-1, 9-3, 9-0; Louise Clark bt Tereza Dufkova 9-1, 9-0)
[3]GERMANY 3 [8]WALES 0 (Lennart Osthoff bt Jonathon Davies 9-6, 9-5, 9-2; Simon Roesner bt Mark Carnall 9-0, 9-4, 9-1; Nina Broschart bt Bethan Williams 9-4, 9-4)

England On Course To Retain European Junior Titles

Top seeds England remain on course to retain their titles in the European Junior U15/U17 Squash Championships after victories in the semi-finals in Langnau, near Zurich, in Switzerland.

In the U17 event, England beat fourth seeds Czech Republic 3-0 and will now face third seeds Germany in a repeat of last year's final.  Germany defeated Wales, the eighth seeds, by the same scoreline in the other semi-final.

The U15 semi-finals saw England overcome third seeds Germany by a 2-1 margin to set up a final against Switzerland, the No2 seeds.  The hosts romped to a 3-0 win over sixth seeds Scotland.