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29-May, Finals:
Women's Final:
Natalie Grinham (Ned) bt Camille Serme (Fra)
7/11,
11/3, 11/9, 11/5
Men's Final:
Gregory Gaultier (Fra) bt Thierry Lincou (Fra)
9/11, 11/6,
11/3, 11/7
Women's 3rd/4th:
Emma Beddoes
(Eng) bt Manuela Manetta (Ita)
11/4, 10/12, 11/3,
8/11, 11/6 (60m)
Men's 3rd/4th:
Laurens Jan Anjema (Ned) bt Nicolas Mueller (Sui)
12/14, 11/6,
11/8, 3/11, 11/6 (73m) |
Gaultier and Grinham regain EICC titles
It was a case of two new, yet old champions on finals day at
Squash City in Warsaw as Gregory Gaultier and
Natalie Grinham became 2011 European Champions.
Dutchwoman Grinham was champion in 2009, took a year off to
become a mum, and returned to beat France's top seed Camille
Serme in four games to reclaim the women's crown just one
day after son Keiran's first birthday.
Gaultier was champion five times in a row from 2004 to 2008,
lost out to Thierry Lincou in the 2009 and 2010 finals, but
today came from a down game to beat his fellow Frenchman in
four games.
"I’d like to thank, like
Natalie said, The ESF and The Polish Federation. I remember
when I came here 3 years ago to play an exhibition at the
club, and we were talking with Wojtek [Kazimierowski –
director of the Squash City club] and he told us about the
possibility of setting up this glass court here and I think
they did a great job.
"I think it’s a dream come true for the club and the
Federation for such a great plan."
The bronze medals were taken
by England's Emma Beddoes with an hour-long five game
win over Italy's Manuela Manetta, and Holland's LJ Anjema
who took 73 minutes for his five-game win over young Swiss
Nicolas Mueller.
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2011 Men's Draw |
Round One
25 May
quals from 12.00, main from 17.00 |
Round
Two
26 May
from 13.30 |
Quarters
26 May
from 19.30 |
Semis
27 May
from 19.00 |
Final
28 May |
[1] Gregory Gaultier (Fra)
11/4, 11/6, 11/7 (22m)
Marcin
Karwowski (Pol) |
[1] Gregory Gaultier
11/6, 11/2, 11/6 (26m)
[9/16] Bart Ravelli |
[1] Gregory Gaultier
11/4, 11/6, 11/5 (35m)
[5/8] Mark Krajcsak |
[1] Gregory Gaultier
13/11,
11/6, 11/6 (56m)
[3/4] Laurens Jan Anjema |
[1] Gregory Gaultier
9/11, 11/6, 11/3, 11/7
[2] Thierry Lincou |
Valery Litvinko (Rus)
11/4, 11/5, 11/3 (18m)
[9/16] Bart Ravelli (Ned) |
[9/16] Jens Schoor (Ger)
11/4, 11/7, 11/8 (20m)
Alexej Severinov (Rus) |
[9/16] Jens Schoor
11/6, 11/3, 11/5 (29m)
[5/8] Mark Krajcsak |
Maciej Maciantowicz (Pol)
11/2, 11/4, 11/4 (18m)
[5/8] Mark Krajcsak
(Hun) |
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet (Fra)
11/4, 11/7, 11/5 (30m)
Jan van den Herrenwegen (Bel) |
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet
9/11, 11/8, 11/5, 12/10 (88m)
[9/16] Charles Sharpes |
[5/8] Mathieu Castagnet
3/11, 8/11, 11/2, 11/9,
12/10 (89m)
[3/4] Laurens Jan Anjema |
Tomas Toth (Svk)
7/11, 11/3, 11/8, 11/8 (42m)
[9/16] Charles Sharpes (Eng) |
[9/16] Jakob Dirnberger (Aut)
10/12, 11/7, 11/9, 10/12, 11/8 (74m)
Roman Svec (Cze) |
Roman Svec
11/2, 11/5, 11/4 (21m)
[3/4] Laurens Jan Anjema |
[Q] Rozie Langus (Slo)
11/5, 11/8, 11/6 (23m)
[3/4] Laurens Jan Anjema
(Ned) |
[3/4] Borja Golan (Esp)
11/4, 11/1, 11/4 (20m)
[Q] Denys Podvomyi (Ukr) |
[3/4] Borja Golan
11/9, 11/7, 13/11 (54m)
[9/16] Piedro Schweertman |
[3/4] Borja Golan
11/8, 11/9, 6/11, 11/1
(44m)
[5/8] Nicolas Mueller |
[5/8] Nicolas Mueller
11/6, 11/5, 1/11, 11/7
(38m)
[2] Thierry Lincou |
Miroslav Celler (Svk)
11/3, 11/5, 11/8 (25m)
[9/16] Piedro Schweertman (Ned) |
[9/16] Rusian Sorochynsky
(Ukr)
11/2, 11/5, 12/10 (30m)
Nathan Lake (Eng) |
Nathan Lake
11/4, 11/6, 11/5 (28m)
[5/8] Nicolas Mueller |
Tom de Mulder (Bel)
11/8, 11/2, 11/8 (32m)
[5/8] Nicolas Mueller (Sui) |
[5/8] Grégoire Marche (Fra)
11/2, 11/8, 11/4 (24m)
[Q] Wojtech Nowisz (Pol)
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[5/8] Grégoire Marche
4/11, 11/2, 11/2, 11/7 (48m)
[9/16] Aqeel Rehman |
[5/8] Grégoire Marche
11/8, 11/7/, 12/14, 11/8 (71m)
[2] Thierry Lincou |
Konstantyn Rybalchenko (Ukr)
11/5, 11/0, 11/4 (21m
[9/16] Aqeel Rehman (Aut) |
[9/16] Kim Are Killingberg
(Nor)
11/9, 11/8, 11/6 (35m)
Manuel Fistonic (Cro) |
Manuel Fistonic
11/4, 11/5, 11/6 (23m)
[2] Thierry Lincou |
[Q] Peter Kviecinsky (Svk)
11/6, 11/4, 11/9 (28m)
[2] Thierry Lincou (Fra) |
25-May,
Preliminary Round:
Peter Kviecinsky (Svk)
bt Mateus Kotra (Pol)
11/1, 11/8, 11/5 (22m)
Wojtech Nowisz (Pol) bt Dimitri Inanon (Rus)
11/4, 11/3, 11/4 (16m)
Denys Podvomyi (Ukr) btKamil Dominik (Pol)
11/9, 11/8, 12/10 (38m
Rozie Langus (Slo)
bt Marcin
Kozik (Pol)
11/5, 11/8, 11/3 (25m)
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EICC 2011 Women's
Draw |
Round One
25 May
from 13.30 |
Round Two
25 May
from 18.30 |
Quarters
26 May
from 16.30 |
Semis
27 May
from 17.00 |
Final
28 May |
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[1] Camille Serme (Fra)
11/4, 11/5, 11/2 (24m)
Xisela Aranda (Esp) |
[1] Camille Serme
11/4, 11/3, 11/2 (18m)
[5/8] Orla Noom |
[1] Camille Serme
11/6, 11/6, 11/6 (28m)
[3/4] Manuela Manetta |
[1] Camille Serme
7/11, 11/3, 11/9, 11/5
[3/4] Natalie
Grinham |
Xisela Aranda (Esp)
11/3, 11/3, 11/6 (24m)
Anna Jurkun (Pol) |
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Lotte Eriksen (Nor)
11/8, 11/4, 11/9 (36m)
[5/8] Orla Noom (Ned) |
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[5/8] Birgit Coufal (Aut)
9/11, 11/6, 11/9, 11/4 (30m)
Melissa Alves (Fra) |
[5/8] Birgit Coufal
11/8, 11/8, 11/7 (29m)
[3/4] Manuela Manetta |
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Milja Dorenbos (Ned)
11/6, 11/6, 11/9 (21m)
Magdalena Kaminska (Pol) |
Milja Dorenbos (Ned)
11/2, 11/6, 6/11, 11/6 (31m)
[3/4] Manuela Manetta (Ita) |
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[3/4] Natalie Grinham (Ned)
11/1, 11/1, 11/2 (12m)
Paulina Kryzwicka (Pol) |
[3/4] Natalie Grinham
11/9, 11/5, 11/4 (23m)
[5/8] Sina Wall |
[3/4] Natalie
Grinham11/5, 11/6,
11/7 (31m)
[2] Emma Beddoes |
Natalia Ryfa (Pol)
6/11, 11/9, 11/9, 11/8 (30m)
Paulina Kryzwicka (Pol) |
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Linda Hruzikova (Svk)
11/7, 12/10, 11/5 (26m
[5/8] Sina Wall (Ger) |
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[5/8] Victoria Lust (Eng)
11/0, 11/1, 11/3 (13m
Dominika Witkowska (Pol) |
[5/8] Victoria Lust
7/11, 9/11, 11/6, 12/10, 11/8 (62m)
[2] Emma Beddoes |
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Ilona Lagerweij (Ned)
11/0, 11/1, 11/1 (10m)
Zuzanna Sobierajwicz (Pol) |
Ilona Lagerweij (Ned)
11/3, 11/1, 11/5 (18m
[2] Emma Beddoes (Eng) |
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28-May, Semis:
Camille Serme bt Manuela
Manetta 11/6,
11/6, 11/6 (28m)
Natalie Grinham bt Emma Beddoes
11/5, 11/6, 11/7 (31m)
Gregory Gaultier bt LJ Anjema
13/11, 11/6, 11/6 (56m)
Thierry Lincou bt Nicolas Mueller 11/6,
11/5, 1/11, 11/7 (38m)
Day Three, Semis
 It's
down to the finalists of the European Individual
Championships at Squash City in Warsaw, with plenty of
familiar faces set to do battle for the 2011 titles.
The men's final will be an all-French affair between top
seed Gregory Gaultier and second-seeded compatriot
Thierry Lincou. Since the event was reinstated in 2004
these two have, between them, won every title, Gaultier
taking the first five and Lincou the last two - this will be
the fourth consecutive final between the pair!
 It
took Gaultier just under an hour to see off the challenge of
LJ Anjema in straight games. The Dutchman led the first game
10/8 but Gaultier's fightback to take the lead was probably
the turning point of the match according to French coach
André Delhoste.
Lincou faced Swiss youngster Nicolas Mueller, and in
Delhoste's words he "played a close to perfect game".
After taking the first two the former world champion lost
concentration in the third, letting his opponent dominate
the 'T', but returned to his winning game plan in the
fourth, " variations of trajectories, twist and turn, and
all the short balls finding lovely winners."
If one French winner is guaranteed, top seed Camille
Serme has her work cut out to make it a double. Serme
took just under half an hour to beat Italy's Manuela Manetta
in straight games, while Holland's Natalie Grinham
took marginally longer to beat second seeded Englishwoman
Emma Beddoes, also in straight games.
While it's a first EICC final for Serme, the world number
nine, Grinham won this title in 2009 and is returning to the
form that saw her hold the world number two position for so
long before she became a mum.
More on the semis on the
French site
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Day Two in Warsaw
It's down to the semi-finals in
Warsaw after a second day's play which saw the men play two
rounds and the women one.
The top eight men's seeds all came through their morning
matches to reach the quarter-finals, but young Frenchmen
Mathieu Castagnet and Greg Marche, both seeded
5/8, both had to come from a game down to beat Charles
Sharpes and Aqeel Rehman, and with only a short break before
their next matches the effort told.
Castagnet still had enough left to establish a two-game lead
over 3/4 seed Laurens Jan Anjema, but the Dutchman
fought back to take the next three to claim his place in the
semi-finals.
There he will meet another Frenchman, five-time champion
Gregory Gaultier, the top seed who wasted little time in
his two matches today.
Defending champion Thierry Lincou put paid to
Marche's hopes, beating his young compatriot Marche in four
games, so fourth
consecutive Lincou v Gaultier final is still a possibility.
Standing in Lincou's way is Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller,
who produced the only seeding upset of the day when he beat
Spain's 3/4 seed Borja Golan in four games.
In the women's event the top four seeds will contest the
semi-finals. While Camille Serme, Manuela Manetta
and Natalie Grinham all won comfortably enough,
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Day One in Warsaw
The opening day
of action in the European Individual Championships at Squash
City in Warsaw saw a handful of afternoon qualifying matches
in the men's and women's draws before the
main draws got under way in the evening.
All the seeds came safely through in the women's draw, with
three minor upsets in the men's as Roman Svec,
Manuel Fistonic and newly-crowned European Junior
Champion Nathan Lake all overcame 9/16 seeds to book
their places in round two.
French top the seedings
France's Gregory Gaultier and Camille Serme
are top seeds for next week's European Individual
Championships in Poland.
Gaultier, winner of the event five times from 2004 to 2008,
is expected to meet compatriot Thierry Lincou, the
champion in 2009 and 2010, in the final at Squash City in
Warsaw. The 3/4 seeds, Holland's LJ Anjema and
Spain's Borja Golan, will be leading the challenge to
break France's stranglehold on the men's title.
Serme's anticipated final opponent is England's Emma
Beddoes, but Holland's 2009 champion Natalie Grinham,
in the Englishwoman's half of the draw as a 3/4 seed, will
be a serious threat.
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