Honours
shared in Edinburgh
Roundup from Scottish Squash
The Scottish Junior Open concluded today with some fantastic
final round matches finishing off the tournament.
The Boys U11 saw Youssef Abou-Seada (EGY) come top of
the group, only dropping games to the eventual 3rd placed
finisher R.A. Charaniyaselvan (IND). Aditya Raghavan (IND)
managed to edge past his fellow countryman on 4 games to
clinch 2nd spot.
In the Girls U11 the top seeded Egyptian’s were dominant;
eventual winner Habiba Mohammed (EGY), and runner-up
Perein Abou-Seada (EGY) proved too strong for all
opposition; neither dropping a game on the way to their
final, with Habiba defeating Perein in the final 11/4, 11/8,
11/4. Vedika Arun (IND) finished in 3rd place.
In the Boys U13 rising star Mohammed Alsaraj (JOR) showed
some excellent promise, clinching 3rd spot defeating Carter
Robertaille (CAN) in 4 thrilling games. An all Indian final
proved to be a nail biting match – 6th seed Roshan
Kumarkanna (IND) having to come from behind to defeat
4th seed Sandeep Ramachandran (IND) 11/7, 9/11, 11/13, 11/8,
11/5.
Late withdrawals of the top 2 seeds in the Girls U13 meant
that for the remaining competitors there was everything to
play for. Carrie Hallam (SCO) fought well but lost out Julie
Rossignol (FRA) in 3 games 11/7, 11/8, 11/7; Julie clinching
second place. Zoe Foo Yuk Han proved too strong for
the rest of the competition dropping very few points on her
way to the title.
The Boys U15 saw the most hotly contested matches as the
competitors played out for first second and third places.
Unseeded Michael Thomson (CAN) squeezed past his opponent,
seventh seed Tomokato Endo (JPN) to take third spot 9/11,
11/7, 11/7, 9/11, 11/6. In a thrilling final between the No
1 and No 2 seeds that went to 5 games Ahmad Alsaraj (JOR)
(No 1 seed) came from behind to defeat the talented No 2
seed Dylan Murray (USA) 8/11, 11/5, 8/11, 11/5, 11/8.
The Girls U15 final guaranteed a Scottish Winner, with
Kirsty Lobban (SCO), the No 1 seed, and Claire Gadsby (SCO),
the No 3 seed making the final. In the end Kirsty proved too
strong for Claire winning in straight games 11/4, 11/2,
11/3. Railynn Dane (CAN) defeated Elspeth Young (SCO) 3-1 to
take 3rd place.
In the Boys U17 Fadi Tharwat (EGY) defeated Jan van den
Herrewege to take 3rd place 11/7, 13/11, 11/7. The final
between No 1 seed Tyler Osborne (CAN), and Abhishek
Pradhan (IND) saw some excellent squash with superb
rallies and brilliant from the start. The match went to 5
games with Abhishek sneaking through to victory by the
narrowest of margins 11/7, 6/11, 11/6, 10/12, 11/8.
The Girls U17 saw the talented Tamika Saxby (AUS)
ease to victory not dropping a game in the whol tournament –
eventually defeating Michelle Gemmel (CAN) in the final
11/9, 11/6, 11/1. Anikita Sharma (IND) defeated Michelle’s
fellow Canadian Nicole Bunyan (CAN) 3-0 to take 3rd place.
The Boys U19 3rd place play off saw Guilherme Farnezi De
Melo (BRA) defeat Paul Coll (NZL) 7/11, 11/6, 14/12, 11/2.
In the final Andrew Schnell (CAN) looked highly
impressive. In an extremely high tempo match Schnell managed
to keep the tempo high enough to put his opponent Julian
Kirby (USA) under pressure to force errors – Schnell
eventually winning 11/7, 11/3, 11/7.
In the Girls U19 Mhairi Charlton (SCO) battled hard but
could only manage a 3rd place finish as both Laura
Gemmell (CAN), and Samantha Cornett (CAN) proved too
strong. The final match between Samantha and Laura saw Laura
coming out on top defeating Samantha 15/13, 11/8, 11/5.
Thanks to all of the players, parents and coaches for
supporting the event; the venue (Heriot Watt University) for
continuing to support the event, and all of the volunteers
to helped run the event smoothly.
Happy Hogmanay, and hopefully we will see everyone next
year!
More
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Draws &
Final Results
Boys U11
Boys U13
Boys U15
Boys U17
Boys U19
Girls U11
Girls U13
Girls U15
Girls U17
Girls U19
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Scottish
Junior Open 2009