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TODAY in Sheffield ... 2014 Daily Reports 

Fri 3rd, Day TWO:

Another busy day as many of the draws worked their way down to the quarter-final stage.

At Abbeydale there were two rounds of play in the Boys U19 and one in the Girls as the quarter-finalists were decided.

Egypt predictably dominated the Girls event with their top four seeds all winning, but England will have three players in the quarters, and Belgium one.

Less good news for Egypt in the boys matches with just two left in contention, while England are guaranteed a semi-finalist after wins from Richie Fallows and George Parker.

The upset of the day though came from India's Kush Kumar who took out second seed Shehab Essam in three impressive games.

  Details of both on the blog

At Hallamshire there were upsets too with three 3/4 seeds falling - Malaysia's Jessica Kheng (G15) and India's Adhitya Raghavan (B15) upset the seedings, and James Peach boosted English interest in the U17 boys, beating 3/4  seed Karim Ibrahim 20/18, 12/10, 11/9!

 
The U19 quarter-finalists

Saturday's quarter-finals take place mostly one one court at both venues, so we'll be able to provide fuller coverage of those.

George Parker

Thu 2nd, Day ONE:
Malaysian clean sweep in Sheffield

It was an earlier start than usual for some on the opening day of the Tecnifibre British Junior Open, being staged in Sheffield for the 19th year in a row, as world champion and world number one Nick Matthew hosted a book signing at the Copthorne Hotel, giving some lucky juniors a chance that most professional players can only dream about ... having Nick Matthew for breakfast!

Then the action took place at three venues - Abbeydale, Hallamshire and Fulwood - for a busy opening day featuring 400+ players and 36 nations.

The large Egyptian contingent - in serious contention for a clean sweep of all eight titles - had a good day with their seeded players progressing in all divisions, but it was the Malaysians who had most to cheer about with an impressive 23 wins out of 23, the highlight being a comeback from 0-2 and 0-5 down from Kah Yan Ooi.

Kah Yan Ooi comeback helps Malaysia to 100%

With so much going on, we'll leave you to find results on the  draws, plenty of photos in the gallery and updates on Twitter,  and a few stories of the day on the blog.

Egypt's "big four" through in G19

300+ Day One Photos

Ashley misses out on last junior event

"Poster People" Lily Taylor and Richie Fallows safely through to Day Two

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