EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Italian Junior Open Squash Championships, Riccione, Italy
Men's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [5/8] Julian Kirby (USA) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9
[9/16] Derek Chilvers (USA) bt [3/4] Rayan Mullaney (USA) 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6
[5/8] Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) bt [9/16] Michael Collins (ENG) 11-7, 11-5, 11-8
Eric Bedell (USA) bt [9/16] O'Neil McGee (USA) 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6
Semi-finals:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [9/16] Derek Chilvers (USA) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
[5/8] Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) bt Eric Bedell (USA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9
Final:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [5/8] Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5
Third place play-off:
[9/16] Derek Chilvers (USA) bt Eric Bedell (USA) 11-1, 11-2, 11-5
Women's U19 final:
Sandra Polak (AUT) bt Elisabetta Priante (ITA) 5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-4
Third place play-off:
Monica Menegozzi (ITA) bt Simona Fedeli (ITA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-2
England's Robert Downer and Austria's Sandra Polak emerged triumphant in the U19 finals in the Italian Junior Open Squash Championships – putting paid to a domestic double in the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event at the FIGS National Centre in Riccione, Italy.
Downer, a 17-year-old from Hampshire, was seeded to win the men's title – but his Italian opponent Dimitri Diamadopoulos progressed two rounds beyond his seeded position to make a surprise appearance in the climax.
It took the Englishman four games, but Downer ultimately prevailed 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5 to add the Italian title to the Irish Junior U19 Open crown he won last November in Galway.
The women's event was run in a pool format – with Sandra Polak, the 17-year-old winner of the Austrian Junior Open title in March, coming through unscathed after beating Italy's Elisabetta Priante 5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-4.