RESULTS: Austrian Junior Open Squash Championships, Vienna, Austria
Men's U-19 quarter-finals:
[1] Miroslav Celler (SVK) bt [5/8] Sebastian Koberl (AUT) 16-14, 11-7, 11-7
[3/4] Aamir Khan (PAK) bt [5/8] Marcus Greslehner (AUT) 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9
[3/4] Roman Svec (CZE) bt [5/8] Tim van der Pluijm (NED) 11-4, 7-11, 11-3, 12-10
[2] Rick Penders (NED) bt [5/8] Valentin Rapp (GER) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Miroslav Celler (SVK) bt [3/4] Aamir Khan (PAK) 7-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-9
[2] Rick Penders (NED) bt [3/4] Roman Svec (CZE) 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10
Final:
[2] Rick Penders (NED) bt [1] Miroslav Celler (SVK) 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8
Women's U-19 semi-finals:
[1] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [5/8] Marika Doubravova (CZE) 11-4, 12-10, 11-6
[2] Sandra Polak (AUT) bt [3] Andrea Malinova (SVK) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7
Final:
[1] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [2] Sandra Polak (AUT) 11-8, 11-2, 11-2
There were first time winners in the U19 finals of the Austrian Junior Open Squash Championships when Dutchman Rick Penders and England's Emily Whitlock emerged victorious in the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event staged in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Second seed Penders faced Slovakian favourite Miroslav Celler in the men's U19 final after both players had overcome 3/4 seeds in the semis.
Celler, 18, from Bratislava, took the opening game – but Penders came back to take the next three, winning 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-8 to claim his first ESF U19 title.
It was on the eve of her 16th birthday that Emily Whitlock, the daughter of England international Phil Whitlock, faced local star Sandra Polak, the second seed.
But top seed Whitlock was too strong for the 18-year-old from Vienna, winning 11-8, 11-2, 11-2.
The triumph marked the second U19 ESF title for the British U17 National champion who made her breakthrough last September by winning the Nordic Junior U19 trophy in Sweden.