EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Austrian Junior Open Squash Championships, Vienna, Austria
Men's U-19 Quarter-finals:
[1] José Becerril (MEX) bt [5/8] Ahmed Nour El-Din (EGY) 3-9, 9-7, 7-9,
10-8, 10-8
[5/8] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt Jonas Knigge Laursen (DEN) 10-8, 9-2, 9-4
[5/8] Eduardo Pereira (BRA) bt Michael Frilund (DEN) 9-5, 9-3, 10-8
[2] Ilan Oren (ISR) bt Marc Burmeister (DEN) 9-5, 9-5, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] José Becerril (MEX) bt [5/8] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 3-9, 9-4, 9-1, 9-5
[2] Ilan Oren (ISR) bt [5/8] Eduardo Pereira (BRA) 9-3, 9-5, 5-9, 9-2
Final:
[2] Ilan Oren (ISR) bt [1] José Becerril (MEX) 9-5, 9-3, 4-9, 10-9
Women's U-19 Quarter-finals:
[1] Olga Ertlova (CZE) bt Eva Markova (CZE) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
[3/4] Kyla Grigg (CAN) bt [5/8] Milla Karjalainen (FIN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2
[3/4] Veronica Koukalova (CZE) bt [5/8] Helga Kecse-Nagy (HUN) 9-7, 9-2, 10-8
[2] Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt Janina Jasper (GER) 9-0, 9-2, 9-1
Semi-finals:
[3/4] Kyla Grigg (CAN) bt [1] Olga Ertlova (CZE) 10-9, 9-1, 9-2
[2] Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt [3/4] Veronica Koukalova (CZE) 9-0, 9-3, 9-1
Final:
[3/4] Kyla Grigg (CAN) bt [2] Birgit Coufal (AUT) 10-8, 10-9, 4-9, 10-8
Coufal Fails In Austrian Hat-Trick Bid
In one of the closest women's finals on record, Canada's Kyla Grigg upset
second-seeded Birgit Coufal 10-8 10-9 4-9 10-8 to prevent the Austrian
teenager from winning the U-19 title in the Austrian Junior Open Squash
Championship in Vienna for the third successive year.
There was also an upset in the men's U-19 final when second-seeded Israeli
Ilan Oren defeated Mexican favourite José Becerril 9-5 9-3 4-9 10-9.