Britons lead upsets in World Junior Championships in Poland

SQUASH: STUDIOFEATURE 2001, Hamburg

After two rounds of men’s action in the WSF World Junior Squash Championships today in the Polish city of Wroclaw, unseeded Britons Angus Gillams, Lyell Fuller, and Joel Makin joined Egyptian Omar Elatmas in securing unexpected places in the last 16 round at the new 20-court Hasta La Vista Club.

Englishman Gillams, a 17-year-old from Hertfordshire, survived his second five-game match of the day by upsetting Switzerland’s 9/16 seed Robin Gadola 4-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-13, 11-5.

Welshman Makin, aged 18, despatched 17-year-old Indian seed Kush Kumar 11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7.

Fuller, a 17-year-old Englishman from Devon, followed a five-game win over senior US international Dylan Murray by taking out 18-year-old Indian Rishi Tandon 11-4, 11-5, 12-14, 11-7.

Elatmas took four games to see off Israeli 9/16 seed Daniel Poleshchuk 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3. The 17-year-old now faces second-seeded compatriot Karim Ayman Elhammamy, who defeated Argentina’s Federico Cioffi 11-6, 11-7, 11-4.

Top seed Fares Mohamed Dessouki also had a straightforward win, beating Swiss opponent Remo Handl 11-2, 11-4, 11-2.

There were no notable surprises in today’s second round of the women’s event. Egyptian favourite Nour El Sherbinibrushed aside Belgium’s Tinne Gilis 11-7, 11-8, 11-3.

There was better news for the Gilis family, however, when Nele Gilis - a 5/8 seed – beat Canadian Alison Richmond 11-5, 11-1, 11-6 to claim her anticipated place in the third round.

France’s 17-year-old Marie Stephan gave herself a confidence-boosting place in the next round when she defeated Sue Ann Yong 11-4, 11-8, 14-12, avenging her defeat to the 18-year-old Malaysian in last week’s Dutch Junior Open final in Amsterdam.

Men’s 4th round line-up:

[1] Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) v [9/16] Tayyab Aslam (PAK)[5/8] Diego Elias (PER) v Angus Gillams (ENG)[5/8] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) v [9/16] Osama Khaled Khalifa (EGY)[3/4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) v Lyell Fuller (ENG)[3/4] Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK) v [9/16] Mohamed El Gawarhy (EGY)[5/8] Richie Fallows (ENG) v Joel Makin (WAL)[5/8] Yousif Nizar Saleh (KUW) v [9/16] Bradley Smith (ENG)[2] Karim Ayman Elhammamy (EGY) v Omar Elatmas (EGY)

Women’s 3rd round line-up:

[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) v Tessa ter Sluis (NED)[9/16] Hollie Naughton (CAN) v Sachika Ingale (IND)[9/16] Ho Ka Po (HKG) v Harshit Kaur Jawanda (IND)[5/8] Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY) v Lucy Beecroft (ENG)[5/8] Victoria Temple Murray (ENG) v Celine Yeap (MAS)[9/16] Habiba Mohamed Ahmed Alymohmed (EGY) v Ho Tze-Lok (HKG)[9/16] Nada Elkalaawy (ENG) v Marie Stephan (FRA)[3/4] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) v Colette Sultana (MLT)[3/4] Yathreb Adel (EGY) v Pansy Chan (HKG)[9/16] Lakshya Ragavendran (IND) v Lily Taylor (ENG)[9/16] Vanessa Raj (MAS) v Anna Kimberley (ENG)[5/8] Nele Gilis (BEL) v Olivia Fiechter (USA)[5/8] Mariam Ibrahim Metwally (EGY) v Alyssa Mehta (CAN)[9/16] Rachel Arnold (MAS) v Maria Elena Ubina (USA)[9/16] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) v Rebecca Barnett (NZL)[2] Nouran Ahmed Gohar (EGY) v Cindy Merlo (SUI)

RESULTS

Men’s 1st round:

Vojtech Babista (CZE) bt Piotr Hemmerling (POL) 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2Enzo Corigliano (FRA) bt Filip Mazurkiewicz (POL) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2Pascal Gomez (ESP) bt Vitaliy Yevdochenko (UKR) 11-5, 11-3, 11-2Gonzalo Gallardo (ARG) bt Adam Pelczynski (POL) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5Pierson Broadwater (USA) bt Le Hugo van Rooyen (NAM) 11-4, 11-3, 11-7Francisco Obregon (ARG) bt Adrien Grondin (FRA) 12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-7Lenard Puski (HUN) bt Lawrence Kuhn (RSA) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9Rishi Tandon (IND) bt Petr Zatrepalek (CZE) 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 11-3Edgar Zayas (MEX) bt Mathias Grondin (FRA) 11-6, 11-2, 11-2Niklas Becher (GER) bt Adrian Marszal (POL) 11-4, 11-5, 11-7Hayes Murphy (USA) bt Jordy Camps (BEL) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8Rodrigo Obregon (ARG) bt Balazs Farkas (HUN) 11-2, 11-5, 4-11, 11-9Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT) bt Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) 11-4, 13-11, 11-6Aubrey Lawrence (RSA) bt Vijay Meena Kumar (IND) w/oFelix Auer (GER) bt Damian Olejnik (POL) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5Gergely Nandor Papp (HUN) bt Madhav Dhingra (IND) 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 15-13, 11-7George Parker (ENG) bt Martin Svec (CZE) 11-5, 11-5, 11-8Silvio Soom (SUI) bt Dmytro Pogrebniak (UKR) 11-0, 11-7, 11-8

2nd round:

[1] Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) bt Vojtech Babista (CZE) 11-2, 11-3, 11-2Remo Handl (SUI) bt Roee Avraham (ISR) 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 10-12, 11-8Claudio Pinto (POR) bt Enzo Corigliano (FRA) 11-7, 11-1, 14-16, 8-11, 11-7[9/16] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) bt Pascal Gomez (ESP) 11-13, 11-8, 11-3, 11-3[9/16] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt Gonzalo Gallardo (ARG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-7Angus Gillams (ENG) bt Andre Ergenz (GER) 8-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 11-9Deepak Mishra (IND) bt Eissa Eshkanani (KUW) w/o[5/8] Diego Elias (PER) bt Pierson Broadwater (USA) 11-5, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9[5/8] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) bt Francisco Obregon (ARG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6Israr Ahmed (PAK) bt Manuel Wanner (SUI) w/oJosue Enriquez (GUA) bt Khaled Al-Jenaidel (KUW) 11-8, 13-15, 11-5, 11-7[9/16] Osama Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt Lenard Puski (HUN) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7Rishi Tandon (IND) bt [9/16] Amaad Fareed (PAK) w/oLyell Fuller (ENG) bt Dylan Murray (USA) 11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6Nicolas Valderrama (COL) bt Lucas Wirths (GER) 11-6, 11-8, 12-10[3/4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Edgar Zayas (MEX) 11-9, 11-9, 12-10[3/4] Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK) bt Niklas Becher (GER) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6Andres Felipe de Frutos (COL) bt Jakub Solnicky (CZE) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt Michael Babra (SWE) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4[9/16] Mohamed El Gawarhy (EGY) bt Hayes Murphy (USA) 11-7, 12-10, 11-9[9/16] Kush Kumar (IND) bt Rodrigo Obregon (ARG) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7Joel Makin (WAL) bt Athbi Khalid Hamad (KUW) 11-1, 11-4, 11-4Edward Columbia (USA) bt Seigo Masuda (ENG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-9[5/8] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt Syed Azlan Amjad (QAT) 11-6, 11-4, 11-6[5/8] Yousif Nizar Saleh (KUW) bt Aubrey Lawrence (RSA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-1Devin McLaughlin (USA) bt Auguste Dussourd (FRA) 11-8, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-7Andres Gonzalez (COL) bt Bilal Zakir (PAK) w/o[9/16] Bradley Smith (ENG) bt Felix Auer (GER) 11-5, 11-9, 11-6[9/16] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) bt Gergely Nandor Papp (HUN) 11-4, 12-10, 11-6Omar Elatmas (EGY) bt George Parker (ENG) 11-8, 14-12, 11-3Federico Cioffi (ARG) bt Roshan Bharos (NED) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9[2] Karim Ayman Elhammamy (EGY) bt Silvio Soom (SUI) 11-7, 12-10, 11-33rd round:[1] Fares Mohamed Dessouki (EGY) bt Remo Handl (SUI) 11-2, 11-4, 11-2[9/16] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) bt Claudio Pinto (POR) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9Angus Gillams (ENG) bt [9/16] Robin Gadola (SUI) 4-11, 13-11, 11-3, 11-13, 11-5[5/8] Diego Elias (PER) bt Deepak Mishra (IND) 11-3, 11-1, 10-12, 11-4[5/8] Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) bt Israr Ahmed (PAK) w/o[9/16] Osama Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt Josue Enriquez (GUA) 11-2, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6Lyell Fuller (ENG) bt Rishi Tandon (IND) 11-4, 11-5, 12-14, 11-7[3/4] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Nicolas Valderrama (COL) 11-8, 11-7, 11-7[3/4] Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (PAK) bt Andres Felipe de Frutos (COL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-8[9/16] Mohamed El Gawarhy (EGY) bt Baptiste Masotti (FRA) 11-9, 14-16, 11-5, 14-12Joel Makin (WAL) bt [9/16] Kush Kumar (IND) 11-9, 13-11, 6-11, 11-7[5/8] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt Edward Columbia (USA) 11-8, 11-6, 12-14, 11-6[5/8] Yousif Nizar Saleh (KUW) bt Devin McLaughlin (USA) 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-4[9/16] Bradley Smith (ENG) bt Andres Gonzalez (COL) 11-7, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9Omar Elatmas (EGY) bt [9/16] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-3[2] Karim Ayman Elhammamy (EGY) bt Federico Cioffi (ARG) 11-6, 11-7, 11-4

Women’s 1st round:

Tinne Gilis (BEL) bt Julia Chudzicka (POL) 11-3, 11-5, 11-5Sachika Ingale (IND) bt Hayley Hughes (NZL) 11-6, 11-3, 11-7Winifer Bonilla (GUA) bt Oceane Wadoux (FRA) 12-10, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9Reeham Sedky (USA) bt Nadja Pfister (SUI) 11-7, 11-2, 11-4Laura Gamblin (FRA) bt Momoka Nakahira (JPN) 12-10, 11-2, 11-7Sophie Mehta (CAN) bt Aleksandra Surdziel (POL) 11-0, 11-3, 11-1Katie Tutrone (USA) bt Adya Advani (IND) 11-6, 11-4, 11-7Dileas MacGowan (CAN) bt Abbie Palmer (NZL) 11-7, 11-4, 8-11, 11-6Natalie Newton (AUS) bt Klaudia Borek (POL) 11-2, 11-2, 11-2Nicole Stoneham (AUS) bt Dominika Kejikova (CZE) 11-6, 11-2, 11-6Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) bt Julie Rossignol (FRA) 11-6, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4Tanvi Khanna (IND) bt Ayaka Shiraishi (JPN) 11-5, 11-1, 11-4Alison Richmond (CAN) bt Lea van der Zwalmen (FRA) 5-11, 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-2Kacey-Leigh Dodd (RSA) bt Iga Cierpial (POL) w/oChoi Uen Shan (HKG) bt Elise Romba (FRA) 11-4, 11-4, 11-4Kayley Leonard (USA) bt Urwashi Joshi (IND) 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9Rebecca Barnett (NZL) bt Natalia Ryfa (POL) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9Georgina Kennedy (ENG) bt Satomi Watanabe (JPN) 11-7, 11-3, 12-10

2nd round:

[1] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt Tinne Gilis (BEL) 11-7, 11-8, 11-3Tessa ter Sluis (NED) bt Laura Casallas (COL) 11-5, 11-7, 11-9Sachika Ingale (IND) bt Grace McErvale (AUS) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5[9/16] Hollie Naughton (CAN) bt Winifer Bonilla (GUA) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4[9/16] Ho Ka Po (HKG) bt Reeham Sedky (USA) 15-13, 11-5, 11-8Harshit Kaur Jawanda (IND) bt Karolina Holinkova (CZE) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5Lucy Beecroft (ENG) bt Bianca Brown (RSA) 11-3, 12-10, 11-5[5/8] Salma Hany Ibrahim (EGY) bt Laura Gamblin (FRA) 11-4, 11-1, 11-6[5/8] Victoria Temple Murray (ENG) bt Sophie Mehta (CAN) 11-9, 11-4, 11-4Celine Yeap (MAS) bt Barbora Krejcova (CZE) 11-6, 11-6, 11-9Ho Tze-Lok (HKG) bt Teh Min Jie (MAS) w/o[9/16] Habiba Mohamed Ahmed Alymohmed (EGY) bt Katie Tutrone (USA) 11-9, 11-3, 11-3[9/16] Nada Elkalaawy (ENG) bt Dileas MacGowan (CAN) 11-0, 11-1, 11-8Marie Stephan (FRA) bt Sue Ann Yong (MAS) 11-4, 11-8, 14-12Colette Sultana (MLT) bt Maria Paula Tovar (COL) 11-2, 11-3, 8-11, 11-6[3/4] Sabrina Sobhy (USA) bt Natalie Newton (AUS) 11-4, 11-6, 11-5[3/4] Yathreb Adel (EGY) bt Nicole Stoneham (AUS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-5Pansy Chan (HKG) bt Chloe Chemtob (USA) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3Lily Taylor (ENG) bt Natalia Londono (COL) 11-2, 11-7, 11-2[9/16] Lakshya Ragavendran (IND) bt Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) 11-8, 11-8, 5-11, 11-5[9/16] Vanessa Raj (MAS) bt Tanvi Khanna (IND) 11-5, 11-2, 11-2Anna Kimberley (ENG) bt Makgooi Peloakgosi (RSA) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5Olivia Fiechter (USA) bt Eleanor Epke (NZL) 8-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-2, 11-7[5/8] Nele Gilis (BEL) bt Alison Richmond (CAN) 11-5, 11-1, 11-6[5/8] Mariam Ibrahim Metwally (EGY) bt Kacey-Leigh Dodd (RSA) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3Alyssa Mehta (CAN) bt Kristyna Alexova (CZE) 11-5, 11-8, 7-11, 7-11, 11-6Maria Elena Ubina (USA) bt Laura Tovar Perez (COL) 11-3, 12-10, 11-9[9/16] Rachel Arnold (MAS) bt Choi Uen Shan (HKG) 11-5, 11-13, 11-3, 10-12, 11-9[9/16] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bt Kayley Leonard (USA) 5-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-5Rebecca Barnett (NZL) bt Emilia Soini (FIN) 9-11, 12-10, 11-4, 4-11, 11-6Cindy Merlo (SUI) bt Megan Page (RSA) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8[2] Nouran Ahmed Gohar (EGY) bt Georgina Kennedy (ENG) 11-4, 11-5, 11-3

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