Le Roux & McLeod Win Irish Junior Open Titles

England's Shaun le Roux and New Zealand's Rachel McLeod are the surprise winners of the men's and women's U-19 titles, respectively, in the Irish Junior Open in Belfast.

Yorkshireman Le Roux, a 5/8 seed, upset fellow Englishman Robbie Temple, a 3/4 seed, 9-0 9-2 9-0 in the men's final, while unseeded Rachel McLeod followed victories over seeds in the quarter-finals and semi-finals with a 10-8 9-1 9-0 defeat of the Spanish favourite Chantal Moros-Pitarch in the women's final.

Men's Final:
[5/8] Shaun le Roux (ENG) bt [3/4] Robbie Temple (ENG) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0

Women's Final:
Rachel McLeod (NZL) bt [1] Chantal Moros-Pitarch (ESP) 10-8, 9-1, 9-0