Hosts Denied Both U19 Titles In Italian Junior Open

England's Robert Downer and Austria's Sandra Polak emerged triumphant in the finals of the Italian Junior U19 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 U19 Open title in March, coming through unscathed after beating Italy's Elisabetta Priante 5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-4.

Men's Final:
[1] Robert Downer (ENG) bt [5/8] Dimitri Diamadopoulos (ITA) 11-6, 11-9, 4-11, 11-5

Women's final:
Sandra Polak (AUT) bt Elisabetta Priante (ITA) 5-11, 11-2, 11-5, 11-4