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Bayoumy & Whitlock Take Top Honours In Dutch Junior Open

12 Jul 2010

Moustafa Bayoumy, 3/4 seed from Egypt, and Emily Whitlock, the second seed from England, came away with surprise victories in the U19 finals of the 2010 Dutch Junior Open Squash Championships, a Super Series event on the European Squash Federation Junior Circuit at Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam.

After upsetting top-seeded compatriot Karim Ali Fathi in the semi-finals, 16-year-old Bayoumy took on second seed Robert Downer in the final.

The Cairo-based teenager despatched Englishman Downer 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 to secure his first ESF Junior Circuit title.

It was an all-English battle which brought the women's U19 event to a climax - in which underdog Whitlock, also 16 and from Colwyn Bay in Wales, denied top seed Millie Tomlinson victory by beating the 18-year-old from Derbyshire 11-8, 11-6, 11-5.

Daughter of former England international Phil Whitlock, Emily is now celebrating her third U19 ESF title after winning the German Junior U19 Open and Austrian Junior U19 Open earlier in the year.

Men's U-19 Final:
[3/4] Moustafa Bayoumy (EGY) bt [2] Robert Downer (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 11-3

Women's U-19 Final:
[2] Emily Whitlock (ENG) bt [1] Millie Tomlinson (ENG) 11-8, 11-6, 11-5