Perry & Sandhu Celebrate Scottish Successes

England's Sarah-Jane Perry and Harinder Pal Sandhu, from India, celebrated title triumphs successes in the Scottish Junior U19 Open in Edinburgh - in the final European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event of the year at the National Squash Centre at Heriot-Watt University.

Sandhu, a 3/4 seed, made his breakthrough in the men's semi-finals when he beat Andrew Martin, the unseeded South African who had earlier ousted second-seeded Irishman Rory Byrne. The 18-year-old from Chennai then faced a further non-seed in the final - Canadian Kelly Shannon, who beat Todd Harrity, a 9/16 seed from the USA who caused the demise of event favourite Rudi Willemse in the quarter-finals.

It took Sandhu four games to beat Shannon 9-4, 4-9, 9-1, 10-8 to earn his first ESF Junior circuit title.

The women's U19 event was played in two pools, with the winners facing each other in the final. Sarah-Jane Perry, a 17-year-old from Kenilworth in Warwickshire who was runner-up in October's Belgian Junior Open final, took on Welsh opponent Natalie Pritchard in an all-British Edinburgh final.

Pritchard, also 17, took the opening two games, but Perry pounced back to win 7-9, 8-10, 9-4, 9-5, 9-3 in a 66-minute marathon to claim her maiden ESF title success.

Men's U19 Final:
[3/4] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Kelly Shannon (CAN) 9-4, 4-9, 9-1, 10-8

Third place play-off:
[9/16] Todd Harrity (USA) bt Andrew Martin (RSA) 5-9, 9-3, 9-2, 9-1 (36m)

Women's U19 Final:
Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Natalie Pritchard (WAL) 7-9, 8-10, 9-4, 9-5, 9-3 (66m)

Third place play-off:
Amanda Cranston (NZL) bt Bethan Williams (WAL) 5-9, 9-6, 9-0, 9-0