Defending Champions Germany Make Positive Start In Vienna
2 Apr 2010
Germany made a positive start to the defence of their title in the European Junior U19 Team Championship with a 3/0 win over Denmark on the opening day of qualifying action in the European Squash Federation event in the Austrian capital Vienna.
The fourth seeds will now face fifth seeds Wales and 13th seeds Spain in remaining ties in Pool D.
Top seeds England, surprise runners-up to Germany last year, also made a convincing start, with 3/0 victories over both Israel and Belgium - 16th and 9th seeds, respectively - in Pool A.
France, the No2 seeds expected to meet England in the final for the third time in four years, also recorded two decisive wins, beating 15th seeds Sweden and 10th seeds Slovakia 3/0 in Pool B
1st qualifying rounds - Pool A:
[1] ENGLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 3/0
Ben Coleman bt Guy Rutraf 11-8, 11-9, 11-2
Robert Downer bt Liad Hare 11-0, 11-6, 11-2
Millie Tomlinson bt Stav Cohen-Adiv 11-3, 11-3, 11-4
[8] SCOTLAND bt [9] BELGIUM 2/1
Greg Lobban lost to Tom de Mulder 6-11, 9-11, 12-10, 10-12
Douglas Kempsell bt Cedric Peeters 11-7, 11-5, 11-7
Mhairi Charlton bt Nathalie Philipsen 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 5-11, 12-10
[1] ENGLAND bt [9] BELGIUM 3/0
Charles Sharpes bt Cedric Peeters 11-4, 11-5, 11-4
Robert Downer bt Georgy Beeckman 11-9, 12-10, 11-6
Carrie Ramsey bt Nathalie Philipsen 11-5, 11-6, 11-1
[17] FINLAND bt [8] SCOTLAND 2/1
Ville Hiltunen lost to Greg Lobban 4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 7-11
Tatu Knuutila bt Douglas Kempsell 11-9, 3-11, 11-6, 11-4
Emilia Soini bt Morgan McGuire 13-11, 11-5, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9
[17] FINLAND bt [16] ISRAEL 2/1
Ville Hiltunen bt Liad Hare 11-5, 11-7, 11-5
Joonas Honkanen bt Daniel Poleshchuk 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-5
Emilia Soini lost to Stav Cohen-Adiv 6-11, 12-10, 5-11, 8-11
Pool B:
[2] FRANCE bt [15] SWEDEN 3/0
Lucas Serme bt Alex Christensson 11-6, 11-5, 11-4
Paul Bonabesse bt Lars Klaening 11-7, 11-8, 11-8
Cyrielle Peltier bt Matilda Ravn-Holm 11-3, 11-8, 11-5
[7] NETHERLANDS bt [10] SLOVAKIA 3/0
Rick Penders bt Miroslav Celler 11-8, 11-9, 11-3
Tim van der Pluijm bt David Kubicek 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
Ilona Lagerweij bt Andrea Malinova 11-6, 11-4, 11-4
[2] FRANCE bt [10] SLOVAKIA 3/0
Lucas Serme bt David Kubicek 11-6, 11-3, 11-2
Arthur Moineau bt Peter Hruzik 11-6, 11-8, 11-2
Melissa Alves bt Andrea Malinova 11-4, 11-6, 11-9
[7] NETHERLANDS bt [18] HUNGARY 2/1
Rick Penders bt Benedek Sebok 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Tim van der Pluijm bt Gabor Szabo 11-6, 11-1, 11-6
Tessa ter Sluis lost to Fatime Farkas 6-11, 11-13, 9-11
[18] HUNGARY bt [15] SWEDEN 2/1
Benedek Sebok lost to Alex Christensson 7-11, 11-7, 5-11, 4-11
Ramon Gubi bt Lars Klaening 9-11, 13-15, 11-8, 11-4, 11-8
Fatime Farkas bt Matilda Ravn-Holm 11-7, 11-4, 11-6
Pool C:
[3] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [11] IRELAND 3/0
Daniel Mekbib bt Gary Power 11-8, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7
Zbynek Standera bt Theodore Anderson 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-3
Anna Klimundova bt Cathryn Abernethy 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
[6] SWITZERLAND bt [14] AUSTRIA 3/0
Lukas Burkhart bt Marcus Greslehner 6-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8
Dominik Penkov bt Manuel Kurzwell 11-3, 11-3, 11-1
Agapi Kazamia bt Sandra Polak 11-1, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7
[3] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [14] AUSTRIA 3/0
Zbynek Standera bt Daniel Nagel 11-5, 11-2, 11-2
Ondrej Uherka bt Manuel Kurzwell 11-8, 11-9, 11-7
Anna Klimundova bt Sabrina Rehman 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 11-5
[6] SWITZERLAND bt [11] IRELAND 3/0
Lukas Burkhart bt Gary Power 11-5, 11-8, 11-8
Marco Graziotti bt Theodore Anderson 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-7
Fabienne Oppliger bt Cathryn Abernethy 12-10, 11-4, 11-2
Pool D:
[4] GERMANY bt [12] DENMARK 3/0
Rudi Rohrmuller bt Philip Tran 11-4, 11-2, 11-3
Philip Riedl bt Mark Povlsen 6-11, 13-11, 12-14, 15-13, 11-6
Franziska Hennes bt Millie Jensen 7-11, 11-5, 14-12, 14-12
[5] WALES bt [13] SPAIN 2/1
David Haley lost to Hugo Varela Campo 9-11, 10-12, 3-11
Sam Fenwick bt Alberto Perez Pomares 11-9, 11-3, 11-4
Tesni Evans bt Sara Esperon 11-8, 11-8, 11-4