England & Germany To Meet In European Junior Finals

England and hosts Germany will meet in the finals of both the European Junior U15 Team Championship and European Junior U17 Team Championship in Boblingen.

Both nations cruised to 3/0 victories in the U17 semi-finals to meet in the final for the third successive year - favourites and defending champions England beating fifth seeds Switzerland and Germany triumphing over 3/4 seeds France.

The U15 semi-finals were closer-fought affairs, with the second string men having to clinch the victories after both ties were level. Rudi Rohrmuller was the hero for top seeds Germany, beating David Haley 9-1 9-0 9-1 as the champions in 2001 and 2002 claimed a 2/1 win over fourth seeds Wales.

The other semi-final pitched 2/3 seeds England and France together - with England's Chris Fuller earning a decisive 9-3 6-9 9-6 9-1 victory over Antoine Dauzac as England reached the final for the fourth year in a row.

U15 Semi-finals:
[1] GERMANY bt [4] WALES 2-1
Lisa Marie Sedimeier lost to Natalie Pritchard 9-5, 3-9, 2-9, 5-9
Raphael Kandra bt Hywel Robinson 9-6, 9-4, 9-1
Rudi Rohrmuller bt David Haley 9-1, 9-0, 9-1

[2/3] ENGLAND bt [2/3] FRANCE 2-1
Jane Allman lost to Emilie Lamilongo 7-9, 2-9, 9-2, 10-8, 6-9
Alex Ingham bt Lucas Vauzelle 9-1, 9-4, 9-3
Chris Fuller bt Antoine Dauzac 9-3, 6-9, 9-6, 9-1

U17 semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [5] SWITZERLAND 3-0
Rachel Willmott bt Vanessa Isola 9-1, 9-0, 9-4
Jim Bristow bt Nicolas Mueller 9-3, 9-1, 6-9, 5-9, 9-7
Joe Lee bt Reiko Peter 9-4, 9-0

[2] GERMANY bt [3/4] FRANCE 3-0
Sina Wall bt Coline Aumard 9-2, 9-2, 9-5
Norman Junge bt Gregoire Marche 9-5, 2-9, 9-7, 9-4
Carsten Schoor bt Florent Pontiere 6-9, 9-6, 9-2