Holland & Wiese Claim German Junior Open Titles
by Howard Harding
March 21, 2012 - While England's Oliver Holland won the men's U19 title in the German Junior Open Squash Championships as predicted, Annika Wiese produced unexpected home success in the women's category in the long-established European Squash Federation Junior Circuit event at Sportpark Nord in Nürnberg.
It was a second successive ESF Junior Circuit title triumph for Holland, the 17-year-old from Nottingham who lifted the French Junior Open crown last month.
In the first all-English men's final this millennium, top seed Holland faced Richie Fallows, the third seed who upset Belgium's second seed Tom de Mulder in the semi-finals.
It was a close-fought contest, but Holland finally emerged successful after beating 16-year-old Fallows 11-7, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6.
The women's U19 event was contested on a round-robin basis Wiese, the No7 seed, claiming a place in the final at the expense of England's top seed Hannah Williams.
The 18-year-old from Paderborn continued her giant-killing run in the final, beating Denisa Peleskova, the No2 seed from the Czech Republic, 12-10, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9.
RESULTS: German Junior Open Squash Championships, Nürnberg, Germany
Men's Under-19 quarter-finals:
[1] Oliver Holland (ENG) bt [9] Alexandre Cogno (FRA) 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9
[14] Daniel Hockborn (ENG) bt [5] Damien Volland (FRA) 11-3, 16-14, 6-11, 11-5
[3] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt Joel Makin (WAL) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8
[2] Tom de Mulder (BEL) bt [7] Jordan Davies (WAL) 11-3, 11-6, 4-11, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Oliver Holland (ENG) bt [14] Daniel Hockborn (ENG) 9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-4
[3] Richie Fallows (ENG) bt [2] Tom de Mulder (BEL) 11-7, 6-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-8
Final:
[1] Oliver Holland (ENG) bt [3] Richie Fallows (ENG) 11-7, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6
Third place play-off:
[2] Tom de Mulder (BEL) bt [14] Daniel Hockborn (ENG) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-6
Women's Under-19 final:
[7] Annika Wiese (GER) bt [2] Denisa Peleskova (CZE) 12-10, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9
Third place play-off:
[1] Hannah Williams (ENG) bt [4] Nikita Brant (BEL) 6-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8
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