Stamford's Maria Elena Ubina Wins Pioneer Cup In Cologne, Germany
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June 26, 2012 - Top-ranked US Girls' junior Maria Elena Ubina defeated Nele Gilis of Belgium in five games yesterday to capture the Girls Under-19 title at the 2012 Pioneer Cup in Cologne, Germany.
Ubina won the first two games, lost the next two, and prevailed 11-8 in an exciting fifth to close out a 62-minute battle.
The linescore was: 11-8 11-9 9-11 8-11 11-8.
The Pioneer Open is considered one of the major tournaments on the European junior calendar.
Maria entered the event as the #1 seed. She straight-setted opponents Olivia Wherry of the US, Enora Villard of France and Caroline Sayegh of Germany en route to the final.
In the Boys' U-19s, Faraz Khan of the US and Ryan Todd of Canada each won two matches before losing in round-of-16 action.
In Girls' Under-17 play, Lindsey Scott of Riverside, CT, seeded 5/8, won four matches to reach the finals before losing to Emilia Soini of Finland in four games.
In the Boys' U-17s, Americans Jordan Brail and Soren Larsen each qualified into the event and proceeded to reach the quarters.
In other notable performances by North Americans, Akasham Rajagopaul of Canada and Yeyha Essam of the US reached the finals of the Boys' 13s and 15s respectively.
Pioneer Junior Cup 2012, Finals:
G13: [1] Elize Lazarus (Eng) bt [3] Raneem El Torky (Egy) 11/4, 11/5, 5/11, 8/11, 12/10
B13: [4] Mostafa Montaser (Egy) bt Akasham Rajagopaul (Can) 11/3, 11/5, 11/9
G15: [1] Tine Gilis (Bel) bt [3] Cindy Merlo (Sui) 12/10, 11/6, 11/7
B15: [2] Miko Aijanen (Fin) bt [Q] Yeyha Essam (Usa) 11/5, 11/8, 11/3
G17: [1] Emilia Soini (Fin) bt [5/8] Lindsey Scott (Usa) 5/11, 11/5, 11/7, 11/1
B17: [3] Diego Elias (Per) bt Youssef Abouelmakarem (Egy) 11/8, 11/9, 11/9
B19: [1] Tom Ford (Eng) bt [3] Richie Fallows (Eng) 11/7, 11/5, 11/6
G19: [1] Maria Elena Ubina (Usa) bt [2] Nele Gilis (Bel) 11/8, 11/9, 9/11, 8/11, 11/8 (62m)
FULL RESULTS
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