World Juniors Day 1 Recap: North Americans Murray, Osborne, McCue Advance  
from DailySquashReport.com

July 14, 2011 - The American contingent endured a frustrating opening day at the World Men’s Junior Individuals in Herentals, Belguim yesterday, with four of the five US team members ousted in the first round.

US Junior Champion Dylan Murray of Bronxville, New York, advanced to the round-of-32 with a comfortable 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 victory over Yannick Lindemann of Switzerland.

Canadians Mike McCue and Tyler Osborne also won first round matches. McCue routined Holland’s Christoph Winzer in three, while Osborne withstood a challenge from American Edward Columbia, winning in four.

US players Tom Dembinski and Liam McClintock each lost in straight-games to seeded players, Dembinski to Mahesh Mangaonkar of India and McClintock to Nicholas Hopcroft of England, while Faraz Khan extended Martin Svec of the Czech Republic before losing 11-5 in the fifth.

In today’s second round, Murray wlll face 9/16-seed Jerome Dadot of France, a 3-game first round winner over England’s Adam Auckland.

McCue takes on Abhishek Pradhan of India, while Osborne, the Canadian junior champion, faces Andres de Frutos of Colombia.

From Howard Harding:

Colombian Alfonso Marroquin produced the only upset on the opening day of play in the WSF Men's World Junior Individual Squash Championship - and dashed hosts Belgium's hopes of a local player on the winner's podium at the Flemish Squash Centre in Herentals.

There were high hopes for 9/16 seed Tom de Mulder after the 18-year-old from Ghent finished as runner-up in last week's Pioneer Junior Open in Germany.

But the top-rated Belgian, in his fourth appearance in the championship, was unable to extend his opening game advantage over Marroquin as the 18-year-old from Bogota battled through to his 4-11, 11-9, 11-6, 4-11, 11-6 shock victory in 52 minutes.

It was a bewildered De Mulder who tried to explain his feelings afterwards: "I had absolutely no power today, I felt dizzy, I just couldn't move - couldn't hit the ball properly. This is not normal. I have no idea what happened on there."

After further Belgian disappointment when Toon van Baekel went down to England's 5/8 seed James Earles, all eyes were on Jan van den Herrewegen. The Belgian crowded assembled at the glass court to support their local hero.

However, it took just 32 minutes for Egypt's second seed Marwan El Shorbagy to defeat the Oodenaarde-born 17-year-old 11-7, 11-1, 11-7 to end Belgium's presence in the main draw.

Belgian National coach Ronny Vlassaks was still satisfied: "Jan played really well. In this match, he showed that he is able to approach the top players level with regard to pace and speed of the game. Obviously, he still misses the experience in matchplay that these top guys do have."

El Shorbagy led a quintet of Egyptians through to the second round, in which a further five Frenchmen will also bid for places in the last 16.


UPDATED DRAW:

Men's WSF World Junior Championship 2011, Flemish Squash Centre, Herentals, Belgium

July 13-17, 2011


Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
Quarters
SF
F
[1] Amr Khalifa EGY
BYE

[1] Amr Khalifa

Kush Kumar


     
Final
Marc Ter Sluis SUI 
• Kush Kumar IND 4, (12),(8),1, 0
•Fares Dessouki EGY 0, 4, 3
Tom Lucas NED
Fares Dessouki
Damien Volland
•Damien Volland FRA 2, 3, 8
Abdulazia Kanaan KUW
•(5/8) Ramit Tandon IND  7, 6, 4
Aqueel Ashkenani KUW
Ramit Tandon
Abdullah Al-Tamimi

•Abdullah Al-Tamimi QAT 10, 9, 6
Felipe Tovar COL
•(9/16) Michael McCue CAN  4, 6, 2
Christoph Winzer NED
Michael McCue
Abhishek Pradhan
•Abhishek Pradhan IND 9, 11, 1
Remo Handl SUI
•Mohammed Aboelghar EGY 5-4-3
Vrishab Kotian IND
Mohammed Aboelghar
Juan Vargas


•Juan Vargas COL walkover
Michael Valenta CZE
Arthur Moineau FRA
BYE
Arthur Moineau 
Oliver Holland
•Oliver Holland ENG 1, 5, 4
Manuel Wanneer SUI
•(5/8) James Earles ENG 1, 6, 2
Toon Van Baekel BEL
James Earles
Quint Mandil

Matthew Roberts RSA
• Quint Mandil FRA 4, 8, 9
•Alexandre Cogno FRA 4, 5, 9
Roshan Bharos NED
Alexandre Cogno
Valentin Rapp
•Valentin Rapp GER walkover
Salman Mohib PAK
Joel Siewerdt SUI
• Greg Lobban SCO 5, 4, 6
Greg Lobban
Mazen Ga Sabry



Antonio De La Torre GUA
•(9/16) Mazen Ga Sabry  EGY walk
Santiago Sevilla ECU
• Yousef Saleh KUW 7, 2, 9
Yousef Saleh
Alfonso Marroquin
•Alfonso Marroquin COL(4)9,6,(4)6
(9/16) Tom De Mulder BEL 
Yannick Lindemann SUI
• Dylan Murray USA 7, 6, 3
Dylan Murray 
Jerome Dadot

Adam Auckland ENG
• (9/16) Jerome Dadot FRA 2, 8, 5
Josue Enriquez GUA
• Ernesto Davila ECU walkover
Ernesto Davila
Declan James
Yousif Ali KUW
• (5/8) Declan James ENG 2, 3, 6
Guido Pleom NED
• Cedric Kuchen SUI 4, 9, 6
Cedric Kuchen
Mahesh Mangaonkar


Thomas Dembinski USA 
•(9/16) M Mangaonkar IND 1, 1, 1
•Durant Martin RSA 8, (6), 8, (16) 6
Johannes Herz GER
Durant Martin
Nicholas Hopcroft
Liam McClintock USA
• (9/16) N Hopcroft ENG  7, 5, 9
Andres De Frutos COL
BYE
Andres De Frutos
Tyler Osborne

Edward Columbia USA
• (9/16) T Osborne CAN 8, 4, (7), 7
Faraz Khan USA
• Martin Svec CZE (10) 8, 7 (11) 5
Martin Svec
Marwan El Shorbagy
Jan Van Den Herrewegen BEL
(2)•Marwan El shorbagy EGY 7 1 7






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