EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: Pioneer Junior Open Squash Championships, Cologne, Germany
Women's U19 quarter-finals:
[1] Sina Wall (GER) bt [8] Jasmin Ballman (SUI) 9-4, 5-9, 9-3, 9-0
[5] Astrid Kern (GER) bt [4] Gabrielle de Lavison (FRA) 9-2, 3-9, 0-9, 9-3, 9-7
[6] Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) bt [3] Olivia Blatchford (USA) 9-7, 9-2, 10-8
[7] Sara El Noamany (EGY) bt [15] Salma Nassar (EGY) 6-9, 6-9, 9-4, 10-8, 9-2
Semi-finals:
[1] Sina Wall (GER) bt [5] Astrid Kern (GER) 9-6, 9-4, 9-0
[7] Sara El Noamany (EGY) bt [6] Lisa Marie Sedlmeier (GER) 9-5, 6-9, 9-5, 9-1
Final:
[7] Sara El Noamany (EGY) bt [1] Sina Wall (GER) 9-6, 9-0, 9-7
Egypt's Sara El Noamany claimed the U19 title in the Pioneer Junior Open Squash Championships in Germany - El Noamany reached the women's final as the seventh seed - then despatched top seed Sina Wall in straight games at the ACR Sportcenter in Cologne..
Eager to make up for the disappointment of failing to achieve her seeding position in last year's event, Sara El Noamany was determined to do well in the 2008 championship. The 18-year-old from Cairo faced fellow countrywoman Salma Nassar in the quarter-finals after the 15th seed upset England's second seed Kimberley Hay in the previous round.
A four-game win over Germany's sixth seed Lisa Marie Sedlmeier in the semis took El Noamany to her maiden European circuit final where she beat favourite Wall 9-6, 9-0, 9-7.
