{"id":867,"date":"2018-12-10T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britishjunioropen.com\/?page_id=867"},"modified":"2018-12-10T17:33:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T17:33:18","slug":"2018-day-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/britishjunioropen.com\/2018-day-one\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 DAY ONE"},"content":{"rendered":"

FINALS<\/span><\/a> SEMIS<\/span><\/a>\u00a0QUARTERS<\/span><\/a>\u00a0DAY TWO<\/span><\/a>\u00a0DAY ONE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0DAY ZERO<\/span><\/a>\n

2018 DAY ONE<\/h2>\n
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It was a typical opening day to the BJO –\u00a0matches from 9am to 9pm across four venues and 23 courts<\/b>\u00a0 (620 players, 39 Countries) \u2026<\/p>\n

There were a number of upsets involving 5\/8 and 9\/16 seeds – summary and quick roundup below ..<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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The Upsets:<\/b><\/h2>\n

5\/8 upsets:<\/b><\/p>\n

B13 Muhammad Ammad (pak) 3-0 [5\/8) Yusuf Sheikh (Eng)
\n\u200bB13: Jat Tse (Hkg) 3-1 [5\/8] Yuvraj Wadhwani (Ind)\u200b
\nG15: Natasha Pensler (Usa) 3-2 [5\/8] Ananya Dabke (Ind)
\nB15: Yash Fadte (Ind) 3-1 [5\/8] Viktor Byrtus (Cze)
\nG19: Michaela Cepova (Cze) 3-0 [5\/8] Menna Hashem (Egy)
\nG19: Elizabeth Lentz (Usa) 3-0 [5\/8] Zeina Khaled (Egy)<\/p>\n

9\/16 upsets:<\/b><\/p>\n

G11: Alexandra Jaffe (Usa) 3-0 [9\/16] Miriam Mulla (Eng)
\nB11: Abdul Fahmi Abd Basir (Mas) 3-2 [9\/16] Blake Lee (Usa)
\nG13: Aishwarya Khubchandani (Ind) 3-1 [9\/16] Renee Wing Wu (Hkg)
\nB13: Javier Emilio Romo Lopez (Ecu) 3-2 [9\/16] Mason Menin (Usa)
\nB13: \u00a0Arnav Tevatia (Ind) 3-2 [9\/16 Caleb Boy (Eng)
\nG15: Kirstie Po Yui Wong (Hkg) 3-0 [9\/16] Emma Bartley (Eng)
\nG15: Amy Pullen (Eng) 3-2 [9\/16] Asia Harris (Eng)
\nG17: Adele On Ying Fung (Hkg) 3-0 [9\/16] Engy Aly (Egy)
\nG17: \u00a0Jessica Keng Jia Hui (Mas) 3-0 [9\/16] Cristina Tartarone (Ita)
\nG19: Claire Aube (Usa) 3-2 [9\/16] Ashita Bhengra (Ind)
\nB19: Mansoor Zaman Jnr (Pak) 3-0 [9\/16] Curtis Malik (Eng)
\nB19: Edwin Clain (Fra) 3-0 [9\/16] Michael Mehl (Can)<\/p>\n

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The opening day of the Dunlop British Junior Open saw an array of thrills and spills as 620 budding young squash stars took to the courts across Birmingham to welcome the 2018 edition of the historic tournament in style.<\/b><\/p>\n

England Squash report<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Youngsters from 39 countries as far away as the USA and Australia travelled to the BJO\u2019s new home in Birmingham, to begin their quest to become British Junior Open champion.<\/p>\n

Day one culminated in a mixture of comprehensive victories, cagey openings and minor upsets across the competition\u2019s 10 categories, including the inaugural Under 11s.<\/p>\n

There were no significant surprises at the top of the tree in the\u00a0B19<\/b>, as No.1 seed\u00a0Marwan Tarek<\/b>safely secured his third round berth with a 3-0 triumph over Australia\u2019s Nicholas Calvert, while the Egyptian\u2019s compatriot\u00a0Ahmed Elmashad\u00a0<\/b>[3] followed suit with a straight-game victory over Spain\u2019s Pablo Quintana Estevez<\/p>\n

Ireland\u2019s\u00a0Patrick McElroy<\/b>\u00a0ousted Pakistan\u2019s unseeded Zeeshan Zeb 11-6, 14-12, 5-11, 12-10 in a four-game thriller which lasted an hour on court, but there was better news for Zeb\u2019s countryman\u00a0Mansoor Zaman Jnr<\/b>, as the unseeded player produced a dominant performance to secure a 3-0 victory over England\u2019s Curtis Malik [9\/16] in straight games.<\/p>\n

It was a positive first day from the B19 English contingent, with 2017 BJC champion\u00a0Tom Walsh<\/b>[5\/8] easing to victory over Spain\u2019s Sartus James Hall, while\u00a0James Whyat<\/b>t [17\/32] and\u00a0Adam Corcoran<\/b>\u00a0[9\/16] also progressed.<\/p>\n

The USA stole the limelight in the G19, as\u00a0Elizabeth Lentz<\/b>\u00a0[17\/32] ended Egypt\u2019s Zeina Khaled\u2019s hopes [5\/8] of progressing, coming out on top in straight games. [In a category they have dominated, Egypt have just one competitor left, in \u00be seed Ingy Hammouda!]<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

And there was more cheer for Lentz\u2019s compatriot,\u00a0Claire Aub<\/b>e, who defeated Ashita Benghra (Ind) [9\/16] 3-2.<\/p>\n

Top Egyptian seeds\u00a0Omar El Torkey<\/b>\u00a0[1]\u00a0Mostafa Asa<\/b>l [2] and\u00a0Aly Eltokhy<\/b>\u00a0[\u00be] all enjoyed victories in the B17, where they will be joined by compatriot\u00a0Karim Abelalim<\/b>\u00a0[5\/8] and Malaysia\u2019s\u00a0Shahrul Izham Nurhaqiem<\/b>\u00a0[\u00be], while BJC U17 winner England\u2019s\u00a0Lewis Anderson<\/b>\u00a0[5\/8] saw off Wee Ming Hock of China 11-7, 11-7, 11-6.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0Adele On Ying Fung<\/b>[17\/32] produced a minor upset in the G17 with a 3-0 victory over England\u2019s Engy Aly [9\/16], while\u00a0Jessica Keng<\/b>\u00a0(Mas) [17\/32] also caused an upset by beating Italy\u2019s Cristina Tartarone [9\/16] in straight games.<\/p>\n

But there were comprehensive victories for Scotland\u2019s\u00a0Georgia Adderley<\/b>\u00a0[\u00be], Malaysia\u2019s\u00a0Aifa Azman<\/b>\u00a0[2] and Egypt\u2019s\u00a0Jana Shiha\u00a0<\/b>[\u00be], who all made it through.<\/p>\n

In the B15, top seed and double US Junior Open champion\u00a0Sam Todd<\/b>\u00a0secured a third round berth with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Belgium\u2019s Nathan Masset, while\u00a0Joachim Han Wen Chuah<\/b>\u00a0(Mas) [17\/32] had to muster every last ounce of energy as he saw off\u00a0Ville Ruism\u00e4ki(Fin) in an epic five-game encounter, 5-11, 11-4, 11-4, 8-11, 12-10.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, it took Egypt\u2019s Ahmed Aly [\u00be] just 15 minutes to wrap up proceedings 11-1, 11-1, 11-0 over\u00a0Junaid Khan\u00a0(Pak), while South Africa\u2019s unseeded Dean Venter held his nerve to defeat\u00a0Ameeshenraj Chandaran (Mal) [17\/32]\u00a0in just over an hour, coming through 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-13, 13-11.<\/p>\n

And in the G15, England\u2019s\u00a0Amy Pullen\u00a0<\/b>[17\/32] came from a game down in a scintillating English duel with BJC U13 champion Asia Harris (Eng) [9\/16], edging through 3-2.<\/p>\n

In the lower age groups, the G13 saw\u00a0Aishwarya Khubchandani\u00a0<\/b>(Ind) [17\/32] beat Renee Wing Wu (Hkg) [9\/16] 11-7, 11-13, 11-6, 11-3, while unseeded B13 competitor\u00a0Muhammad Ammad\u00a0<\/b>(Pak) ousted Yusuf Sheikh (Eng) [5\/8] 11-4, 11-2, 11-7 in one of the biggest upsets of the day.<\/p>\n

There was another surprise when unseeded B13 contender\u00a0Javier Emilio Romo Lopez<\/b>\u00a0(Ecu) secured a sensational 3-2 win over Mason Menin (USA) [9\/16].<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in the inaugural Under 11s category, all the top seeds sailed through bar 9\/16 seed Blake Lee (USA) who was ousted by\u00a0Abdul Fahmi Abd Basir\u00a0<\/b>(Mas) following a topsy turvy five-setter 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-5.<\/p>\n

FINALS<\/span><\/a> SEMIS<\/span><\/a>\u00a0QUARTERS<\/span><\/a>\u00a0DAY TWO<\/span><\/a>\u00a0DAY ONE<\/span><\/a>\u00a0DAY ZERO<\/span><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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