The upsets continue in the Australian Junior Open Finals

It was the finals of the singles event at the  Australian Junior Open today at the Devonport Squash Centre in Tasmania. Upsets across the age groups kept surprising the spectators.  

The day started off with the Under 13 boys’ semi-finals resulting in a final match-up between first seed Marcus Wang and fourth seed Kasper Cheung. Marcus had two hard-fought 5-setters today that both resulted in a 12-10 result in the final game. The final saw Kasper put Marcus to the test but in the end, Marcus was able to hold on and take the Under 13 Boys title: 4-11, 11-7, 4-11, 13-11, 12-10 (35 mins).

The Under 17 Girls final saw second seed Shona Coxsedge defeat first seed Courtney Scholtz in an exciting 4-setter. Their matchup in the round robin saw Courtney seal the win over Shona and Courtney had her sights set on defeating Shona again. However, Shone found her footing and was able to take control of the final and claim the Under 17 Girls title: 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8 (25 mins). 

The Under 17 Boys final also saw second seed Harvey Allan defeat first seed, Kenneth Lamb. The two boys had a close encounter to start the match taking their time in the first two games. In the end, Harvey was able to run away with the lead and obtain the Under 17 Boys title: 12-10, 12-10, 11-6 (33 mins). 

In the Under 19 Girls final, fourth seed Erin Classen continued her fine form against second seed Sze Yu Lee. Erin took the court with confidence and had the title of Under 19 Girls Champion in her sights. 

“Erin had a much improved performance after scraping through to the final yesterday and today’s performance exceeded her semi-final results taking out a 3-0 win against Sze Yu” said Squash Australia High Performance Manager, Lachy Johnston

Classen claimed the Under 19 Girls title: 11-9, 11-7, 12-10 (25 mins). 

The final day of the Australian Junior Open will feature the doubles event. 

Photo: Jemma Wratten. 

Full draws and results can be found on SportyHQ here: 

https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/Australian-Junior-Open-2021-AJST-Platinum

Squash Australia wish to thank Jay Kross from Parkes Squash for being the on the ground support throughout the event and ensuring everything ran smoothly. We would further like to thank Tournament Referee Russell Weatherburn and referees Mark Mason, Mike Palfreyman and Thomas Palfreyman for all of their efforts over the weekend. A special thank you to Leon Barnett from Devonport Squash Club for helping this event run. 

This event is proudly supported by Devonport City Council. Squash Australia would like to acknowledge and thank them as well as the following sponsors for their support of this event: Devonport City Council, Dunlop.

U19 Boys

Winner: Oscar Curtis (WA)

Runner-Up: Dylan Classen (WA)

Third: Remi Young (WA)

U17 Boys

Winner: Harvey Allan (VIC)

Runner-Up: Kenneth Lamb (NSW)

Third: Connor Hayes (VIC)

U15 Boys

Winner: Aryan Madan (SA)

Runner-Up: Pranay Bhutani (VIC)

Third: Darcy Hayes (VIC)

U13 Boys

Winner: Marcus Wang (NSW)

Runner-Up: Kasper Cheung (NSW)

Third: Michael Lawrence (QLD)

U11 Boys

Winner: Kieran Willathgamuwa (NSW)

Runner-Up: Thomas Wang (NSW)
 

U19 Girls

Winner: Erin Classen (WA)

Runner-Up: Sze Yu Lee (NSW)

Third: Maggie Goodman (NSW)

U17 Girls

Winner: Shona Coxsedge (QLD)

Runner-Up: Courtney Scholtz (VIC)

Third: Caitlin Pratt (WA)

U15 Girls

Winner: Hannah Slyth (WA)

Runner-Up: Amelie Guziak (VIC)

Third: Joanne Joseph (VIC)

U13 Girls

Winner: Hala Hegazy (VIC)

Runner-Up: Maeghan Wang (NSW)

Third: Tina Ma (VIC)

U11 Girls

Winner: Elizabeth Wang (NSW)

Runner-Up: Karissa Cheung (NSW)

Novice

Winner: Alex Norton (TAS)

Runner-Up: Ruby Atkins (TAS)

Third: Karissa Cheung (NSW