Frost Olesen & Serme Win German Junior Titles
10 May 2006
Denmark's Kristian Frost Olesen and France's Camille Serme claimed their first German Junior U19 Open titles after both achieved four-game victories in the finals in Gerlingen.
Olesen, the 17-year-old No2 seed, achieved his win over surprise opponent Mohd Asyraf Azan. The unseeded Malaysian made his breakthrough after upsetting top seed Tom Hoevenaars, from the Netherlands, in the semi-finals.
In the final, Olesen beat Azan 9-4, 9-4, 7-9, 9-3 to net his first European Squash Federation Junior Circuit title.
As the reigning European Junior champion, Camille Serme was favourite to win the Gerlingen title. The 17-year-old from Creteil dropped the first game in the final against third seed Lucie Fialova, but quickly recovered to beat her Czech opponent 4-9, 9-2, 9-2, 9-0.
Men's U19 Final:
[2] Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN) bt Mohd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 9-4, 9-4, 7-9, 9-3
Women's U19 Final:
[1] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [3] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 4-9, 9-2, 9-2, 9-0