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Tears of joy on a tension filled finals day !!!
France’s women win at last as England’s men regain the title
A dramatic final day of the European Team Championships at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham witnessed a remarkable victory by France's women's team while England regained the men's trophy.
England were hot favourites for the women's title, having beaten France in the last five finals and won the title on all but one occasion in the event's 41-year history. Their sole defeat came in the 2010 semi-final to - and in - France, where the Netherlands went on to win the final.
Camille Serme put France ahead as she beat Sarah-Jane Perry in four games but Laura Massaro also won in four against Coline Aumard to take the match to a decider. Melissa Alves came flying out of the block, taking the first two games 11-1, 11-3 against England's much higher ranked Victoria Lust.
Lust fought back to take the third, and again from 1-7 down in the fourth to level at 8-all. But it was Alves who took the next two points, and on her second match ball the impossible happened, a front court winner from Alves, a no let for Lust, and to French disbelief and delight they had finally become women's European Team Champions.
"We thought it was possible," said a delighted French Manager Philippe Signoret. “Melissa can play very well and she was on fire in the first two games. This squad has a great history, I've known them since they were seven, so to see them do this is fantastic for them, and for France. And in England, too!"
Camille Serme was ecstatic : "We've been trying to win this for so long now, it feels great. Thanks to England for pushing us over the years, we're delighted to finally win one."
In the men's final England faced third seed Spain, who had beaten defending champions France in the semis. England had beaten Spain 4-0 in the pool stages, but Spanish number one Borja Golan missed that match and immediately made amends as he beat Declan James in the opening match, James unable to properly compete in the fifth after an injury.
James Willstrop put England level with a straight-games win over yesterday's Spanish hero Iker Pajares. Daryl Selby put England ahead with a five game win over Bernat Jaume, which left England needing one game from the final match and Spain needing a three-nil win and points countback.
Tom Richards was always ahead against Edmon Lopez, and finished the match as he took the game 11-9, Lopez diving in vain into the back corner.
"I'm really proud to have been able to captain this team to the title," said Captain Selby. "It's been a long time since the event was held at home, so to do it here with the support of the crowd makes it even more special.”
"It's been a great event, superbly organised, and we're all grateful for that and the support of the referees, volunteers, ESF, the club and all the England Squash support staff."
The day started with the women's 3rd/4th match which saw Belgium's Nele and Tinne Gilis take them to victory over Scotland for a second Bronze medal in a row.
"Very happy," said Belgian manager Ronnie Vlassacks. "Not only with the Bronze medal, but to see how we're closing the gap to England and France. With Nele and Tinne still so young and having a few years to improve, we hope what they're doing will help us get some more young players to strengthen the depth of the team."
The Scottish men went one better as they beat France in the men's 3rd/4th, after narrowly losing to the former champions in the Pool stages.
Finland's Men return to Division One after a three year absence, led by Olli Tuominen playing in his 22nd ETC in a row. Also promoted were the Czech Republic who beat Finlain in the final.
The Finnish women beat Czech Rep to go back to Division One for first time since 2010, before losing to also promoted Germany in the final.
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FINALS DAY
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Women’s Final : [1] England 1-2 [2] France Sarah-Jane Perry 1-3 Camille Serme 12-14, 11-3, 10-12, 9-11 Laura Massaro 3-1 Coline Aumard 11-7, 4-11, 11-4, 11-9 Victoria Lust 1-3 Melissa Alves 1-11, 3-11, 11-8, 9-11
Men’s Final : [1] England 3-1 [3] Spain Declan James 2-3 Borja Golan 13-11, 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 2-11 James Willstrop 3-0 Iker Pajares 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 Daryl Selby 3-2 Bernat Jaume 10-12, 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 Tom Richards 1-0 Edmon Lopez 11-9
Women’s 3rd/4th : Belgium 2-0 Scotland Nele Gilis 3-0 Lisa Aitken 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 Tinne Gilis 3-0 Alison Thomson 11-1, 11-5, 11-5
Men’s 3rd/4th : Scotland 3-0 France Greg Lobban 3-2 Gregoire Marche 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 6-11, 11-6 Alan Clyne 3-0 Lucas Serme 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 Rory Stewart 3-1 Victor Crouin 11-2, 11-1, 6-11, 15-13
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Player of the Day, Day THREE
There are probably a few contenders, but since, we only saw the Glass Court matches we have to choose from there.
Although the Gilis sisters both put in fine performances, and Georgia Adderley’s performance might have taken the prize on another day, the award simply has to go to a Spaniard.
Borja Golan was playing his 21st Europeans (!), Edmon Lopez fought back from 2-1 down to kickstart the Spanish victory, Bernat Jaume was immaculate in his 3-0 win, Iker Pajares simply wouldn’t be beaten, and Carlos Cornes was supporter extraordinaire.
But, even though he didn’t actually finish his match, despite being on court for 104 minutes (thanks Guys), Player of the Day is Iker Pajares.
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Semi-Finals Roundup
Spain oust defending champions France to reach first-ever final
The Spanish men's team created history on semi-finals day of the European Team Championships at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, as they sensationally beat defending champions France in a long and dramatic match to reach the final for the first time.
In tomorrow's final they'll play many-time champions England, who beat Spain 4-0 in their pool match and tonight ousted local rivals Scotland in a late night encounter.
The women's final will be between top seeds England and France, for the sixth year in a row, as they beat Belgium and Scotland in contrasting style.
England's women have only lost once in the 41-year history of the event and extended their winning run against third seeded Belgium as Victoria Lust and Sarah-Jane Perry won the opening two matches.
Lust was tested in the first two games by Yara Delagrance before easing through the third while Perry was taken to four by Nele Gilis - who led 9-7 in two of the games she lost. Laura Massaro won the dead rubber, coming from a game and 8-3 down to beat Tinne Gilis.
France had to come from behind after Scotland's Georgia Adderley battled her way to a 3-2 win over Melissa Alves, recovering from losing the fourth 11-2 to take the decider 13-11 on her fourth match ball.
Camille Serme and Coline Aumard repaired the damage for France with three-nil wins to take them through to a sixth successive final against England.
Spain's astonishing win came after Gregoire Marche had put the French ahead with a tough four-game win against Borja Golan, the 16-time Spanish champion playing his 21st ETC. The rest of the Spanish team are more youthful, and they needed all their energy and determination to complete a stunning comeback.
Current national champion Edmon Lopez fought back from one-two down to beat Victor Crouin, blitzing the decider 11-1, and Bernat Jaume put Spain 2-1 up with a three-nil win over Benjamin Aubert.
This left France's Lucas Serme needing a 3-0 win, while Spain's Iker Pajares needed to take two games. Serme took the lead, Pajares levelled and then had an effective match ball before Serme regained the lead 12-10. The Spaniard now needed just 6 points in the fourth game give Spain the win but he did better than that, taking the game 12-10 to put Spain through on games countback after 104 minutes.
"It's unbelievable," said Golan. "In an individual sport to play for a team in events like this is the best squash has given me. This is a great event every year, but to make the final after so many years, with a group of players like this, I'm so proud."
Spanish manager Jonas Gonerup, who won the ETC title with Sweden in 1982, said:
"Not bad, but they need to go one better to equal me! Seriously, they're such a good team. After losing the first match and Edmon being 1-2 down in the second they fought back so well. After Edmon won, Bernat knew he needed a 3-0 to put us in the driving seat and he did just that. We knew Iker could win, but Lucas played so well but so did Iker.
"It's a great team effort, they were all very strong physically and mentally when it came to the crunch and I'm very proud of what they've achieved tonight."
England won through to their 27th consecutive final with an assured win over Scotland, who were back in the semi-finals after missing out last year. Greg Lobban took the first game against Declan James, but thereafter it was all England as James took the next three, Tom Richards beat Angus Gillama in three - coming from 0-6 in the third - and Daryl Selby took the two games that England needed against Rory Stewart to end a long day in Birmingham.
Finals are at 11.00 and 13.30 tomorrow, with the women’s 3rd/4th on the Glass Court at 09.00.
European Team Championships 2019 : Semi-Finals
Women’s Semis: [1] England 2-0 [3] Belgium Victoria Lust 3-0 Yara Delagrance 11-7, 11-9, 11-1 (19m) Sarah-Jane Perry 3-1 Nele Gilis 11-13, 11-5, 11-4, 11-9 (43m) Laura Massaro 2-1 Tinne Gilis 8-11, 11-9, 12-10 (46m)
[2] France 2-1 [8] Scotland Melissa Alves 2-3 Georgina Adderley 7-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 11-13 (50m) Camille Serme 3-0 Lisa Aitken 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 (25m) Coline Aumard 3-0 Alison Thomson 11-7, 11-5, 11-1 (29m)
Men's Semis: [1] France 2-2 [3] Spain (7-9) Gregoire Marche 3-1 Borja Golan 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6 (67m) Victor Crouin 2-3 Edmon Lopez 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 7-11, 1-11 (65m) Benjamin Aubert 0-3 Bernat Jaume 7-11, 8-11, 7-11 (36m) Lucas Serme 2-2 Iker Pajares 11-7, 8-11, 12-10, 10-12 n/p (104m)
[2] England 3-0 [5] Scotland Declan James 3-1 Greg Lobban 9-11, 14-12, 11-6, 11-8 (57) Tom Richards 3-0 Angus Gillams 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (30m) Daryl Selby 2-0 Rory Stewart 11-8, 13-11 (40m) James Willstrop v Alan Clyne
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DAY THREE : SEMI-FINALS
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Elsewhere ...
As well as the main semis, there's plenty to play for elsewhere with promotion, relegation and the division two titles at stake and something resting on pretty much every match ...
Division Two Semis (winners are promoted) Men’s 14.00 Denmark 2-1 Finland 16.00 Czech Rep 3-0 Belgium Women’s 10.00 Czech Rep 0-2 Finland 12.00 Poland 0-3 Germany
Division One Playoffs bottom two are relegated) Men's 14.00 Germany 3-1 Switzerland 16.00 Wales 3-0 Hungary Women's 12.00 Switzerland 1-2 Wales 12.00 Netherlands 3-0 Spain
Division Two Playoffs (bottom two are relegated) Men’s 16.00 Portugal 2-2 Sweden 16.00 Israel 3-1 Croatia Women's 12.00 Denmark 0-3 Ukraine 12.00 Ireland 0-3 Italy
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Day TWO Roundup
Scotland Gatecrash the semis on Day Two at Edgbaston as Top seeds France and England progress
The second day's play of the 2019 European Team Championships at Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham saw all the Division One teams playing their third and final Pool matches, with the outcomes determining the lineup of tomorrow's semi-finals.
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While Women's and Men's top seeds England and France confirmed their places in the last fours, it was Scotland who stole the show with wins to back up yesterday's upsets to also book both teams into the semi-finals. They'll be joined by third seeds Spain (men) and Belgium (women).
The day opened with England's men taking on Spain. In the opening match Iker Pajares took the game to Declan James, who fought back from losing the opening game and took the third and fourth on extra points. England took the next three matches more comfortably to record their third win and top the Pool B at Spain's expense.
In Pool A Scotland, who had upset Germany then snatched a dramatic draw with top seeds France last night, despatched Hungary 4-0 to confirm their place in the semis.
Meanwhile France fell behind to the Germans as Simon Rosner fought back from a game down to win.
Baptiste Masotti, as he did last night against the Scots, let a two game lead slip but this time recovered to take the fifth and put France back on track as they eased through the final two matches to top the Pool on games countback ahead of Scotland.
"We knew the Pool stages would be tough without our top players, so we were ready for that," said French manager Renan Lavigne. "We made it harder four ourselves with yesterday's draw with Scotland but I'm proud of how the boys came back in today's match to finish top of the group."
Men’s Semis : 14.00 [1] France v [3] Spain, 17.00 [2] England v [5] Scotland
England's women won their third straight Pool A match, beating the Netherlands three-nil, although Sarah-Jane Perry was taken to four games by Milou van der Heijden in the top string.
Second place would be taken by the winner of Wales and Scotland, and after the first two matches were shared a tense decider ensued. It was Scotland's Georgia Adderley who prevailed, coming from a game down to beat Stacey Gooding for a second successive Scottish seeding upset and a semi-final spot.
"I feel privileged to be able to lead this team out for the semi-finals tomorrow," said Scotland's number one and captain Lisa Aitken, "they all inspire me in different ways. It's a pity I couldn't win the second match so it went to a decider, but the team did great.
"We're all ecstatic at the moment but we need to just try to hold it in so we can perform tomorrow."
Second seeds France, who have met - and lost to - England in the last five women's finals - also won for a third time, but Belgium came so close to creating a massive upset.
Tinne Gilis - who won the decider in their first two matches - put Belgium ahead, and then elder sister Nele took world #4 Camille Serme to the brink of defeat. Nele had game balls in the first, won the second then had game balls in the third before Camille took that 15-13 before taking the fourth. Melissa Alves wrapped up the match for the French.
Women’s Semis : 10.00 [1] England v [3] Belgium, 12.00 [2] France v [8] Scotland
Last word
goes to Scotland Coach Paul Bell, after the women reached the semis for the first time in 14 years while the men returned after last year broke their 2012 to 2017 semifinal sequence.
"This is what we're aspiring to do, challenging at the major events and this is the first step. We've come with two young teams and for them both to reach the semis is a tremendous achievement. Hopefully we're setting our stall out for the future.”
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Division II Roundup
Day Two saw the resolution of the Pools, and the Men’s quarter-finals, so the semi-finals are set with the winners earning promotion to Division One next season.
Men's Quarters: Denmark 3-0 Slovakia, Finland 4-0 Italy Belgium 3-1 Ireland, Czech Rep 4-0 Netherlands
Men’s Semis 14.00 Denmark v Finland 16.00 Czech Rep v Belgium Women's Semis 10.00 Czech Rep v Finland 12.00 Poland v Germany
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Day TWO : semis decided
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Men’s B : [2] England 4-0 [3] Spain Women’s A : [1] England 3-0 [4] Netherlands Men’s A : [1] France v3-1[4] Germany
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