Thanks to the 27 players who played this year’s edition of our tournament. We saw some good squash, and though the games were contested, the atmosphere was friendly.
The CD draw was won by Ettelbruck player Luca Nadalini, who played too strong for Hubert Vander Schueren. The B draw was again won by a strong Renaud Parentelli, who seems to always get good results in Ettelbruck! In the A draw Danny Hutchines was very sharp, and beat Stephane Ayache in straight games.
Thanks again to everybody, and see you next season!!
On Friday 3 and Saturday 4 November, our annual tournament took place in Ettelbruck! 31 players competed in 3 draws: Men A (with a prize-money of 600 EUR), Men B and Men CD.
Raneem El Weleily is the winner of the Wispa Challenger tournament. The 16 year old from Alexandria beat Olga Puigdemont Sola in 5 thrilling sets, to win her first WISPA event. We’re quite sure it won’t be the last!!
30 players competed in the different draws, and had to fight hard, as the temperatures on court were near to 30°C. Thanks again to everybody who participated, or just visited us, and we hope to see you again next year!!
54 players were competing in 5 categories. For the first time, the Ettelbruck Squash Open was a WISPA Challenger tournament, counting for the women’s world ranking.
8 women competed in this draw, and Ivy Pochoda (USA) beat Orla Noom from the Netherlands in a very tense and hard fought final. The game ended 3-2 in favor for Ivy. Congratulations!
The women’s B-field was won by Angélique Wiertz, who beat Jutta Phillipps in straight sets. After being on the edge of losing against our Nathan Sneyd, Raj Nanda beat Marc Burke 3-0 in the Men’s A-final. The Men B tournament was dominated by Tony Felfel from the Czech Republic. Let’s hope he fixes his shoe-problems soon… Finally in the Men CD we saw Keith Darlington cruise into the final, were he beat Renaud Parentelli 3-2.
Thanks again to all the participants. Squash Club Ettelbruck hopes that you all had a great weekend, and that you come back next year…
The 1st International Squash Open Ettelbruck is … over!
Over 40 players competed in the different categories, which is a lot, considering that it was our first big tournament. During the whole weekend, the atmosphere was excellent, and we saw some great fights on the squash courts…
The party after the tournament was great as well. There was some good food, plenty of beer, and we had an excellent DJ: DJ Uwe P. Later in the evening we even had a breakdance demonstration… Wow!!!