WA siblings cause a stir at the Australian Junior Open

The Australian Junior Open continued today at the Devonport Squash Centre in Tasmania, with semi-final upsets to intrigue the local crowds from WA siblings, Erin and Dylan Classen. 

The upset of the day came from the Under 19 Girls semi-final with fourth seed Erin Classen defeating first seed Maggie Goodman. Classen looked to have an easy run against Goodman as she came out strong, however, Goodman wasn’t going to make it easy.  Goodman appeared to have the match wrapped up as the fourth game saw Classen face two match balls. 

However, Classen managed to save the fourth game and came back to win the match and will now face Sze Yu Lee in tomorrow’s final, the result was 11-2, 7-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-7 (48 mins). 

The Under 19 Boys semi-final saw fourth seed Dylan Classen take on second seed Remi Young. Classen came out firing with an 11-2 lead against Young, but Young pushed back to bring the game scores to 1-1. Classen managed to outplay his opponent and is progressing to tomorrow’s Under 19 Boys final against Oscar Curtis with a result of 11-2, 9-11, 11-4, 11-7 (32 mins)

In the Under 17 Boys semi-final, second seed Harvey Allan took on third seed Connor Hayes.

“This was some of the best squash Hayes has played recently and he appeared to be cruising through the match,” said referee Mark Mason.

Hayes managed to pull ahead and gained a 2-0 lead over his opponent, in the end, Hayes ran out of steam and Allan was able to take control of the match, 8-11, 12-14, 11-6, 11-7, 11-5 (45 mins).  Allan will face Kenneth Lamb in tomorrow’s final.  

Finals start tomorrow from 9:30 am AEDT, including semi-finals for the U13 Boys.

U13 Boys Semi-Final Match-Ups:

9:30am - [1] Marcus Wang (NSW) v [2] Michael Lawrence (QLD)

9:30am - [4] Kasper Cheung (NSW) v [3] Henry Kross (NSW)

Finals Match-Ups:

9:30am - U11 Girls Final – Elizabeth Wang (NSW) v Karissa Cheung (NSW)

10:00am – U11 Boys Final – Thomas Wang (NSW) v Kieran Willathgamuwa (NSW)

10:30am – U13 Girls Final – [1] Hala Hegazy (VIC) v [2] Maeghan Wang (NSW)

11:00am – U15 Girls Final - [1] Hannah Slyth (WA) v [2] Amelie Guziak (VIC)

11:30am – U15 Boys Final – [1] Aryan Madan (SA) v [3] Pranay Bhutani (VIC)

12:00pm – U17 Girls Final – [1] Courtney Scholtz (VIC) v [2] Shona Coxsedge (QLD)

12:30pm – U13 Boys Final – TBD

1:00pm – U17 Boys Final – [1] Kenneth Lamb (NSW) v [2] Harvey Allan (VIC)

1:30pm – U19 Girls Final – [4] Erin Classen (WA) v [2] Sze Yu Lee (NSW)

2:00pm – U19 Boys Final – [4] Dylan Classen (WA) v [1] Oscar Curtis (WA)

Photo: Jay Kross. 

Full draws and results can be found on SportyHQ here: 

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

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.