Wendover Athlete top Women's U23 Squash Player in Britain England's Katie Malliff and India's Abhay Singh were crowned British U23 Open champions after recording straight games victories in their respective finals at Roehampton on Sunday 26 January 2020.
game, and with a 5-2 lead early on, the onus was on Marshall - ranked 2nd in England in the Girls Under 19s - to claw herself back into contention. Yet with both players tiring after the lengthy second game, errors began to surface from both, European Junior Under 19 and Malliff managed to silver medallist Katie Malliff, maintain her lead to seal a Abhay and Katie with their seeded second, got off to a decisive 11-7 victory in the trophies. Image T Malliff. strong start against 3/4 seed third to capture her maiden Kiera Marshall, taking a 7-3 lead before British Open U23 title. closing out the first game with an 11-7 win. In the Men’s final, 21-year-old Abhay Singh The second game saw Marshall, 18, put lived up to his billing as the number one more pressure on her 16-year-old opponent seed, but was pushed hard by his 16-yearand with three game ball points at 10-7, she old opponent, Ben Smith, seeded second. looked set to level. But Malliff fought back, saving a further four game balls to win the British Under 23 Championships 2020 Final: results: Women's: Katie Malliff bt second 20-18. Kiera Marshall 3-0: 11-7, 20-18, 11-7 (37 The third game saw Malliff reassert the mins). Men’s: Abhay Singh bt Ben Smith 3-0: control that had seen her take the first 11-3, 15-13, 11-9 (37 mins)
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