Three of WSF's top juniors had a chance of a lifetime to compete in two events of the European Junior Squash Super Series. David Mill, Berto Mill and Stefan Houbtchev. The Super Series attracts some of the top Junior Squash players from across the world and allows participants eligibility for a World ranking. These events would mark the first time that David, Berto or Stefan have played
in outside of North America.
The first event for them was the
Pioneer Cup in Colonge, Germany on June 30 to July 4/11. Only 576 Players were registered playing. Wow!!!!
David Mill was placed in tier B of the
Under 15 division because he lacked international competition experience. Despite this David preformed excellent and reached the semi finals. Well Done David!!!
Berto Mill played in the
Under 13 Division performed equally as well as his brother David. Berto placed 20th after losing a tough match in the 2nd round to the 7th seed from England. Good Job Berto!!!
Stefan Houbtchev placed 21th in the
Under 15 Division . Stefan could easily have moved up a few spots as he lost a very close 5 game match to the eventual 17th place finisher. Nice Work Stefan!!!
The Second Event for these juniors was the
Dutch Open in Amsterdam, Netherlands on July 7 to July 10/11
Berto Mill in the
Under 13 Division drew a tough qualifying match and lost in 4 hard fought games. Berto than competed in a round robin for 33rd place where he dominated the competition with a record of 3 wins to 1 loss.
David Mill's strong performance in the
Pioneer Cup insured that he did not have to play in the tier B draw for the
Dutch Open. In the main draw for the
Under 15 Division David got a tough draw and encountered some serious competition!!!! David finished with 1 win and 6 losses. This record does not reflect that couple of the matches went 5 games. Good Work David!!!
Stefan Houbtchev in the
Under 15 Division had an equally tough challenge as David. Stefan had a tough draw as well got off to a slow start by losing three straight tough matches before regrouping to win his last three matches. Nice Work!!!
