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The European Squash Individual Closed Championships is on its way in Wroclaw, Poland
Aug222023
Two rounds were played at the Hasta La Vista club on the Tuesday to decide the places in the quarterfinals.
In the women's event young Moa Bönnemark, Sweden, caused the biggest upset by beating 5/8 seed Nadia Pfister from Switzerland.
3/4 seed Marie Stephan , France, had to battle hard to overcome Norway's Madeleine Hylland. Local hero Karina Tyma performed well but lost in 4 games to young French Lauren Baltayan. All other seeds won their matches without dropping a game.
The top 4 men's seeds easily cruised through the first two rounds. But there were some small upsets. Spain's Edmonn Lopez beat higher seeded Viktor Byrtus, Czech, But Daniel Mekbib secured the Czechs a place in the quarters by beating Spaniard Bernat Jaume. In the last match of the day Frenchman Edwin Clain beat higher seeded Czech Martin Svec and will face top seed and fellow country man Victor Croin in the quarterfinal tomorrow.