Aberdeen’s Hannah Anthony scored a big upset when she beat clubmate Mhairi Charlton in a dramatic five game final of the under-17 championship at yesterday’s Scottish Junior Open at Heriot-Watt University at Riccarton.

Mhairi was the top seed and is Scotland’s top under-23 player, but Hannah, ranked No. 8 at under-18 level, came from 2-1 down in games to win 11-8 4-11 8-11 11-9 11-7. She is the first Scot to win a title since 1998.

In the boys’ under-19 final, Canada’s Nicholas Sachvie, who had knocked out Scotland’s No.1 Chris Ferguson in the quarter-finals, came from two games behind to defeat Todd Harrity 5-11 9-11 11-5 11-8 11-7, while Japan’s Misaki Kobayashi beat England’s Sarah-Jane Perry 11-6 11-6 14-12 to take the main girls’ title. 

Ferguson was the top home player in the under-19s, beating fellow-Scot Ian Jubb (Tyne) 11-6 11-3 11-3 in the seventh place play-off, while Lisa Aitken (Montrose), who won the under-11 championship ten years ago, was the best of the Scots in the girls’ under-19. She also finished seventh thanks to an 11-2 11-9 11-3 win over Perth’s Claire Gray. 

Results of finals:

Boys

Under-19: Nicholas Sachvie (Canada) Todd Harrity (USA) 5-11 9-11 11-5 11-8 11-7

Under-17: Millet Zarazua (Mexico) beat Allaa Radwan (Egypt) 11-8 11-4 11-2

Under-15: Joshua Sekhar (Canada) beat Deepak Mishra (India) 11-5 11-7 11-4

Under-13: Kush Kumar (India) beat Scott Galloway (NZ) 11-1 11-2 11-9

Girls

Under-19: Misaki Kobayashi (Japan) beat Sarah-Jane Perry (England) 11-6 11-6 14-12

Under-17: Hannah Anthony (Scotland) beat Mhairi Charlton (Scotland) 11-8 4-11 8-11 11-9 11-7

Under-15: Lorena Pena (Mexico) beat Hollie Naughton (Canada) 11-8 11-3 11-5

Under-13: Adel Radwa (Egypt) beat Maria Rivera (Mexico) 11-5 9-11 11-9 8-11 11-5